Patent ID: 7859429

Claim:
A weather information display device comprising: a map information acquiring unit for acquiring map information; a weather information acquiring unit for acquiring weather information which is set in connection with a predetermined unit of section on a map; a display unit for displaying various information for a user; and a display control unit for displaying a map on the display unit on the basis of the map information acquired by the map information acquiring unit, and controlling a display mode of sections displayed on the map so that a section corresponding to the weather information acquired by the weather information acquiring unit on the displayed map is distinguishable from other sections, wherein the display control unit is configured to perform icon display control processing, which includes causing the display unit to display icons indicating weather information on corresponding sections on the map, checking whether the icons displayed on the map overlap, causing the display unit to display only one icon by combining overlapping icons if the overlapping icons are of a same type, and causing the display unit to display the overlapping icons so that an icon of weather information of higher display priority is laid over an icon of weather information of lower display priority if the overlapping icons are of different types, the weather information being assigned with different display priorities.