200849041 九、發明說明： 【發明所屬之技術領域】 本發明係有關一種利用u 1 ^ 訊來進行搜索地點的方法二錄：二球疋位系統資 ⑽Information)的數：曰：：用存儲有地理資訊 案，本方案中所有的圖片於片構建地理資訊飼服器的方 n、 3片仏都按照EXIF標準（Exchangeable -age flle forfflat) ^ ^200849041 IX. INSTRUCTIONS: [Technical field to which the invention pertains] The present invention relates to a method for searching a place using u 1 ^ to search for a second record: the number of two ball system (10) Information: 曰:: stored with geography In the information case, all the pictures in this program are built in the form of a geographic information feeding device, and the three pieces are in accordance with the EXIF standard (Exchangeable -age flle forfflat) ^ ^
=:當使用者通過資料傳輸裝置訪㈣定位和地理 2伺服g時1定位和地理資訊飼服器會將照片中的奶 貝。扎同搜索5月求進行比較’將滿足條件的“興趣地點，，的 圖片返回給使时’使用者通料些直觀的®片便可以方 便的找到特定的‘興趣地點’’。 【先前技術】 按’乂通事業的發達，到世界的各個角落都十分的容 易’因此世界各國都在推廣旅遊觀光事業，冀望這個無污 t :產f ^為國豕帶來豐富的利潤，但是外國人在進行旅 遊行私女排上’因為無法得知欲前往地點附近有何值得參 ^地而—般自助旅遊遊客僅能從旅遊雜地圖來瞭 解目刖所在位置，但是旅遊景點的環境可能會隨著時間改 變，而相關的書籍和地圖資料的更新週期相對較長，使遊 客播法正石:辨硪壌境，而錯失參訪著名景點的良機，因此 如何結合無線網路㈣來獲得旅魏點資訊，成為本發明 所欲達成之技術手段。 200849041 當遊客來到一個陌生的城市，他需要瞭解自己周圍都有 哪些特色小吃店、名勝古跡、購物中心等地點（以下我們 統稱這些地點為“興趣地點”），他可以通過一定的方式 訪問他訂制的定位及地理資訊伺服器，搜索以當前位置為 中心的方圓一里内的特定興趣地點，例如搜索以南京夫子 廟景區的文德橋為中心（即遊客的所在位置）方圓500公尺 内的特色小吃店，全球定位系統之定位服務對搜索請求進 行處理後，將遊客所要求的興趣地點以圖片的形式回傳給 遊客。這樣，遊客在遊覽城市的過程中就很容易發現這些 興趣地點，使旅途充滿樂趣。 要實現上述的地理資訊伺服器，就必須將地理資訊（經 度、緯度等）同要回傳給使用者的圖片檔通過人工作業的 方式聯繫起來。現有的此類服務的實現，或是通過關聯資 料庫搁位建立這種關聯，或是通過專有的貢料檀案格式建 立這種關聯（如Maplnfo地圖工具的MIF文件）。對於這種 人為建立關聯關係的方式，其存在如下缺點： (1) 對於一個公共的地理資訊伺服器來說，手工 錄入地理資訊的工作量是十分巨大的； (2) 有可能產生人為的錯誤，如圖片和地理資訊 不匹配，這將會導致返回給使用者錯誤的資 訊0 【發明内容】 基於解決以上所述習知技藝的缺失，本發明為一種利用 數位相片中的全球定位系統資訊來進行搜索地點的方法， 6 200849041 主要之一目的係利用存儲有地理資訊（GPS Information) 的數位照片以構建地理資訊伺服器，其中，所有的圖片檔 都按照EXIF標準（Exchangeable image file format)存 儲了地理資訊（至少包括經度、緯度資訊）。當使用者通 過資料傳輸裝置訪問該定位和地理資訊伺服器時，定位和 地理資訊伺服器會將照片中的GPS資訊同搜索請求進行比 較，將滿足條件的“興趣地點”的圖片返回給使用者，使 用者通過這些直觀的圖片便可以方便的找到特定的“興趣 地點”。 本發明之另一目的為隨著數位相機技術和Gps技術的發 展，在數位相機中集成GPS單元的成本越來越低，很多數位 相機廠商或GPS終端廠商都推出了或是正在計晝推出包含 有GPS功能的數位相機，或是能夠和獨立的Gps終端進行通 訊的數位相機，這些相機在拍攝圖片的時候可以將被拍攝 2的GPS資汛加入到圖片檔中，這就使得以包含資訊的 照片為基礎構建新型的地理資訊伺服器，成 以利用的基本條件。 —為達^述之目的，本發明一種利用數位相片中的全球 疋位系統資訊來進行搜索地點的方法，其係包含有： 利用資料傳輪裝置獲得全球定位系統經緯度資訊； 利用貝料傳輸裝置請求地理資訊伺服器提供搜索地點 資訊； ' ^ 是否利用上傳數位相片來進行搜索； 上傳具有地理資訊之數位相片； 操取數位相片中之地理資訊； 7 200849041 手動輸入相關參數； 根據相關參數換算全球定位系統之經緯度範圍數值； 根據相關參數於數位相片資料庫中搜索符合全球定位 系統經緯度範圍值之數位相片； 將符合搜索地點資訊之數位相片回傳至該資料傳輸裝 置；以及 利用資料傳輸裝置顯示該數位相片。 為進一步對本發明有更深入的說明，乃藉由以下圖式、 元件符號說明及發明詳細說明來做更詳盡的介紹。 【實施方式】 茲配合下列之圖式說明本發明之詳細結構，及其連結 關係，以利於貴審委做一瞭解。 請參閱圖一所示，係為本發明全球定位系統資訊於一 圖檔中之儲存位置示意圖，其中結合全球定位系統（GPS) 之圖檐内部含有一可替換影像檔格式（Exchangeable image file format，EXIF)，且該EXIF標準的完整名稱是 Exchangeable image file format for Digital Still Camera，目前的標準版本是Version 2. 1，其由日本電子工 業發展協會（Japan Electronic Industry Development Association，簡寫為 JEI DA)於TIFF標準（Tag-based File Format for storing and interchanging raster images) 的基礎上提出的，其利用了 TIFF標準中的私有標記 (Private Tags)部分，來定義在數位照片中存儲元資料 (Mata Data)的格式，其中全球定位系統資訊（GPS Info)， 8 200849041 • 但以下中文譯名稱為『地理資訊』，即為原始資料的一部 . 分，圖一顯示了GPS〗nf〇在圖片中的存儲位置，其中於圖 檔資訊1中之“GPS IFD P〇inter” η區域存儲了 IFD” 12的資料起始位址（圖中未示），相對於數位圖片枰 弟一位址的偏移位元組數值，此數值即為自圖片檔中自動 擷取地理資訊的依據。 EXIF支援的圖片格式包括：jpG、TIFF、PNG、 和WDP，其中JPG檔是按照邛阢標準存儲的圖片檔格式，該 格式是互聯網上應用最廣泛的圖片檔格式之一，同時該柊 式也被所有數位相機支持，因此本實施例所適用數位相位 格式最佳者為JPG檔。 請參閱圖一所示係為本發明全球定位系統之影像檔案 目錄的儲存内容示意圖，其中該可替換影像檔格式 2標準中的原育料資訊是按照不同的影像檔目錄（丨财砍 FileDirectories，IFD)來組織的，其顯示 了存儲Gpsin= 的IFD中的具體内谷，本圖示並未全列的inf〇 ifd中广 I: 儲的所有内容，對於本發明而言，只有四項參考資料做^ 擷取資料的依據，其分別為：緯度參考方向21、緯度值22、 - 經度麥考方向23和經度值24，其餘資料皆不在本發明的擷 • 取範圍中。其中，經度和緣度值可以是1至3個浮點數構成， 以經度值為例’該值可以是東經XX度、東經XX度XX 分、東經XX度XX分χχ秒三種中的任何一種，取決於 全球定位系統之定位服務的地理資訊資料格式。 請參閱圖三所示’係為本發明利用數位相片中的全球 定位系統貧訊來進行搜索地點的應用架構示意圖，其中本 9 200849041 • 實施例中，其係包含：資料傳輸裝置31、全球定位系統32、 地理貢訊伺服器33和數位相片資料庫34。各個架構之間 的連接及動作關係分述如下： 曰 資料傳輸裝置31泛指具有無線網路之電子產品，如指 行動電話（Mobil Phone)、個人數位助理（PDA)、掌上 型王球疋位系統（GPS)電子產品、内建全球定位系統之數 位，機:個人電腦（PC)、筆記型電腦（N〇teb〇〇k)之其 中-者料。在本案中，t料傳龄置31通過其無線網路、， 以擷取使用者當前位置的全球定位系統資訊。 使用者可透過數種方法來獲得當前位置的地理資訊 jGPS Info)，方可利用該地理資訊伺服器犯。全球定位 系統32之定位服務接獲使用者之資㈣輸裝置31 的地理資訊請求，再將使用去木义你罢从仏；，、、、、、裏運接 ^ ^ ^丹肘便用者當刖位置的所需要之地理資 Λ回遞給使用者。其無線傳輪的方法與裝置有很多的可能 性，例如： ⑴使用可以從各種具有Gps功能的終端上（即為前 述數種資料傳輸裝置），讀取當前地理資訊輸 到搜索請求介面； 打<輪入 (2)利用㈣全球定位系統之數位相機，拍攝昭片後 給^訊飼服器33,地理資訊飼服器，自動從 ^ 地點貧訊，而無^動輸人當前地點地理 貝汛，名去Key ln座標資料的不便。 地理資訊飼服器33以使用者的所在 :者指定的搜索範圍、還可能辅以特定 二;吏 靡、洗手間、遊樂景點...等）做—輸人，對數 1 10 200849041 • 庫34中的數位相片進行搜索，將滿足條件的圖片回遞給使 . 用者，依據使用者輸入的所在位置資訊（或從使用者上傳 的數位圖片中擷取全球定位系統資訊）、使用者指定的搜 索範圍，再輔以其他搜索條件（如：餐廳、遊樂景點、洗 手間…等），在數位相片資料庫中查找到符合搜索條件的 “興趣地點”的圖片後，將這些數位相片回遞給使用者， 使用者即可利用該些數位相片按圖索驥，找到相對應之地 點。 數位相片資料庫中存儲的圖片都包含有地理資訊（GPS Info)，並且按照一定的標準進行了分類並建立了索引， 以提供快速的查找服務。其中圖片的來源有多種：一為網 友上傳的，二為網站相關人員所製作。無論數位相片資料 的來源為何，存入數位相片資料庫34中的數位相片，均應按 照EXIF標準格式存儲有地理資訊，也可能依據照片的主題 進行了進一步的分類（如：餐廳、購物中心、名勝古跡等）。 請參閱圖四所示，係為利用數位相片中的全球定位系 ( 統資訊來進行搜索地點的搜索流程示意圖，該流程如下·· 41〜開始； 42〜利用一資料傳輸裝置獲得全球定位系統經緯度資訊， . 資料傳輸裝置首先訪問全球定位系統之定位服務，獲 得自身當前位置的地理資訊； 43〜利用資料傳輸裝置請求地理資訊伺服器提供搜索地點 貧訊， 44〜是否利用上傳數位相片來進行搜索，若其執行結果為 否，則執行步驟45 (手動輸入身處位置地理資訊及相 200849041 關麥數），若其執行結果為是，則執行步驟; 45〜手動輸入身處位置地理資訊及相關參數； 46〜上傳具有地理資訊之數位相片，使用者也可以直接上 傳某些地點的數位照片（包含有Gps資訊）進行搜索； 47 j取數位相片中之地理資訊，地理資訊飼服器負責從 這些照片中抽取地理資訊；=: When the user visits through the data transmission device (4) positioning and geography 2 servo g 1 positioning and geographic information feeder will be the milk in the photo. Zhatong search in May to compare 'will return the picture of the "interest of interest," to the time when the user will be able to find a specific 'interest location'. 】 According to the development of the business of the company, it is very easy to go to every corner of the world. Therefore, all countries in the world are promoting tourism and tourism, and hope that this pollution-free t: production f ^ brings rich profits to the country, but foreigners In the travel and private women's volleyball team's 'because it is impossible to know what is worthwhile to go to the place nearby, the self-help tourists can only see the location from the tourist map, but the environment of the tourist attraction may follow The time changes, and the related books and map materials have a relatively long update period, which makes the tourists broadcast the true stone: identify the dilemma and miss the opportunity to visit the famous scenic spots, so how to combine the wireless network (4) to obtain the travel Wei point Information becomes the technical means to be achieved by the present invention. 200849041 When a visitor arrives in a strange city, he needs to know which specialty snack bars are around him. Places of interest, shopping malls, etc. (hereinafter we collectively refer to these places as "interesting places"), he can access his customized positioning and geographic information server in a certain way, searching for a circle within a radius of the current location. Specific interest locations, such as a specialty snack bar within 500 meters of the Wende Bridge in Nanjing Confucius Temple Scenic Spot (ie, the location of the visitor), the positioning service of the Global Positioning System will process the search request and the visitor will The requested places of interest are returned to the tourists in the form of pictures. In this way, tourists can easily find these places of interest during the tour of the city, making the journey full of fun. To achieve the above-mentioned geographic information server, geographic information must be The longitude, latitude, etc.) are linked to the image file to be passed back to the user through manual work. The existing implementation of such a service, either through the associated database shelf to establish such association, or through proprietary The tribute file format establishes this association (such as the MIF file of the Maplnfo map tool). For this In order to establish a relationship, it has the following disadvantages: (1) For a public geographic information server, the amount of manual input of geographic information is very large; (2) There may be human errors, such as pictures. Does not match the geographic information, which will result in the information returned to the user. [Invention] Based on solving the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art, the present invention is a search location using global positioning system information in digital photos. Method, 6 200849041 One of the main purposes is to use a digital photo stored with GPS Information to build a geographic information server, in which all image files are stored in accordance with the EXIF standard (Exchangeable image file format). At least include longitude and latitude information). When the user accesses the location and geospatial server through the data transfer device, the location and geostation server compares the GPS information in the photo with the search request, and returns the image of the "interest place of interest" that satisfies the condition to the user. Users can easily find specific "places of interest" through these intuitive pictures. Another object of the present invention is that with the development of digital camera technology and GPS technology, the cost of integrating GPS units in digital cameras is getting lower and lower, and many digital camera manufacturers or GPS terminal manufacturers have introduced or are planning to introduce A GPS-enabled digital camera, or a digital camera that can communicate with a separate Gps terminal. These cameras can add the GPS information of the captured 2 to the image file when the picture is taken, which makes it possible to include information. Photo-based construction of a new type of geographic information server, the basic conditions for utilization. For the purpose of the present invention, the present invention provides a method for searching for a place by using global clamp system information in a digital photo, which includes: obtaining a latitude and longitude information of the global positioning system by using a data transfer device; Request geospatial server to provide search location information; ' ^ Whether to upload digital photos for search; Upload digital photos with geographic information; Get geographic information from digital photos; 7 200849041 Enter relevant parameters manually; Convert global according to relevant parameters The latitude and longitude range value of the positioning system; searching for a digital photo in accordance with the GPS latitude and longitude range value in the digital photo database according to the relevant parameters; returning the digital photo matching the search location information to the data transmission device; and displaying by using the data transmission device The digital photo. The invention will be further described in detail by the following figures, the description of the elements, and the detailed description of the invention. [Embodiment] The detailed structure of the present invention and its connection relationship will be described in conjunction with the following drawings to facilitate an understanding of the audit committee. Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic diagram of the storage location of the global positioning system information in the first embodiment of the present invention, wherein the map of the global positioning system (GPS) internally contains an exchangeable image file format (Exchangeable image file format, EXIF), and the full name of the EXIF standard is Exchangeable image file format for Digital Still Camera, the current standard version is Version 2. 1, which was developed by the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (JEI DA) Based on the TIFF standard (Tag-based File Format for storing and interchanging raster images), it utilizes the Private Tags section of the TIFF standard to define the storage of metadata (Mata Data) in digital photos. Format, GPS Information, 8 200849041 • But the following Chinese translation is “Geographic Information”, which is a part of the original data. Figure 1 shows the storage location of GPS〗 nf〇 in the image. , in the "GPS IFD P〇inter" η area in the image information 1 stores the IFD" 12 The starting address of the data (not shown), relative to the offset byte value of the address of the digital image, which is the basis for automatically extracting geographic information from the image file. Image format supported by EXIF Including: jpG, TIFF, PNG, and WDP, where the JPG file is a picture file format stored in accordance with the standard, which is one of the most widely used image file formats on the Internet, and is also supported by all digital cameras. Therefore, the best digital phase format for the embodiment is the JPG file. Please refer to FIG. 1 for the storage content of the image file directory of the global positioning system of the present invention, wherein the replaceable image file format 2 standard The original feed information is organized according to different image file directories (FileDirectories, IFD), which shows the specific inner valley in the IFD storing Gpsin=, this illustration is not a full list of inf〇ifd I: All the contents of the storage, for the present invention, only four reference materials are used as the basis for extracting the data, which are: latitude reference direction 21, latitude value 22, - longitude McCaw direction 23 and The value is 24, and the rest of the data are not in the range of the present invention. The longitude and the margin value may be composed of 1 to 3 floating point numbers, and the longitude value is used as an example. The value may be XX degrees east longitude and east longitude. Any one of XX degrees XX points, east longitude XX degrees XX minutes and seconds, depending on the geographic information data format of the positioning service of the Global Positioning System. Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a schematic diagram of an application architecture for searching for a location using a global positioning system in a digital photo. In this embodiment, the system includes: data transmission device 31, global positioning System 32, geographic scam server 33 and digital photo library 34. The connection and action relationship between the various architectures are described as follows: 曰 The data transmission device 31 generally refers to an electronic product having a wireless network, such as a mobile phone (Mobil Phone), a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a palm-type golf ball position. System (GPS) electronic products, digital positioning of the built-in global positioning system, machine: personal computer (PC), notebook computer (N〇teb〇〇k) among them. In this case, the t-age age set 31 passes through its wireless network to capture the GPS information of the user's current location. The user can obtain the geographic information of the current location (JGPS Info) in several ways to make use of the geographic information server. The positioning service of GPS 32 receives the user's capital (4) the geographic information request of the transmission device 31, and then will use the de-woody you to stop the 仏;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The required geographic assets of the location are returned to the user. There are many possibilities for the method and device for wireless transmission, for example: (1) The user can read the current geographic information from the various terminals with the GPS function (that is, the foregoing several data transmission devices), and input the current geographic information to the search request interface; <Involvement (2) Using the digital camera of the (4) Global Positioning System, after taking the film, the camera will be given a 33-point information service device, automatically from the location of the information, without the input of the current location geography Bessie, the inconvenience of the name to Key ln coordinates. The geographic information feeding device 33 is made by the user's location: the specified search range, and may also be supplemented by a specific two; 吏靡, restroom, amusement attractions, etc.), the logarithm 1 10 200849041 • Library 34 The digital photo is searched, and the image that meets the condition is returned to the user. According to the location information input by the user (or the global positioning system information is extracted from the digital image uploaded by the user), the user-specified search Scope, supplemented by other search criteria (such as: restaurants, amusement spots, restrooms, etc.), after looking up the images of "interests of interest" in the digital photo database, the digital photos are returned to the user. The user can use the digital photos to find the corresponding location. The images stored in the digital photo database contain geographic information (GPS Info) and are classified and indexed according to certain criteria to provide a fast search service. There are many sources of images: one is uploaded by the network friends, and the other is made by the relevant personnel of the website. Regardless of the source of the digital photo material, the digital photos stored in the digital photo database 34 should be stored in accordance with the EXIF standard format, or may be further classified according to the theme of the photo (eg, restaurant, shopping center, Places of historic interest, etc.). Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a schematic diagram of the search process of the search location by using the global positioning system in the digital photo. The process is as follows: 41~Starting; 42~ obtaining the latitude and longitude of the global positioning system by using a data transmission device Information, the data transmission device first accesses the positioning service of the global positioning system to obtain the geographic information of its current location; 43~ uses the data transmission device to request the geographic information server to provide the search location information, 44~ whether to use the upload digital photo to search If the execution result is no, proceed to step 45 (manually enter the location geographic information and phase 200849041), if the execution result is yes, perform the steps; 45~ manually enter the location geographic information and related Parameters; 46~ upload digital photos with geographic information, users can also directly upload digital photos of certain locations (including GPS information) for searching; 47 j take the geographical information in digital photos, geographic information feeding device is responsible for Extract geographic information from these photos;
48〜手動輸入相關參數’然後將自身當前位置資訊同使用 者輸入的搜索範圍（可選擇加入特定的描述，如餐館、 洗手間、景點等）一併構成查詢資訊； 2根據相關茶數換异全球定位系統之經緯度範圍數值； 〜根據相關參數於數位相片資料庫中搜索符合全球定位 糸統經緯度範圍值之數位相片，發送給地理資訊飼服 :’地理資簡服器根據查詢資訊換算出地理資訊的 範圍值； 01 52 ^付合搜索地點#訊之數位相片回傳至該資料傳輸裝 =此為依據查詢數位相片資料庫中（某個特定分 片權，將數位相片資料庫中數位相片的地 貝成撷取出來同搜索範圍進行比較； 輸裝置顯示該數位相片’將落在搜索範圍 偉认/某個特定分類的）數位相片和文字描述，回 資㈣服器，地理資訊伺服器再將這4b圖片 資料傳輸裝置，資料傳輪裝置將這些數位 片矛文子描述顯示予使用者； 結束。 本案針對資料傳輸裝置巾之數㈣機生成 的圖片 可 53 200849041 * 存儲GPS (Global Positioning System)資訊這一特點， I 提出了利用圖片中的GPS資訊構建地理資訊伺服器的方 案，與習知技藝相較，該方案具有以下優點： 1. 大大降低人工編輯的工作量：由於地理資訊 和圖片資料共同保存在一個檔案中，無需人 為的建立二者的關聯關係，大大降低了人工 編輯的工作量； 2. 從根本上消除了圖片和地點資訊不一致的人 為錯誤。 綜上所述，本發明之特徵及較佳實施例皆已詳細揭示， 而可充分顯示出本發明案在目的及功效上均深富實施之進 步性，極具產業之利用價值，且為目前市面上前所未見之 運用，依專利法之精神所述，本發明案完全符合發明專利 之要件。 唯以上所述者，僅為本發明之較佳實施例而已，當不能 以之限定本發明所實施之範圍，即大凡依本發明申請專利 I 範圍所作之均等變化及修飾，皆應仍屬於本發明專利涵蓋 之範圍内。 .【圖式簡單說明】 圖一係為本發明全球定位系統資訊於一圖檔中之儲存位置 不意圖， 圖二係為本發明全球定位系統之影像檔案目錄的儲存内容 不意圖， 圖三係為本發明利用數位相片中的全球定位系統資訊來進 200849041 ，行搜索地點的應用架構示意圖； 圖四係為利用數位相片中的全球定位系統資訊來進行搜索 地點的搜索流程示意圖。 【主要元件符號說明】 1〜圖檔資訊48~Manually input the relevant parameters' and then compare the current location information with the user's input search range (optional to include specific descriptions, such as restaurants, restrooms, attractions, etc.) to form the query information; 2 change the world according to the number of related teas The latitude and longitude range value of the positioning system; ~ Search for digital photos in the digital photo database that match the latitude and longitude range of the global positioning system according to the relevant parameters, and send it to the geographic information feeding service: 'Geographical information device converts the geographic information according to the query information Range value; 01 52 ^Furniture search location# Digital photo transfer back to the data transfer device=This is based on querying the digital photo database (a specific slice right, the digital photo in the digital photo database) The scallops are taken out and compared with the search scope; the inverting device displays the digital photo and text description of the digital photo 'will fall in the search area/a specific category', and returns the capital (4) server, geographic information server The 4b picture data transmission device and the data transmission device display the digital slice spears to the user; Beam. This case is for the number of data transmission device (4) machine generated image 53 200849041 * Storage GPS (Global Positioning System) information, I proposed the use of GPS information in the picture to build a geographic information server, and the skills In comparison, the scheme has the following advantages: 1. The workload of manual editing is greatly reduced: since geographic information and image data are stored together in one file, there is no need to artificially establish the relationship between the two, which greatly reduces the workload of manual editing. 2. Basically eliminates human error inconsistent picture and location information. In summary, the features and preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed in detail, and can fully demonstrate that the present invention is highly advanced in terms of purpose and efficacy, and has great industrial value, and is currently The unprecedented use in the market, according to the spirit of the patent law, the invention is fully in line with the requirements of the invention patent. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, that is, the equivalent variation and modification of the scope of the patent application I of the present invention should still belong to the present invention. Within the scope of the invention patent. [Simplified description of the drawings] Figure 1 is not intended to store the location information of the Global Positioning System (GPS) information in an image file. Figure 2 is not intended to store the contents of the image file directory of the Global Positioning System of the present invention. For the present invention, the global positioning system information in the digital photo is used to enter the 200849041, and the application architecture of the search location is shown; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the search process for searching the location by using the global positioning system information in the digital photo. [Main component symbol description] 1~Map information
11〜GPS IFD Pointer 12〜GPS IFD 〇 2〜可替換影像檔格式 21〜緯度參考方向 2 2〜緯度值 23〜經度參考方向 24〜經度值 31〜資料傳輸裝置 32〜全球定位系統 33〜地理資訊伺服器 I 34〜數位相片資料庫 41〜開始 . 42〜利用一資料傳輸裝置獲得全球定位系統經緯度資訊 ^ 43〜利用資料傳輸裝置請求地理資訊伺服器提供搜索地點 資訊 44〜是否利用上傳數位相片來進行搜索 45〜手動輸入身處位置地理資訊及相關參數 46〜上傳具有地理資訊之數位相片 47〜擷取數位相片中之地理資訊 14 200849041 48〜手動輸入相關參數 49〜根據㈣參數換算全球定位系統之輯度範圍數值 50〜根據㈣參數於數位相片f料庫t搜索符合全球定位 系統經緯度範圍值之數位相片 51〜將符合搜索地點資訊之數位相片回傳至該資料傳輪裴 置 、 52〜利用資料傳輸裝置顯示該數位相片 53〜結束11~GPS IFD Pointer 12~GPS IFD 〇2~Replaceable image file format 21~Latitude reference direction 2 2~Latitude value 23~Longitude reference direction 24~Longitude value 31~Data transmission device 32~Global positioning system33~Geographic information Server I 34 ~ digital photo database 41 ~ start. 42 ~ use a data transmission device to obtain GPS latitude and longitude information ^ 43 ~ use the data transmission device to request the geographic information server to provide search location information 44 ~ whether to use upload digital photos Search 45~Manually enter the location geographic information and related parameters 46~Upload digital photos with geographic information 47~Retrieve geographic information in digital photos14 200849041 48~Manual input related parameters 49~ According to (4) Parameter conversion GPS The range value is 50~ according to the (4) parameter in the digital photo f library t search for the digital photo that matches the latitude and longitude range value of the global positioning system 51~ the digital photo that matches the search location information is transmitted back to the data transfer device, 52~ Displaying the digital photo 53~ end using the data transmission device
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