1. A portable terminal comprising: a Global Positioning System (GPS) configured to provide a position of the portable terminal; a camera configured to capture an image of a feature, wherein the camera is configured to capture an image if the portable terminal is still for a predetermined time while capturing the image; a sensor configured to detect a direction of the camera; an image geographic information part comprising image information; an image processor configured to extract a characteristic of the captured image of the feature and compare the extracted characteristic with image information stored in the image geographic information part; and a controller configured to proportionally compare, in response to recognizing a specific feature through the image processor, geographic information of the image information with size and direction data on a peripheral feature near the feature within the captured image, and configured to recognize the peripheral feature, wherein the direction data corresponds to the direction of the camera which is detected by the sensor.