Patent ID: 8688370

Claim:
An information display method whereby an information processing apparatus displays a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as a current position of a position indication object on the map, the method comprising the steps of: controlling a scale of the map, wherein controlling the scale of the map comprises: receiving a first position of a first position indication object; calculating an interobject distance that is a distance between the first position of the first position indication object and a second position of a second position indication object; comparing the interobject distance to a threshold distance; in response to determining that the interobject distance is equal to or greater than the threshold distance, configuring the map for display on the display screen at a first scale such that the cursor indicating the first position of the first position indication object is displayed on the map and the second position of the second position indication object is not indicated in the map; and in response to determining that the interobject distance is less than the threshold distance, configuring the map for display on the display screen at a second scale smaller than the first scale such that both the cursor indicating the first position of the first position indication object and another cursor indicating the second position of the second position indication object are displayed on the map.