Patent ID: 6882350

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: display means; image data inputting means for inputting image data; time information inputting means for inputting time information in connection with said image data; position information inputting means for inputting position information in connection with said image data; map display control means for controlling display of a 3D map image; position icon display control means for controlling display of position icons indicative of said time information and said position information on the 3D map image whose display is controlled by said map display control means; concave/convex display control means for controlling topographic concave/convex display of the 3D map image whose display is controlled by said map display control means, wherein said map display control means changes a viewpoint of the 3D map image in response to pitch and yaw information entered by a user; thumbnail icon display control means for controlling a display of thumbnail icons indicative of said image data; position icon data inputting means for inputting data representative of said position icons; and said thumbnail icon display control means controlling a sequential time series display of the thumbnail icons in response to said time information corresponding to the data representative of the position icons inputted by said position icon data inputting means and in response to the changing 3D map viewpoint, wherein the thumbnail icons are displayed so as to float above the 3D map image.