Patent ID: 8397166

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a display apparatus; a map displaying unit for displaying a map on the display apparatus; a determining unit for determining, in response to a drawing operation by a user designating an operation trajectory on the map, (i) a shape of the operation trajectory, and (ii) a start point and an end point of the operation trajectory; a target image identifying unit for identifying plural images shot within an area as target images, the area being set based on the shape of the operation trajectory determined by the determining unit; and an order setting unit for setting an order of processing the target images; wherein the determining unit determines that the shape is open when a distance between the start point and the end point of the operation trajectory is greater than a predetermined distance; wherein the determining unit determines that the shape is closed when a distance between the start point and the end point of the operation trajectory is less than the predetermined distance; wherein when the determining unit determines that the shape is open, the order setting unit sets the order of processing the target images based on respective distances of the target images from a location of the start point along the operation trajectory, such that the target images are displayed in list form in order of proximity to the start point; and wherein the shape of the operation trajectory and the order of processing the target images are determined in a same process responsive to a single continuous drawing operation by the user.