Map display device and program therefor

A map display device for retrieving a point at an inputted address and for displaying a map that covers the point retrieved for the input address, comprising:

• storage means for storing information for the retrieved point;
• and
• control means for reading out historic records of the input addresses of previously retrieved points and for displaying them in the form of a list, and for responsive to selection of an address of a previously retrieved point from the list, displaying an input page with an address of the selected previously retrieved point displayed on the input page as a hierarchy of different administrative levels.

A machine-readable medium encoded with a program for a map display device for retrieving a point at an inputted address and for displaying a map that covers the point retrieved for the inputted address, and encoded with historic records of previously input addresses for retrieved points, arranged in a hierarchy of administrative district levels, and wherein said program comprises:

• displaying an input page for input of an address as a hierarchy of levels of administrative districts and displaying at least one administrative district name as a hierarchy of different administrative levels as item fields.