Apparatus and method for identifying location in portable terminal

PURPOSE: A device and a method for checking location information in a portable terminal are provided to transmit an image about a location to an image searching server, thereby receiving the location information about the image. CONSTITUTION: An image search server sets an image search range if a location information checking event coping with an image is generated(401,403). The server searches a candidate image(405). The server transmits the searched candidate image to a portable terminal(407). If information about a final image is received, the server checks the location information about the final image(409,411). The server transmits the identified location information to the portable terminal(413).