Being manner for the geographical-related search result which responds to the manner for the geographical-

摘要

A method and apparatus for geographic specific search results in response to a search request having an address field includes retrieving map portion having the address thereon. The method and system further includes determining entities in geographic relation to the address and generating an entity listing, where the entity listing includes listing of the various entities. These entities may represent any type of business, club, library, government building/office, or other locations. The method and apparatus further includes determining various descriptive terms that relate to the entities which are in geographic relation to the address. These terms include hyperlinks to corresponding entity listings. The method and apparatus further includes generating a visual display that includes: the map portion with the address displayed thereon; an entity portion that includes the entity listing; and a term portion with a taxonomical display of the plurality of terms.