Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, an apparatus, and a terminal device for generating and processing information. The information generation method includes: generating gesture information according to an identified gesture path; detecting location information; and generating summary information according to the gesture information and the location information. The information processing method includes: receiving summary information, and extracting location information and gesture information in the summary information; and when detected current location information matches the location information obtaining a gesture path according to the gesture information in the summary information, and displaying on a viewing interface of the camera. By adopting the technical solutions provided by the present invention, a user can send gesture information when being at a certain location to a contact person, and the gesture information is displayed on a viewing interface of a camera of the contact person that arrives at the geographical location.