Patent ID: 7978232

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with a computer program that performs a method of using a remotely located map service server, the method comprising: obtaining data from a camera removably connected to a computer platform, the obtained data indicating geographic coordinates associated with each of a plurality of pictures taken by the camera; transmitting the geographic coordinates associated with each of the plurality of pictures to the remotely located map service server to request a municipality name corresponding to the geographic coordinates associated with each of the plurality of pictures, the remotely located map service server including data that indicates whether a landmark is observable by a person from specific geographic coordinates; and if the transmitted geographic coordinates associated with at least one of the plurality of pictures are determined to be coordinates from which the landmark is observable via a person's view based on the data included in the remotely located map service server, receiving, from the remotely located map service server, data indicating a name of the landmark.