Patent ID: 8150617

Claim:
A system for providing location-specific images to a mobile device for display, comprising: a location-specific images database including images taken at specific locations, each image being associated with geographic coordinates of a location at which the image was taken; and a mobile image system configured to: receive a current location of the mobile device; select at least one image from the location-specific images database to be provided to the mobile device for display, the at least one selected image including an object within an imaging distance of the current location; receive an additional image from the mobile device, the additional image being captured at the current location of the mobile device and including the object; determine a quality level of each of the at least one selected image and the additional image with respect to a clarity of the object; compare the determined quality levels of the at least one selected image and the additional image; and in response to a determination that the additional image has a higher quality level, cause the additional image to be stored to the location-specific images database and be automatically selected as a default image for the current location of the mobile device.