Patent ID: 8099233

Claim:
A map display controller for displaying a three-dimensional map image on a display device, the map display controller comprising: means for specifying a route in the three-dimensional map image, and acquiring estimated passage schedule information indicating a passage time on or after a current time in each of a plurality of positions on the route; means for generating configuration data for configuring a towering structure standing in a shape of a wall along the route specified by the specifying means, in a three-dimensional space shown by the three-dimensional map image; means for displaying, on the display device, an image in which the towering structure is incorporated into the three-dimensional map image in accordance with the configuration data generated by the generating means; and means for acquiring data corresponding to a time range, wherein: the generating means specifies, as part of the configuration data, wall surface display information that is displayed on a wall surface of the towering structure, the wall surface display information corresponding to the data acquired by the acquiring means; and a positional range on the route, the positional range where the wall surface display information is arranged, is specified based on the time range corresponded to by the data acquired by the acquiring means and the estimated passage schedule information.