Patent ID: 7486201

Claim:
A method for generating a combined traffic and weather report presentation, comprising: a) providing weather conditions for a selected time period for a geographic area including at least one defined travel route; b) providing traffic conditions along the defined travel route for the selected time period; and c) generating a combined traffic and weather presentation displaying simultaneously a representation of the weather conditions and a representation of the traffic conditions along the defined travel route for the selected time period, wherein the combined traffic and weather presentation includes a geographic map background of an area including the defined travel route, a representation of the weather conditions for the defined travel route overlaid on the geographic map background, and a representation of the traffic conditions for the defined travel route overlaid simultaneously on the geographic map background, wherein the representation of the weather conditions is selected from the group of weather presentation formats consisting of weather condition color contours and weather condition icons, and wherein the representation of the traffic conditions is selected from the group of traffic presentation formats consisting of colors indicating travel speeds along the defined travel route and traffic affecting condition icons.