Patent ID: 7680598

Claim:
An information generating apparatus for, when a map image including a road is displayed on the basis of map data, generating symbol data for displaying a symbol indicative of a starting/ending point of a predetermined facility provided along a road, in a position where at least one of points of a starting point and an ending point of the facility exists, wherein the map data include road data specifying position and shape of a road and facility data associated with the road data and having position information and shape information of the predetermined facility provided along at least a part of a road to which the road data correspond, and the apparatus comprises: a starting/ending point specifying device which specifies the position of the starting/ending point of the predetermined facility on the basis of the position information and the shape information of the facility data, and at least the shape of the road specified by the road data; and a generating device which generates the symbol data in correspondence with the specified position of the starting/ending point.