Patent ID: 8359157

Claim:
A system for enhancing a computing navigation device route directions view, comprising: a computing navigation device configured to: execute a route module, the route module configured to identify a route for travel, the route including one or more geographic locations along the route; execute a graphical user interface including a settings interface configured to receive a user selected extended data parameter to selectively download media that have been captured under a selected predetermined condition; execute a media module, the media module configured to send a request to a media service via a computer network, the request comprising the user selected extended parameter and one or more of coordinates and cardinal direction of the geographic locations of the route, and the media module being further configured to receive, responsive to the request, media from the media service, wherein each media includes associated geographic information indicating that the media relates to the one or more geographic locations, and wherein at least some of the media at the media service includes metadata to identify the media as having been captured under predetermined conditions at the one or more geographic locations, wherein the metadata identifies the media as being one or more extended data types being selected from the group consisting of weather information, traffic conditions, road conditions, time, date, day, and night; and execute a map module, the map module being configured to contact a map service via the computer network and download a map and one or more graphical elements from the map service indicative of the route for travel, wherein the graphical user interface module is further configured to display the media in a route directions view of the graphical user interface in response to a user input to display the media.