Patent ID: 7136749

Claim:
A navigation apparatus comprising: a departure point data acquiring device which acquires departure point data including at least position data on the departure point of a movable body; a destination data storage device which stores multiple pieces of destination data indicating destinations to be visited in such a manner that the destination data will be associated with characteristic information indicating the characteristics of each destination; a registration device which registers destination conditions upon visiting each destination; a setting device which sets the order of visiting priority of the stored destination data on each destination based on the characteristic information and the registered destination conditions; a presentation device which presents the destination data based on the order of priority set out above; a selection device which selects a destination among the presented destination data; a map data storage device which stores map data; a creation device which creates route data from the departure point to the destination based on the departure point data, the registered destination conditions, the selected destination, and the map data; and a route guiding device which provides route guidance from the departure point to the destination based on the created route data.