A computer-implemented method of displaying digital images using a plurality of mini-search engine tags in a continuous loop of searching and displaying digital images, the method comprising:
- storing, on one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, a plurality of digital files, each of the digital files having embedded therein content data and metadata including tags, the content data including a digital image, the metadata including a geotag indicative of geographic coordinates where the digital image was taken;
- displaying a map view on a video display device, the displaying the map view including displaying:
- (i) a representation of an interactive map;
- (ii) a first user selectable thumbnail image at a first location on the interactive map corresponding to the geographic coordinates of a first geotag, a first set of digital files including all of the digital files having the first geotag;
- (iii) a first count value image partially overlapping or directly connected to the first user selectable thumbnail image, the first count value image including a first number that corresponds to the number of digital images in the first set of digital files;
- (iv) a second user selectable thumbnail image at a second location on the interactive map corresponding to the geographic coordinates of a second geotag, a second set of digital files including all of the digital files having the second geotag;
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- (v) a second count value image partially overlapping or directly connected to the second user selectable thumbnail image, the second count value image including a second number that corresponds to the number of digital images in the second set of digital files;
- responsive to a click or tap of the first user selectable thumbnail image, displaying a first location view on the video display device, the displaying the first location view including displaying (i) a first location name corresponding to the first geotag, (ii) a scaled replica of each of the digital images in the first set of digital files, and (iii) a first map image indicating the geographic coordinates of the first geotag, the video display device not displaying the interactive map when the first location view is displayed thereon;
- responsive to a click or tap of the second user selectable thumbnail image, displaying a second location view on the video display device, the displaying the second location view including displaying (i) a second location name corresponding to the second geotag, (ii) a scaled replica of each of the digital images in the second set of digital files, and (iii) a second map image indicating the geographic coordinates of the second geotag, the video display device not displaying the interactive map when the second location view is displayed thereon;
- responsive to a click or tap of a first one of the displayed scaled replicas in the first location view, displaying a slideshow view on a video display device, the displaying the slideshow view including:
- (i) displaying the digital image of a first of the digital files associated with the first scaled replica;
- (ii) overlaying on the digital image of the first digital file a first mini-search engine tag, the first mini-search engine tag having a first boundary with alphanumeric text therein indicating a location name corresponding to the first geotag and the number of digital images in the plurality of digital files associated with the first geotag, the first mini-search engine tag being user selectable by a click or tap to display the first location view;
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- (iii) overlaying on the digital image of the first digital file a second mini-search engine tag, the second mini-search engine tag having a second boundary with alphanumeric text therein indicating a name of a person corresponding to a person tag and the number of digital images in the plurality of digital files associated with the person tag, the second mini-search engine tag being user selectable by a click or tap to display a people view on the video display device, the people view including the name of the person corresponding to the person tag and all of the digital images in the plurality of digital files associated with the person tag.