Patent ID: 8924157

Claim:
A navigation device comprising: a map creation unit configured to create a map to be displayed based on map data containing position information of roads, position information of facilities and categories of the facilities, and based on information on a navigation route to a destination; a display unit configured to display, on the created map, roadside target facility symbols representing facilities as navigation targets that are located along the navigation route, on-map facility symbols representing facilities that differ from the facilities as the navigation targets on the created map, and facility display switching buttons for receiving operation of switching display/non-display of the on-map facility symbols by facility category; and a map element display controller configured to switch the display/non-display of the on-map facility symbols in accordance with the operation received through the facility display button, and, when the received operation indicates the display of the on-map facility symbols, control the display unit to display the on-map facility symbols in a different display mode from a display mode of the roadside target facility symbols.