Customizable world map

A computer system comprising at least one server computer coupled over a communications network to at least one client device associated with a first of a plurality of users, the at least one server computer having software associated therewith that when executed causes the server to perform a method for publishing a personalized map of a user's past travels for each of the plurality of users, comprising:

• receiving a plurality of media files from at least one of a plurality of media storage locations associated with the first user, each of the plurality of media files associated with the first of the plurality of users' past travels and selected by the first of the plurality of users for upload to the server computer from the at least one client device or an external source for inclusion in a personalized map for the first user;
• providing a plurality of personal maps, wherein the plurality of personal maps comprise a map of a geographic region and a map of sub-regions of the geographic region, wherein the map of the geographic region comprises a plurality of slots associated with the geographic region and the plurality of sub-regions thereof, each of the plurality of slots having a shape of the respective geographic region and the respective plurality of sub-regions, wherein the plurality of slots associated with the plurality of sub-regions thereof are initially generated when viewed by the first user with an opaque single-color solid fill, and wherein the plurality of slots initially have no media files associated therewith;
• associating each of the plurality of media files with at least one geographical location on each of the plurality of personal maps, the geographical location associated with the first of a plurality of users' past travels, wherein the plurality of media files are associated with the plurality of personal maps based on a geo-tag embedded in the media files or the user's input of location information, and wherein the plurality of media files are associated with a plurality of events;
• causing an interface to be displayed at the at least one client device, the interface displaying a unique personalized map of the geographic region with the plurality of slots associated with the plurality of sub-regions thereof based on the association of each of the plurality of media files with the plurality of personal maps, wherein slots having at least one of the plurality of media files associated therewith are generated on the interface screen to include content from the at least one of the associated media files with the content from the associated media file filling the shape of the respective geographic region and the respective plurality of sub-regions and wherein slots not having at least one of the plurality of media files associated therewith are generated on the interface screen with the opaque single-color solid fill, each of the sub-regions on the map of the geographic region representing a clickable area for drilling down to a selected sub-region, wherein clicking on one of the sub-regions causes the interface to display the sub-region of the geographic region;
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• generating or causing the interface to display for at least one geographic level a list of events associated with the personalized map of the at least one geographic level.