Patent ID: 6078863
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: G01C,G08G

Abstract:
A method of preparing, for the driver of a vehicle, route guide information which is to be given in the form of instructions for turning at points along the route, comprising steps of:storing a street map;determining by means of the street map, a route leading over route guide points to a destination established as an intended route for the driver of the vehicle;providing the value of a predetermined distance;establishing a condition for displaying cross streets, such that, when a route turn point at which the driver is to turn off from the street being traveled is approached, checking, a criterion that the distance to the route point is greater than said predetermined distance;upon fulfilment of said criterion, checking by means of the street map, whether one or more cross streets are present on the same side of the traveled street within said predetermined distance in front of the route turn point; andwherein, upon fulfilment of said condition that one or more cross streets are present on the same side of the traveled street within the predetermined distance, presenting all the streets lying on the same side of the traveled street which are present between the vehicle and the route turn point at the time of a giving of the route turn information to the driver.