Patent Document ID: 20090171580
Application ID: 12332488
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A navigation apparatus for displaying maps on a display section based on map data held in a recording section, said navigation apparatus comprising: a current position detection section configured to detect the current position of said navigation apparatus; a touch-sensitive panel configured to be installed on a display screen of said display section; and a control section configured to control changes in what is displayed on said display section in response to operations performed by a user on said touch-sensitive panel, wherein said control section displays either said current position or route directions in text form in a strip-shaped area along one edge of said display screen, and a map in all or part of the remaining area of said display screen, and according to an instruction given from said user, said control section changes the display of said strip-shaped area to the display of at least a menu for accepting input of operations regarding said map.