HIGHLIGHTING RELATED POINTS OF INTEREST IN A GEOGRAPHICAL REGION

摘要

A mapping system determines points of interest that are related to a selected point of interest within a digital map displayed at a client computing device. The system receives a request for mapping system data from a client computing device. The request indicates a selected point of interest (POI) that is displayed at a geographic location within the digital map. The selected POI corresponds to a list of words describing characteristics of the selected POI, and each word corresponding to the selected POI word includes a base score describing an importance of the word compared to a list of all words corresponding to displayable POIs. The system determines POIs that are related to the selected POI by comparing base scores of the selected POI words to base scores of related POI words, where the related POIs each include at least one word in common with the selected POI.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for displaying points of interest that are related to a selected point of interest, the method comprising:
receiving a request for mapping system data from a client computing device via a network, the request indicating a selected point of interest (POI), the selected POI corresponding to a list of words describing characteristics of the selected POI, and each selected POI word including a base score describing an importance of the selected POI word compared to a list of all words corresponding to displayable points of interest (POIs); determining one or more POIs that are related to the selected POI, the related POIs including a list of words describing characteristics of the related POIs, each related POI list of words including at least one word that is common to a word within the selected POI list of words, and each related POI word including the base score describing an importance of the related POI word compared to the list of all words; and determining a total base score for each related POI, the total base score including a sum of the base scores for each word of the related POI list of words that is common to a word within the selected POI list of words.