Patent ID: 8818710

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for automatically generating and presenting guidance information to direct a user along an off-road route, the method comprising: electronically and automatically identifying with a look-ahead-point finder a point located on said route nearest to a location of said user and identifying a look-ahead point as a point located ahead of said user along said route and located a threshold distance ahead of said nearest point, a look-ahead distance as a distance from a start of said route to said look-ahead point, and a look-ahead angle as an angle to the look-ahead point, electronically and automatically checking to see if the user is on track towards the look-ahead point, and if the user is not on track towards the look-ahead point, electronically and automatically with a guidance message constructor receiving the look-ahead angle as an input, returning with the guidance message constructor a guidance message, including a qualitative description of what the user should do to be on track towards the look-ahead point, electronically presenting information with a guidance presenter based on the guidance message and look-ahead distance to said user including arrows in order to guide said user towards said look-ahead point, and electronically searching with a turn analyzer said route to find a turn in said route, and presenting information with the guidance presenter to said user including an arrow with an angle regarding said turn.