Patent Document ID: 20030195700
Application ID: 10409115
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A navigation apparatus for displaying a road map on a screen of a display device, comprising: a map data storage section for storing map data including point information concerning points on the map; a moving state acquisition section for acquiring a location and a traveling direction of a user; a reference intersection selection section for selecting, from among intersections displayed on the screen, at least one intersection included in a network of roads extending from the location of the user in the traveling direction as a reference intersection; a point information acquisition section for acquiring, from the map data storage section, point information concerning a point near a road in a network of roads extending beyond a reference road as seen from the reference intersection, wherein the reference road is a road which is connected to the reference intersection but does not extend toward the location of the user from the reference intersection; and a map displaying section for displaying the road map, and displaying the point information acquired by the point information acquisition section so as to appear associated with the reference road associated with the point information.