Patent ID: 8237744

Claim:
A navigation device comprising: a display; a global positioning system receiver operable to determine a current geographic location of the device; an input operable to be functioned by a user to select one of a route navigation display mode or a route overview mode; and a processor coupled with the display, the receiver, and the input, the processor operable to: determine a speed of the device; calculate a route from the current geographic location of the device to a destination, the calculated route having a plurality of route attributes; if the route navigation display mode is selected by the user, control the display to present a graphical presentation of at least a portion of the calculated route, wherein the scale of the graphical presentation is automatically varied based on the speed of the device; and if the route overview mode is selected by the user, control the display to present a graphical presentation of at least a portion of the calculated route, wherein the scale of the graphical presentation is automatically varied based on the position of the device and the route attributes.