In order to improve the ease of operation of a conventional walk-through
system using panoramic photographic images, a system is provided with a
view calculating unit for calculating view information in accordance with
a user instruction from an operation unit, the view information including
view position information and view direction information; a panoramic
image storing unit for storing a plurality of panoramic images; a path
storing unit for storing path information of the panoramic images; an
allowable path calculating unit for calculating allowable path
information at a next dividing point in accordance with the view
information and the path information; and an image generating unit for
generating a cut-out image from the panoramic image in accordance with
the view information, generating a sign figure representative of the
allowable path in accordance with the allowable path information, and
synthesizing the cut-out image and the sign figure to generate a display
image.