Patent Document ID: 20080319990
Application ID: 12155920
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of searching for geographic information, comprising the steps of: loading a dictionary of geographic feature names and geographic feature types into a memory; loading locations associated with the geographic feature names into the memory; normalizing each of the geographic feature names; storing the normalized geographic feature names in the memory; inputting a query for searching for geographic information, the query including a geographic name; normalizing the geographical name included in the query; searching the memory for a candidate name to be compared with the geographic name included in the query, the candidate name being one of the normalized geographic feature names; calculating a value of proximity between the candidate name and the geographic name included in the query; and if the value of proximity is equal or larger than a predetermined value, displaying on a display a geographic feature name corresponding to the candidate name and a location associated with the geographic feature name corresponding to the candidate name.