METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING ABBREVIATED NAME OF POINT OF INTEREST ON MAP

A plurality of abbreviated names are generated for evaluation based on a full name of a point-of-interest (POI) on a map. A plurality of address names comprising the full name of the POI or any of the abbreviated names to be evaluated are obtained from a predetermined area of the POI. A phrase status vector used to indicate a location status of the target phrase in each particular address name is calculated for a target phrase based on each address name, the target phrase including the full name of the POI or any of the abbreviated names to be evaluated. A similarity is calculated between a phrase status vector for the full name of the POI and a phrase status vector. A particular abbreviated name corresponding with a calculated similarity greater than a predetermined threshold is associated with the full name of the POI corresponding to the calculated similarity.