Patent ID: 8880343

Claim:
A method for displaying a label on a digital map, the label corresponding to a map element of the digital map, the method comprising: displaying on a display device at least a segment of the digital map; determining a boundary of a region of the digital map where no labeling shall occur based on first coordinate values of a point of the map element, the region of the digital map where no labeling shall occur comprising at least a portion of the map element, where the region of the digital map where no labeling shall occur is determined by a distance defined relative to the first coordinate values of the point of the map element; retrieving from a database stored second coordinate values defining the boundary of the region of the digital map where no labeling shall occur; and based on the retrieved stored second coordinate values, displaying on the display device the label on the digital map such that the region of the digital map where no labeling shall occur is not occupied by any part of the label.