Patent ID: 7949965

Claim:
A mobile digital image acquisition apparatus comprises: position data determining means for determining positional data for said apparatus; imaging means for picking up a desired image; a map data acquiring means for downloading map data from a network and storing the map data corresponding to the positional data of the apparatus; the map data including a graphic image of a map of a predetermined graphic format and corresponding to the positional data; removable storage means for storing a positional information file linking said desired image to the positional information and to the corresponding map data; an information processing means for performing predetermined information processing based on the map data, said positional data, and the desired image linked in the positional information file so as to form an output signal; and display means for receiving the output signal and for enabling an image corresponding to the desired image and an image corresponding to the map data to be simultaneously displayed thereon, wherein the positional information file includes text tag delimiters for delimiting a download reference for retrieving the graphic image of the map from a source external to the mobile digital image acquisition, text tag delimiters for delimiting the positional information corresponding to the geographic location of the apparatus when the desired image was picked up with the imaging means, text tag delimiters for delimiting an image filename of the desired image, text tag delimiters for delimiting positional information corresponding to geographic location of a first corner of the graphic image of the map and text tag delimiters for delimiting positional information corresponding to geographic location of a second corner of the graphic image of the map.