Patent ID: 6694252
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: G01C,G09B

Abstract:
A method of displaying a landmark in a navigation apparatus in which map information, a present position of a motor vehicle, a destination, a driving route, a position of a facility, and a landmark of the facility are displayed on a screen of a monitor display, said method comprising the steps of:storing an additional mark made up of a figure, a mark, and a symbol representing at least one of an installed state and a supplementary condition of the facility in a storage device; determining, when the landmark is to be displayed on a map of the monitor display, as to whether the facility has at least one of the installed state and the supplementary condition; calling up a corresponding additional mark, if the facility has at least one of the installed state and the supplementary condition, from the storage device for displaying in combination with a peculiar landmark of the facility; and displaying the peculiar landmark of the facility with the additional mark, if the facility does not have at least one of the installed state and the supplementary condition then the peculiar landmark of the facility is displayed as a single landmark.