Based on the scalable vector graphics(SVG) format, an analysis was made of the temporal geographic information system(GIS) field, especially current research status of geographic element query, and then a comparative study was made with the existing extensible markup language(XML) query methods. A SVG grammar rules based research was proposed. In combination with the LISA Ⅱ query technology, a query model and the corresponding algorithm applicable for the GIS data geographic element of the improved rules SVG format were proposed. A combination query was achieved by defining keyword query syntax regular expressions and the keyword query “&” and “or” operation rules. In addition, the number of nodes was reduced, and the query efficiency improved by defining the entity element node. Study results show that the model achieves geographic elements queries of SVG format map, including various combinations queries on the entire map and various combinations queries of layers. As a result, the technical bottleneck of query is solved based on SVG format map elements. Lots of data validate this query model is effective.