Patent ID: 8874364
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
1. A navigation system for determining a route from a location of the navigation system to a destination point, comprising: a processor configured to correlate a geocode of the destination point with a geocode of a canonically oriented static photographic image of a prominent route point, wherein the geocode of the image is stored along with image data of the image in a data file; and a display device configured to display at least one of (a) the route in at least one of (i) a map display and (ii) a map-type display and (b) a direction indication that corresponds to the route, the display device configured to simultaneously display the canonically oriented static photographic image of a prominent route point, wherein the canonically oriented static photographic image of the prominent route point is shown only within at least one of a specified time or distance from the prominent route point and prior to the prominent route point.