Patent ID: 8335640

Claim:
A navigation system for a vehicle, comprising: a storage medium for storing programs that control components of the navigation system; a control unit that executes the programs; an input unit configured to receive an input corresponding to a destination; a determining unit configured to determine if the input destination corresponds to a water-based route or a rail-based route; a modifying unit configured to modify the input destination to be a modified destination that corresponds to a termination of a road linked to the route or in the vicinity of an arrival terminal or a departure terminal of the route, when it is determined that the input destination corresponds to a location on the route; and a route guidance unit configured to search for a guide route to the modified destination and perform guidance along the guide route, wherein, when the navigation system in the vehicle arrives at the termination of the road or in the vicinity thereof, or when the vehicle is positioned in the vicinity of the terminal, and the navigation system is turned off, the route guidance unit determines that the vehicle has arrived at the destination.