16. A method for representing a document that is identified through a query that specifies a geographic location and a keyword or phrase, the method comprising: determining a document-to-place relevance score for the identified document which is a measure of the identified document's relevance to the geographic location specified in the query; determining a document-to-word relevance score for the identified document which is a measure of the identified document's relevance to the keyword or phrase specified in the query; combining the document-to-place relevance score and the document-to-word relevance score to generate a combined relevance score for the identified document; and displaying, on a user interface that presents a representation of a geographical domain, an icon representing the identified document, said displayed icon positioned within the geographic domain at a location that corresponds to the specified geographic location.
16. A method for representing a document that is identified through a query that specifies a geographic location and a keyword or phrase, the method comprising: determining a document-to-place relevance score for the identified document which is a measure of the identified document's relevance to the geographic location specified in the query; determining a document-to-word relevance score for the identified document which is a measure of the identified document's relevance to the keyword or phrase specified in the query; combining the document-to-place relevance score and the document-to-word relevance score to generate a combined relevance score for the identified document; and displaying, on a user interface that presents a representation of a geographical domain, an icon representing the identified document, said displayed icon positioned within the geographic domain at a location that corresponds to the specified geographic location. 17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the displayed icon represents a plurality of documents, wherein said identified document is among said plurality of documents.