Geographical information retrieval based on user's operation on both digital maps and directory services

Maps on the Internet are enhanced with many types of information and annotations. Searching these digital maps by directory sevices can yield more information about places and objects on the maps. However, when there is a large amount of information, the user difficult to find geographical objects according for user's intention. In other words, searches by directory sevices do not always present the map information the user wants to retrieve. We propose a method that takes into account user's digital map search history to recommend geographical information. The system we developed extracts the user's intention and displays corresponding geographical information by analyzing the user's operations on the maps and their directory services. Our method displays geographical information that is appropriate for the user by using the user's extracted intention.