Patent ID: 6208935
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G01C,G09B

Abstract:
A map application system having a display device, a storage device and a processing unit for displaying a map of a neighborhood of a present position and information related with the present position on the display device, comprising:first means for calculating a destination that is a next position displayed after displaying the present position on the basis of the map stored in said storage device and present position information that has been input and calculating a spatial route from the present position to the destination;second means for arranging in order contents of distribution information associated with a spatial position along said spatial route;third means for displaying sequentially on said display device said distribution information in order along said spatial route;fourth means for updating said present position information after having displayed all of said distribution information; andmeans for calculating said destination corresponding to the present position on the basis of said distribution information by doing weighting for distribution information of the neighborhood at the present position by reference to a distance from the present position and interest information of a user in which a degree of an interest for a plurality of kinds of distribution information is included and stored in said storage device.