Interactive electronically presented map

A computer readable medium or media including computer code that causes a computer to provide on a display device a display comprising:

• an area representation of an area and at least one of:
• item information relating to one or more items associated with the area, the item information for different items being at different locations on the area representation, and
• additional information relating to one or more items associated with the area;
• the computer code:
• with respect to a display including item information, in response to user input to the computer that selects an item information, causing the computer to provide another display including additional information relating to the item whose item information was selected;
• and
• with respect to a display including additional information relating to one or more items, in response to user input to the computer that selects such additional information, causing the computer to provide another display including the area representation and item information of an item associated with the area relating to the selected additional information and an indication referencing the location on the area representation of the item to which the selected information is related.

A computer readable medium or media including computer code that causes a computer to provide on a display device

• a display that at one time comprises:
• an area representation of an area;
• and
• item information relating to one or more items associated with the area, the item information for different items being at different locations on the area representation;
• and
• a display that at another time comprises:
• the area representation;
• and
• additional information relating to one or more items associated with the area;
• the computer code:
• with respect to a display including item information, in response to user input to the computer that selects an item information, causing the computer to provide another display including additional information relating to the item whose item information was selected;
• and
• with respect to a display including additional information relating to one or more items, in response to user input to the computer that selects such additional information, causing the computer to provide another display including the area representation and item information of an item associated with the area relating to the selected additional information and an indication referencing the location on the area representation of the item to which the selected information is related.

A computer system for providing a user-interactive electronic area representation, comprising:

• a computer;
• a display device;
• a computer input device for providing user input to the computer;
• the computer being programmed to provide on the display device a display comprising:
• an area representation of a geographic area and item information thereon relating to one or more items associated with the geographic area, the item information for different items being at different locations on the display;
• and
• in response to user input to the computer by the input device to select item information on the display, another display which includes additional information relating to the item whose item information was selected.

A computer system for providing a user-interactive electronic area representation, comprising:

• a computer;
• a display device;
• a computer input device for providing user input to the computer;
• the computer being programmed to provide on the display device:
• a display comprising an area representation of an area and at least one of item information relating to one or more items associated with the area, the item information for different items being at different locations on the area representation, and additional information relating to one or more items associated with the area;
• with respect to a display including item information, in response to user input to the computer that selects an item information, another display including additional information relating to the item whose item information was selected;
• and
• with respect to a display including additional information relating to one or more items, in response to user input to the computer that selects such additional information, another display including the area representation and item information of an item associated with the area relating to the selected additional information and an indication referencing the location on the area representation of the item to which the selected information is related.

A computer system for providing a user-interactive electronic area representation, comprising:

• a computer;
• a display device;
• a computer input device for providing user input to the computer;
• the computer being programmed to provide on the display device:
• a display comprising an area representation of an area, and item information relating to one or more items associated with the area, the item information for different items being at different locations on the area representation;
• a display comprising the area representation and additional information relating to one or more items associated with the area;
• with respect to a display including item information, in response to user input to the computer that selects an item information, another display including additional information relating to the item whose item information was selected;
• and
• with respect to a display including additional information relating to one or more items, in response to user input to the computer that selects such additional information, another display including the area representation and item information of an item associated with the area relating to the selected additional information and an indication referencing the location on the area representation of the item to which the selected information is related.

A system for providing an interactive electronic area representation of an area, comprising:

• means for providing a display of the area representation and at least one of item information relating to one or more items associated with the area and additional information relating to one or more items associated with the area, the item information for different items being at different locations on the area representation;
• with respect to a display including item information, means for providing another display including additional information relating to the item whose item information was selected in response to user input that selects an item information;
• and
• with respect to a display including additional information relating to one or more items, means for providing, in response to user input that selects an item information, another display including the area representation and item information of an item associated with the area relating to the selected additional information and an indication referencing the location on the area representation of the item to which the selected information is related.

A system for providing an interactive electronic area representation of an area, comprising:

• means for providing an electronic display of the area representation;
• means for highlighting a minor portion of the electronic display of the area representation;
• and
• means for providing in the electronic display a magnified representation of the highlighted portion outside the area representation.

A method for providing an animated electronic area representation of an area, comprising:

• providing an electronic display of the area representation;
• highlighting a minor portion of the electronic display of the area representation;
• providing in the electronic display a magnified representation of the highlighted portion outside the area representation;
• moving an image with respect to the area representation including through the highlighted portion and through the magnified representation of the highlighted portion, the image being represented magnified in the magnified portion as compared to the image moved with respect to the area representation.

A computer readable medium or media including computer code that causes a computer to provide on a display device a display comprising:

• an area representation of an area;
• item information relating to one or more items associated with the area, the item information for different items being at different locations on the area representation, and
• additional information relating to one or more items associated with the area;
• the computer code causing a computer to position a position indicator on the area representation on the display device and provide, outside the area representation on the display device, a magnified representation of an area of the area representation indicated by the position indicator;
• in response to user input to the computer that selects item information, the computer code causing the computer to reposition the position indicator on the area representation indicating the item information relating to the selected additional information and provide a magnified representation of the area of the area representation indicated by the repositioned position indicator outside the area representation.

A method of advertising in connection with an electronic representation of a map, comprising:

• presenting an electronic representation of the map including item information at a plurality of locations on the electronic representation of the map relating to a product or service to be advertised;
• in response to user selection of a location on the electronic representation having item information, presenting, outside of and simultaneously with the electronic representation of the area, additional information related to the product or service;
• in response to user selection of additional information, relating to at least one location on the area representation, presented simultaneously with the electronic representation of the area, indicating on the electronic representation of the area the item information at the location related to the selected additional information;
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• arranging for a financial benefit for presenting at least one of the item information and the additional information.

A method of advertising in connection an electronic area representation of a map, comprising:

• providing an electronic display of the map;
• moving an image in the electronic display of the map over the map;
• providing advertising to move with the image;
• arranging for a financial benefit for providing the advertising;
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• in response to user selection of additional information, relating to at least one location on the area representation that is presented simultaneously with the electronic representation of the area, indicating on the electronic representation of the area the item information at the location related to the selected additional information.