Patent ID: 8819117

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a position information extraction unit that extracts position information from image data selected by a user, wherein the image data is received from an image capture device; a communication control unit that exchanges data, via a communication network, with a map information providing server for providing map images, a landmark information providing server for providing landmark information on landmarks, and an image sharing server for providing a service of publicizing image data over the Internet; a map image acquisition unit that transmits the position information extracted by the position information extraction unit to the map information providing server and acquires a map image corresponding to the extracted position information from the map information providing server, via the communication control unit; a landmark information acquisition unit that transmits the position information extracted by the position information extraction unit to the landmark information providing server and acquires landmark information corresponding to the extracted position information from the landmark information providing server, via the communication control unit; an associated image acquisition unit that transmits the landmark information acquired by the landmark information acquisition unit to the image sharing server and acquires an associated image corresponding to the acquired landmark information from the image sharing server, via the communication control unit; and a display unit that simultaneously displays the image data selected by the user, the map image acquired from the map information providing server, the landmark information acquired from the landmark information providing server and the associated image acquired from the image sharing server, wherein the display of the landmark information comprises symbols superimposed on the map image and a list of selectable landmark names respectively corresponding to the symbols, and wherein when a name is selected from the list, an associated photograph relating to the selected name is displayed on the map at a position corresponding to the symbol for the selected name.