HOUSE NAME INPUT METHOD OF TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP INPUT SYSTEM

PURPOSE:To automatically arrange corresponding house names and lighten the burden on an operator by setting with and height as the size of the names of houses, and judging the presence of the recess of an object house figure and then inputting the characters of the house name. CONSTITUTION:ST1: when the characters of the house name are inputted for the figure of a house consisting of a gathering of continuous segments, it is checked whether or not there is the house figure for which the house name should be set is present on a town map and when not, the input is ended. ST2, ST3: when there is the object house figure, the size (width and height) of a circumscribed quadrangle wherein the characters of the house name are arranged horizontally or vertically is set and the name is inputted. ST4: whether the house name is arranged longitudinally or laterally is brought into consideration according to whether or not there is a recess, so it is checked whether or not the house figure has a recess. Thus, the characters of the house name are inputted after it is judged whether or not there is the recess of the object house figure.