Patent Document ID: 5559938
Application ID: 08333570
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A display system for displaying a net of distinct and interconnected geographical paths having various path orientations and comprising: (a) storage means for storing said net as an arrangement of vectors each associated with one of said paths, said vectors including a geographical name comprised of characters for its associated path, (b) select means for signalling an intended selection from said net, (c) reading and routing means controlled by said select means for reading said storage means and outputting said selection, (d) display means for displaying said selection including at least one of said paths in its actual orientation, said display means comprising font means for generating a character font for the characters of a name to be displayed adjacent the displayed geographical path of the selection, (e) each said character being displayable in one of a plurality of different character orientations, (f) means for determining the path orientation of each segment of the displayed path where a particular character of its associated name is to be displayed, (g) means for displaying the particular character with one of its character orientations that substantially follows the determined path orientation of the adjacent path segment.