Provided are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining a salient region of a geographic map. Areas defined by map coordinates and corresponding to viewports from previously executed user queries are determined. The areas are overlaid on a geographic map portion having a fixed grid of points. Each point is assigned a weighted scores based on the number of areas that overlay each point. A polygon enclosing a set of points having weighted scores above a threshold is determined, and the region enclosed by the polygon is identified as a salient region of the geographic map.