To inform the user of a photographed place of a reproduced video image in the case that a video image of a photographed object is reproduced.
In the case of photographing, a radio wave from an artificial satellite received by a GPS antenna is analyzed to detect a photographed position (longitude and latitude) is detected and photographed position information is recorded on a system data area that is other area than those for video signals and audio signals of each track of a video tape 8. In the case of reproduction, A reproduction control signal reads the photographed position information recorded on the system data area with the video signal recorded on each track of the video tape 8. The photographed position information is fed to a microcomputer 14. The microcomputer 14 reads geographical information from a compact disk ROM 45 based on the received photographic position information and gives the information to an on-screen display controller 32 to produce the video signal for map display.