Patent ID: 7979201

Claim:
A navigation apparatus comprising: a map data acquiring means for acquiring map data including data about roads for which whether or not a car pool lane is also provided is specified; a current position determining means for determining a current position; an input unit for inputting a destination; and a route searching unit for searching for a route from the current position determined by said current position determining means to the destination inputted by said input unit on a basis of the map data acquired by said map data acquiring means, and for, when a road where a car pool lane is also provided is included in the route which said route searching unit has acquired through said search, presenting, as a recommended route, the route using said car pool lane when a distance over which said road will be traveled is equal to or longer than a predetermined value, while presenting, as the recommended route, the route using an general purpose lane of said road when the distance over which said road will be traveled is shorter than the predetermined value.