DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING POPULAR NAME DATA, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING POPULAR NAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and method for generating popular name data, which generates data relating to a popular name given to a prescribed area of a road or the like.;SOLUTION: The method for generating popular name data generates popular name data associating a popular name of a prescribed area displayed on a map with the area. The method extracts first facility data in which a name of a facility includes a popular name of the facility, from a facility data storage unit in which facility data including names of facilities and position information of the facilities is stored, specifies the position information of the area on the basis of the position information of the extracted first facility data, and associates the popular name with the position information of the area.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT