Patent ID: 6633813
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: G01C,G01S

Abstract:
A navigation system for a land vehicle having a measuring arrangement for supplying position, direction and/or distance data, having a data source arrangement for supplying navigation data comprising map and/or road data, having an input arrangement at least for inputting a destination and a further prescribed place, having a control arrangement at least for determining a route to be followed based on a sequence of roads between a starting point and the destination, and having at least one display apparatus for outputting navigation instructions based on the route to be followed to the destination,wherein the control arrangement is provided for also determining a direction from a present calculated position of the land vehicle to the position for the further prescribed place, and wherein the display apparatus is adapted to simultaneously display the direction ascertained by the control arrangement to the further prescribed place and at least a portion of the navigation instructions for the route to be followed to the destination.