Patent ID: 8406994

Claim:
A method for displaying a map on a GPS receiver, the method comprising: displaying the map in accordance with a location determined by the GPS receiver, wherein the map shows a route on which the GPS receiver is indicated moving along; superimposing images representing objects onto the map, wherein the objects resembles structures or settings along the route, the images are superimposed along the route to create a 3D impression around the location, wherein the structures or settings include one or more of landmarks, signs, significant buildings, and exit designs, a perspective of the structures or settings changes in accordance with a direction the GPS receiver is moving; changing the images with different color effects in reference to an input from at least one source detecting weather conditions around the location at a specific time of a day that the map is to be displayed on the GPS receiver, making the map resembling an electronically generated map with a certain level of realism in accordance with surrounding of the location of the GPS at the time of the day, wherein the color effects are in respective tones pertaining to different times of the day, and the at least one source includes a raining sensor, the map is shown to include a raining effect when raining happens.