Information display method, information processing apparatus, and information display program

An information display method whereby an information processing apparatus displays a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as a current position of a position indication object on the map, the method comprising acts of:

• when an interobject distance, serving as a distance between a first position indication object and a second position indication object, is equal to or greater than a threshold distance, displaying the map on the display screen at a first scale in a first display mode such that the cursor indicating the first position indication object is displayed on the map;
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• when the interobject distance is less than the threshold distance, displaying the map on the display screen at a second scale smaller than the first scale in a second display mode such that the cursor indicating the first position indication object and another cursor indicating the second position indication object are displayed on the map.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• processing means for displaying a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as a current position of a position indication object on the map;
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• control means for, when a moving speed of the position indication object is equal to or less than a threshold speed, scrolling the map on the display screen in accordance with a movement of the position indication object in a first display mode and, when the moving speed of the position indication object is greater than the threshold speed, fixing the map on the display screen in a second display mode or reducing a speed of scrolling the map on the display screen so that a scrolling speed is lower than that in the first display mode.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• processing means for displaying a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as a current position of a position indication object on the map;
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• control means for, when an interobject distance, serving as a distance between a first position indication object and a second position indication object, is equal to or greater than a threshold distance, displaying the map on the display screen at a first scale in a first display mode such that the cursor indicating the first position indication object is displayed on the map, and when the interobject distance is less than the threshold distance, displaying the map on the display screen at a second scale smaller than the first scale in a second display mode such that the cursor indicating the first position indication object and another cursor indicating the second position indication object are displayed on the map.

A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, provide an information processing apparatus which displays a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as a current position of a position indication object on the map, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

• means for, when a moving speed of the position indication object is equal to or less than a threshold speed, scrolling the map on the display screen in accordance with a movement of the position indication object in a first display mode;
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• means for, when the moving speed of the position indication object is greater than the threshold speed, fixing the map on the display screen in a second display mode or reducing a scrolling speed of the map on the display screen so that the scrolling speed is lower than that in the first display mode.

A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, provide an information processing apparatus which displays a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as the current position of a position indication object on the map, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

• means for, when an interobject distance, serving as a distance between a first position indication object and a second position indication object, is equal to or greater than a threshold distance, displaying the map on the display screen at a first scale in a first display mode such that the cursor indicating the first position indication object is displayed on the map;
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• means for, when the interobject distance is less than the threshold distance, displaying the map on the display screen at a second scale smaller than the first scale in a second display mode such that the cursor indicating the first position indication object and another cursor indicating the second position indication object are displayed on the map.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a processing unit configured to display a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as a current position of a position indication object on the map;
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• a control unit configured to, when a moving speed of the position indication object is equal to or less than a threshold speed, scroll the map on the display screen in accordance with a movement of the position indication object in a first display mode and, when the moving speed of the position indication object is greater than the threshold speed, fix the map on the display screen in a second display mode or reduce a scrolling speed of the map on the display screen so that the scrolling speed is lower than that in the first display mode.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a processing unit configured to display a map on a display screen such that a cursor is displayed at a position measured as a current position of a position indication object on the map;
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• a control unit configured to, when an interobject distance, serving as a distance between a first position indication object and a second position indication object, is equal to or greater than a threshold distance, display the map on the display screen at a first scale in a first display mode such that the cursor indicating the first position indication object is displayed on the map and, when the interobject distance is less than the threshold distance, display the map on the display screen at a second scale smaller than the first scale in a second display mode such that the cursor indicating the first position indication object and another cursor indicating the second position indication object are displayed on the map.