An electronic device according to an embodiment disclosed in the present document comprises a camera module, a communication circuit, a memory, and a processor, wherein the processor may execute a first application using the camera module, obtain a first image through the camera module while driving the first application, recognize a designated type of object from the first image, obtain position information of capturing the first image, determine a first virtual point corresponding to the position information from a 3-dimensional virtual map, obtain a second image corresponding to the first image from the first virtual point, and update data of the 3-dimensional virtual map regarding the object, on the basis of comparison between the first image and the second image.