Patent ID: 6122592
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
A map display system comprising:extracting means for extracting map data and location data representing a plurality of locations segregated into different categories and coordinate data corresponding to said plurality of locations;a display;a map display controller which displays a map on said display based on said map data;an input device for inputting location information for a point of interest, said point of interest being different from a location presently occupied by a user of the map display system;a selector device for selecting at least one category from said different categories;a calculating device which calculates respective straight-line distances from said point of interest and each of said locations of said one selected category;a location name display device which displays on said display the location names of said selected category in order of the respective distances between said point of interest and locations of said one selected category.