Patent ID: 8880535

Claim:
A method for providing one or more photos associated with a point of interest on a map, the method comprising: receiving an indication of a request from a user to view photos associated with the point of interest on a map; identifying a set of photos associated with the point of interest, wherein the set of photos comprise at least one of one or more photos taken from the point of interest or one or more photos that depict at least part of the point of interest; ranking each of the photos within the set of photos according to ranking criteria, wherein the ranking criteria comprises map context, the map context defining the extent to which a viewpoint of each photo of the set of photos is similar to a current map viewpoint at a time of the request, wherein the viewpoint of each photo is defined by one or more of a field of view of the photo and a viewing direction of the photo; and providing one or more photos of the set of photos for display to the user according to the ranking.