Patent ID: 8019536

Claim:
A method of providing augmented global positioning system navigation comprising: displaying a photographic image on a display of a global positioning system enabled mobile device responsive to movement of the global positioning system enabled mobile device along a navigational route provided by the global positioning system enabled mobile device; and wherein displaying further comprises: selectively including the photographic image on the display responsive to determining proximity of the global positioning system enabled mobile device to a waypoint associated with the navigational route, the photographic image having a navigational route point-of-view perspective as seen by a user of the global positioning system enabled mobile device while traveling the navigational route on a surface; wherein selectively including further comprises: searching a database of photographic images of views of subjects of waypoints determined to be within proximity of the navigational route using search parameters input from a user of the global positioning system enabled mobile device to provide found photographic images; and selecting ones of the found photographic images for display in response to determining the global positioning system enabled mobile device is within proximity to the subjects of the waypoints along the navigational route.