Patent ID: 8462993

Claim:
A map information display control apparatus for controlling display map information comprising: an image obtaining unit configured to obtain captured images captured by an image capturing unit; a map area selection unit configured to select an area of a map so as to include image-capturing positions of the captured images; a changed-image-position determination unit configured to, after a predetermined captured image is changed to another captured image among the plurality of captured images, determine whether or not an image-capturing position of the another captured image is positioned within the area selected by the map area selection unit, wherein the map area selection unit does not change the area of the map after the changed-image-position determination unit determines that the another captured image is positioned within the selected area, and changes the area of the map so that the another captured image is used as a reference after the changed-image-position determination unit determines that the another captured image is positioned outside the selected area; and a map information display control unit configured to control a display to display map information to include the area of the map selected by the map area selection unit.