摘要 |
An information providing system stores street information obtained by associating a house number located at the boundary of a map area with each street included in the map area with respect to each segmented map area constituted of predetermined unit areas, receives a location identification signal to acquire spot information including the present location, judges a map area corresponding to the present location out of the map areas on the basis of the acquired spot information, acquires street information included in the judged map area, judges a street which is the nearest from the present position on the basis of the acquired street information and the spot information, refers to house number information associated with the street information, and judges the house number at the present locations as location identification information on the basis of the street information corresponding to the nearest street and the spot information. This enables the information providing system to display the location identification information (address) by use of the map data.
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