Method, apparatus, and computer program for generating albums

An album generating apparatus that generates album data including at least one image data set, which has been photographed during a trip and which has time data representing a time of photography attached thereto, comprising:

• travel route data obtaining means for obtaining travel route data, which includes data related to the route taken during the trip and times of passage through desired positions along the route;
• map data set obtaining means for obtaining a map data set that contains the route from a map database which stores a plurality of map data sets, based on the travel route data;
• photography location estimating means for estimating a photography location based on the travel route data and the time data;
• photography data generating means for generating photography data which represents that the image data set was obtained at the photography location along the route;
• photography data attaching means for attaching the photography data to the map data set;
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• album data generating means for generating album data including the map data set, in which the photography data is correlated with the image data set.

A program that causes a computer to execute a method for generating an album based on album data including at least one image data set, which has been photographed during a trip and which has time data representing a time of photography attached thereto, the program comprising the procedures of:

• obtaining travel route data, which includes data related to the route taken during the trip and times of passage through desired positions along the route;
• obtaining a map data set that contains the route from a map database which stores a plurality of map data sets, based on the travel route data;
• estimating a photography location based on the travel route data and the time data;
• generating photography data which represents that the image data set was obtained at the photography location along the route;
• attaching the photography data to the map data set;
• and
• generating album data including the map data set, in which the photography data is correlated with the image data set.

A computer readable medium storing thereon a program that causes a computer to execute a method for generating an album based on album data including at least one image data set, which has been photographed during a trip and which has time data representing a time of photography attached thereto, the program comprising the procedures of:

• obtaining travel route data, which includes data related to the route taken during the trip and times of passage through desired positions along the route;
• obtaining a map data set that contains the route from a map database which stores a plurality of map data sets, based on the travel route data;
• estimating a photography location based on the travel route data and the time data;
• generating photography data which represents that the image data set was obtained at the photography location along the route;
• attaching the photography data to the map data set;
• and
• generating album data including the map data set, in which the photography data is correlated with the image data set.