1. An interactive media display system, comprising: a touch-sensitive display surface configured to display a geographic map and receive a gesture input generated by a user on the touch-sensitive display surface, the gesture input defining a selected geographic area on the geographic map; a data store for storing map data and media data, the media data including media and metadata associated with the media, the metadata including position data indicating a geographic position at which the media was recorded; and a controller configured to receive the gesture input from the touch-sensitive display surface, and in response to the gesture input, to filter the media data based on the position data to determine a filtered media data collection that includes media associated with the selected geographic area, and to command the touch-sensitive display surface to display the media in the filtered media data collection.