Patent ID: 7822548

Claim:
A navigation apparatus comprising a display portion that displays a guidance screen, a removably installed recording medium, and a CPU judging whether or not candidate site data created by an external apparatus is stored on the recording medium when the recording medium is installed, the navigation apparatus being provided in a vehicle and guiding the vehicle along a guidance path; wherein when the candidate site data is stored on the recording medium, a selection screen for selectively setting an end point of the guidance path is displayed in the display portion based on the candidate site data, when the end point is set, a guidance path that arrives at the end point is calculated, the candidate site data includes information related to one or a plurality of locations that are designated in advance before the recording medium is installed, and the end point is selected from the one or a plurality of locations via the selection screen, and, when the candidate site data is not stored on the recording medium, an operating screen in which the end point is searched for or set by entering characters is displayed in the display portion.