The invention discloses a search and display method for complex spatial data. The method comprises the steps that data type dividing is conducted according to the geometry types and meaning and storage structure types; standard data organizing structures are established for different types of data, and processing is conducted on all of the spatial data according to the standard data organizing structures; indexes are established by adopting an inverted index structure; a searching strategy and sorting rules are assembled into administration intelligent search, and integrated searching and sorting are conducted on administration zoning data, directory data, and toponym meaning data according to user instructions; finally displaying is conducted on final searching results according to different data types. The method has the significant advantages that the accuracy of searching result is high, searching demands of non-toponym meaning data are achieved, better experience of map spatial semantic searching is ensured, and highlight displaying of the whole spatial entity is ensured.