Merge real-world and virtual markers

A method performed by a user device for selectively merging markers in a mapping application, comprising:

• receiving at least two markers that relate to geographic locations;
• comparing the markers for content and the geographic locations;
• selectively merging the markers if the geographic location of the markers match;
• and
• rending the merged markers on the user device in response to a request for the geographic location in a mapping application.

A computer-readable medium having stored thereon the following computer executable components:

• a receiver component that accepts a plurality of markers, the markers include location information that correspond to geographic coordinates;
• a classification component that evaluates each of the plurality of markers and indexes each marker as a real-world marker, a virtual marker, a quasi-real-world marker, a quasi-virtual marker, a potential location marker, a parent marker, or a child marker;
• a merge component that reviews the location information of each marker and associates markers based on the location information;
• a combine module that combines associated markers as a function of content;
• and
• an interface component that selects at least one marker for presentation, the index of each marker and associated markers are presented with the selected marker.