System and method to correlate and access related text with locations on an electronically displayed map

摘要

A system and method for the electronic display of a map and textual information relating to destinations on a map is disclosed. The display is provided on a client browser operating in a distributed server computer environment such as the Internet. In response to input from the user of destination and regional paramerers, icons representing a class or classes of destinations that contain embedded functions to enable the user to access textual information related to the destination are displayed on a digital map.