Methods, devices, and computer program products for geo-tagged photographic image augmented GPS navigation

A global positioning system enabled device comprising:

• a display;
• and
• a processor circuit configured to display a photographic image on the display responsive to movement of the global positioning system enabled mobile device along a navigational route provided by the global positioning system enabled mobile device, wherein the processor circuit is further configured to:
• selectively include the photographic image on the display responsive to determining proximity of the global positioning system enabled mobile device to a waypoint associated with the navigational route, the photographic image having a navigational route point-of-view perspective as seen by a user of the global positioning system enabled mobile device while traveling the navigational route on a surface;
• wherein the processor circuit is further configured to selectively include the photographic image by searching a database of photographic images of views of subjects of waypoints determined to be within proximity of the navigational route using search parameters input from a user of the global positioning system enabled mobile device to provide found photographic images, selecting ones of the found photographic images for display in response to determining the global positioning system enabled mobile device is within proximity to the subjects of the waypoints along the navigational route.

A computer program product for providing augmented global positioning system navigation comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program product comprising:

• first computer readable program code configured to display a photographic image on a display of a global positioning system enabled mobile device responsive to movement of the global positioning system enabled mobile device along a navigational route provided by the global positioning system enabled mobile device;
• further comprising:
• second computer readable program code configured to selectively include the photographic image on the display responsive to determining proximity of the global positioning system enabled mobile device to a waypoint associated with the navigational route, the photographic image having a navigational route point-of-view perspective as seen by a user of the global positioning system enabled mobile device while traveling the navigational route on a surface;
• wherein the second computer readable program code further comprises:
• third computer readable program code configured to search a database of photographic images of views of subjects of waypoints determined to be within proximity of the navigational route using search parameters input from a user of the global positioning system enabled mobile device to provide found photographic images;
• and
• fourth computer readable program code configured to select ones of the found photographic images for display in response to determining the global positioning system enabled mobile device is within proximity to the subjects of the waypoints along the navigational route.