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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2008
Masanao Tsutsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanao Tsutsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A map display apparatus includes an image storage unit that stores images in association with corresponding items of image capturing position information of places where the images were captured; an image information reading unit that reads image capturing position information of a specified image from the image storage unit; an image capturing position displaying unit that displays a map represented by map information on the basis of the image capturing position information; a current position obtaining unit that obtains current position information from a position determining unit determining a current position; a current position displaying unit that displays a map represented by map information on the basis of the obtained current position information; and a map display switching unit that selectively switches between the map information of the image capturing position displaying unit and the map information of the current position displaying unit in response to a display switching instruction.
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