SPEICHERUNG UND WIEDERAUFFINDUNG VON INFORMATION

摘要

A method of storing and/or retrieving location-based information, the method comprising: storing, in a distributed network of data storage devices accessible simultaneously from a plurality of remote user terminals, data defining a plurality of first localities in relation to which information storage is accessible; and selecting ones of said first localities to represent second localities for which information is to be stored and/or retrieved such that: i) said first and second localities bear a predetermined locational relationship; and ii) said first and second localities bear a predetermined relationship in size.