APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF SPATIAL/GEOGRAPHIC CONTENTS

摘要

PURPOSE: An apparatus and method for integrated management of spatial/geographic contents are provided to collectively manage various kinds of contents by extracting spatial information from the contents including spatial meaning. CONSTITUTION: A storage unit(120) classifies plural kinds of spatial contents according to content format. The storage unit stores not only the classified spatial contents but also the identifiers of the spatial contents and representative spatial information. An extractor(160) extracts the representative information from inputted searching information and the spatial contents. A manager(180) searches from the storage unit the identifier corresponding to the extracted representative spatial information. The manager extracts from the storage unit the spatial contents corresponding to the detected identifier.