Patent ID: 8295650

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: image information obtaining means for obtaining image information representative of a photographed image or images having at least position information added thereto as additional information; template information obtaining means for obtaining template information from a template storage means for storing template information including a template of content information; map information obtaining means for obtaining map information corresponding to the position information added to the image information obtained by the image information obtaining means from map information stored in map information storage means; and content information creating means for automatically creating content information based on the map information obtained by the map information obtaining means on the basis of the template information, such that the content information is automatically created by use of the position information added to the image information, the content information creating means automatically creating a link page based on the image information and the map information such that, upon display on a display device, a first frame is displayed and includes a map image showing a geographic region containing every position or positions represented by the position information and showing a sub-region or sub-regions at each position or positions on the map image that corresponds to the position information and a respective heading for each of the sub-region or sub-regions, and a second frame is displayed adjacent to the first frame and includes a respective heading character string for each of the sub-region or sub-regions and formed of its respective heading inserted in a common template character string, each respective heading character string including a link to a corresponding further link page, said link page being accessible by an address available to Internet users.