Digital mapping system

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to display a map within a display page, the instructions comprising instructions for:

• receiving, from a user via a user interface, a shortcut name assigned by the user to a certain location and associated with one of (i) an address book stored in a memory of the user device, (ii) the user's home, or (iii) the user's place of work;
• receiving, via a text entry field, a search query including the shortcut name;
• and
• displaying a map image related to the certain location;
• and
• causing a jump action in the map image in response to the shortcut name having been entered or selected, the jump action including a sequence of (i) zooming out, (ii) panning, and (iii) zooming down on a target view.

A computing device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a user interface;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon instructions that, when executed by the or more processors, cause the computing device to:
• receive, from a user via the user interface, a shortcut name assigned by the user to a certain location and associated with one of (i) an address book stored in a memory of the user device, (ii) the user's home, or (iii) the user's place of work,
• receive, via a text entry field, a search query including the shortcut name,
• display a map image related to the certain location, wherein:
• the shortcut name associated with the user's home is “home,” and
• the shortcut name associated with the user's place of work is “work”.