Patent ID: RE45032

Claim:
An image data display controlling apparatus comprising: storing means for storing a plurality of image data items categorized by a plurality of image data groups using geographical location; operation inputting means for accepting an operation input for designating any of said image data groups or any of the image data items in the designated image group; display controlling means for controlling to display designated image data group or designated image data item in the designated image data group; pointer holding means for holding a pointer information for identifying image data item associating with a image data group, the pointer information is used for controlling to display the image data item in the designated image data group when a transition of image data group is instructed by the operation inputting means; wherein, if said operation input accepted by said operation inputting means designates transition from a first image data group to a second image data group, then said display controlling means causes said pointer holding means to hold the pointer information of predetermined image data item from said first image data group associating with said first image data group, while retrieving the pointer information for said second image data group from said pointer holding means in order to display anew the image data item pointed to by the retrieved pointer information.