Patent ID: 8214138

Claim:
A map display apparatus comprising: a processor device; and a display device controlled by the processor device, wherein the processor device is configured to externally acquire destination information including, with respect to a destination spot, (i) a first coordinates data and (ii) any one of a name, an address, and a telephone number, and perform a spot retrieval using the externally acquired any one of the name, the address, and the telephone number as a retrieval condition to acquire a specified spot; refer to own map data to thereby acquire a second coordinates data for indicating the specified spot, which is acquired externally; determine whether a distance between a first spot indicated by the first coordinates data and a second spot indicated by the second coordinates data is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value; display on the display device the second spot instead of the first spot as a destination, when it is determined that the distance is not greater than the threshold value; and display on the display device the first spot indicated by the first coordinates data instead of the second spot, as a destination, on a map, when it is determined that the distance is greater than the threshold value.