A navigation method applied in a server, the method comprises: the server receiving current position characteristic information sent by a mobile terminal, and determining a position of an area matching the current position characteristic information based on the current position characteristic information and a locally stored database, and taking the determined position as an initial position, wherein the current position characteristic information comprises at least one of parking space identification information, a license plate number or a comparison image; wherein, the database is constructed by the server according to position information corresponding to respective areas and correspondence between characteristic information of the respective areas sent from one or more image acquiring apparatus for each of areas and identification information of the respective areas, wherein the characteristic information of the respective areas is obtained based on characteristic images corresponding to the respective areas, which are acquired by an image acquiring apparatus for each area after detecting a change of content contained in this area, and wherein identification information and position information corresponding to each of parking spaces, license plate numbers or images of currently parked vehicles are stored in the database; the server receiving target position characteristic information sent by the mobile terminal, determining a position of an area matching the target position characteristic information based on the target position characteristic information and the database, and taking the determined position as a target position, wherein the target position characteristic information comprises at least one of parking space identification information, a license plate number or a comparison image; and the server determining a first route from the initial position to the target position and sending the first route to the mobile terminal for display on an electronic map. the server receiving current position characteristic information sent by a mobile terminal, and determining a position of an area matching the current position characteristic information based on the current position characteristic information and a locally stored database, and taking the determined position as an initial position, wherein the current position characteristic information comprises at least one of parking space identification information, a license plate number or a comparison image; wherein, the database is constructed by the server according to position information corresponding to respective areas and correspondence between characteristic information of the respective areas sent from one or more image acquiring apparatus for each of areas and identification information of the respective areas, wherein the characteristic information of the respective areas is obtained based on characteristic images corresponding to the respective areas, which are acquired by an image acquiring apparatus for each area after detecting a change of content contained in this area, and wherein identification information and position information corresponding to each of parking spaces, license plate numbers or images of currently parked vehicles are stored in the database; the server receiving target position characteristic information sent by the mobile terminal, determining a position of an area matching the target position characteristic information based on the target position characteristic information and the database, and taking the determined position as a target position, wherein the target position characteristic information comprises at least one of parking space identification information, a license plate number or a comparison image; and the server determining a first route from the initial position to the target position and sending the first route to the mobile terminal for display on an electronic map.