Patent ID: 8296061
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G01C,G09B

Abstract:
1. A system for presenting a route, the system comprising: a storage medium that stores mapping data including at least one point of interest, and each of primary and secondary display attributes for each of first and second elements; a rendering device configured to render mapping information; and at least one processor configured by a set of instructions to: receive a request related to rendering of a map, determine at least one route to be included in the map based on the request; determine, based on the at least one route to be included in the map, a map region; determine, based on the at least one route to be included in the map, one or more types of roads to be traversed; identify, based on the map region, the first and the second elements that are apart from the at least one route and different from each other; identify, based on the one or more types of roads to be traversed, the at least one point of interest to be displayed along the at least one route; access the storage medium; and enable, based on information accessed from the storage medium, a map to be rendered on the rendering device and including part or all of the at least one route and the map region, the map including the at least one point of interest displayed along the at least one route, and each of the first element and the second element with the primary display attribute being rendered for the first element and the secondary display attribute being rendered for the second element.