Patent ID: 8139088

Claim:
A method for generating a digital map that can be stored on an electronic storage medium and in which a geographic area is described by a multitude of data sets, comprising the following steps: a) loading a database, in which the geographic area is described by a multitude of data sets, into an electronic analyzer, wherein the data sets contain several text data sets that describe text messages ( 03 ), particularly street names, to be displayed in the map, b) specifying a resolution for the graphic illustration of at least one section of the digital map with assigned text messages ( 03 ) to be displayed on a display unit, c) calculating graphic overlaps ( 07 ) of the text messages ( 03 ) during the display of the section of the digital map on the display unit in dependence on the specified resolution, d) identifying all text messages ( 03 ) that cause graphic overlaps ( 07 ), and e) storing text display attributes that are assigned to the text data sets, wherein the text display attributes contain information on which text messages ( 03 ) are not displayed in the graphic illustration of the digital map at a specified resolution in order to prevent overlaps ( 07 ).