Selection and display of media associated with a geographic area based on gesture input

A method for displaying media based on gesture input, comprising:

• displaying a geographic map on a touch-sensitive display surface;
• receiving a gesture input from a user while the geographic map is displayed on the touch-sensitive display surface;
• identifying a geographic boundary associated with the gesture input that defines a selected geographic area on the geographic map displayed;
• filtering media data stored in a media data store in response to the geographic boundary associated with the gesture input to determine a filtered media data collection including media associated with the selected geographic area;
• and
• displaying the media in the filtered media data collection on the touch-sensitive display surface.

A method for displaying media based on gesture input, comprising:

• from an input device, uploading media data to a media data store associated with a media service executed on a media server, the media data including media and associated metadata, the metadata including position data;
• from an interactive display device including a touch-sensitive display device, accessing map data for a geographic map from a data store associated with a map service executed on a map server;
• displaying a geographic map on the touch-sensitive display device, based on the map data;
• receiving a gesture input generated by a user from the touch-sensitive display surface while the geographic map is displayed on the touch-sensitive display surface;
• identifying a geographic boundary associated with the gesture input defining a selected geographic area on the geographic map displayed;
• filtering media data stored in a media data store in response to the geographic boundary associated with the gesture input to determine a filtered media data collection including media associated with the selected geographic area, wherein the determination of the filtered media data collection is based on the position data associated with the media data;
• and
• displaying the media in the filtered media data collection on the touch-sensitive display surface.