US Patent 7518650 Image reproducing method and image reproducing apparatus

A personal computer loads image data with tag information, which includes position coordinates of an image capture position and a camera azimuth, from an electronic camera. A thumbnail image, which is a reduced image of the loaded image, is rotated in a camera azimuth direction and composited to a position, which corresponds to the position coordinates, on an electronic map. A composite electronic map, which is composited with the thumbnail image, is displayed in a monitor of the personal computer.