Patent ID: 8326524

Claim:
A navigation device for displaying a map screen on which a mark representing a present position of a mobile object is displayed together with landmarks around the mobile object, the navigation device comprising: a storage unit configured to store positions of prescribed sightseeing areas and sightseeing facilities within each of the prescribed sightseeing areas; a detecting unit configured to detect whether the mobile object enters one of the prescribed sightseeing areas; and a controller with an automatic facility display mode, configured to: read out information on the sightseeing facilities within one of the prescribed sightseeing areas from the storage unit, automatically display the read-out information on the sightseeing facilities on a map displayed on the map screen, and reduce display of the landmarks around the mobile object when the automatic facility display mode is selected and when the detecting unit detects that the mobile object has entered the one of the prescribed sightseeing areas.