Patent ID: 7054746

Claim:
A navigator including receiving means for receiving map information through communication, displaying means for displaying the map information received by the receiving means with a current location superimposed thereon, and controlling means for controlling the receiving means and the displaying means, wherein, based on a iudgment made by the controlling means, the receiving means receives, out of map information composed of a plurality of maps on different scales, the map information on a smallest scale among maps that show type of road at the current location or the map information on a smallest scale among maps that show type of road of a planned route, and the displaying means displays the map information and the current location in a superimposed form, and wherein, when there is a branch point within a predetermined area ahead of the current location, the receiving means receives the map information on a largest scale among maps including the current location and the branch point, and the displaying means displays the map information and the current location in a superimposed form.