Patent ID: 7971153

Claim:
A weather information display apparatus comprising: map information retrieving means for retrieving map information of a map; weather information retrieving means for retrieving a plurality of weather information sets, each of which is associated with at least one of sections of the map; display means for displaying information to a user; command receiving means for receiving a command from the user; and display controlling means for causing the display means to display the map based on the map information retrieved by the map information retrieving means, wherein: the plurality of weather information sets includes a first weather information set and a second weather information set; the first weather information set corresponds to a first region having one or more of the sections of the map; the second weather information set corresponds to a second region having one or more of the sections of the map; the display controlling means defines a first condition of the first region and a second condition of the second region such that the first region is displayed distinguishably from the second region; the first condition indicates the first weather information set; the second condition indicates the second weather information set; each of the weather information sets has a predetermined display priority; the first weather information set has the predetermined display priority higher than the predetermined display priority of the second weather information set; when the first region partially overlaps with the second region via one or more overlapped sections which are included in both of the first and second regions, the display controlling means defines a condition of the one or more overlapped sections such that the one or more overlapped sections are displayed under the first condition, and the display controlling means causes the display means to display information that indicates an existence of the one or more overlapped sections; and when the display controlling means receives a certain command via the command receiving means, the display controlling means defines the condition of the one or more overlapped sections such that the one or more overlapped sections are temporarily displayed under the second condition; wherein one of the following is satisfied; each of the sections of the map is defined by a latitude and a longitude; and each of the sections of the map is divided by a government.