Data management apparatus and data management method

A data management apparatus comprising:

• a memory configured to store a program therein;
• and
• a processor configured to execute a function of the data management apparatus according to the program stored in the memory, the processor including
• an accepting unit configured to accept a registration request of polygon data including data pertaining to a latitude and a longitude of each vertex of a polygon;
• a specifying unit configured to specify a minimum unit rectangle that matches a minimum bounding rectangle of the polygon or includes the minimum bounding rectangle from a plurality of unit rectangles, the plurality of unit rectangles formed by recursively dividing a two-dimensional space including a latitude/longitude range, the two-dimensional space being equally divided in an X direction and a Y direction in the same number;
• a generating unit configured to generate a character string indicating latitude and longitude by assigning values to the identified minimum unit rectangle or all unit rectangles including the identified minimum unit rectangle in correspondence with the number of divided parts of the two-dimensional space in the X and Y directions, and alternately arranging the assigned values, in the X direction or the Y direction, in a descending order starting from values corresponding to a large unit rectangle among the plurality of unit rectangles;
• and
• a storage unit configured to store the polygon data in correspondence with a key including the character string,
• wherein a size of each of the plurality of unit rectangles becomes smaller in correspondence with the descending order.