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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1997
Kozo Kawai, Kadoma, JP;
Kaname Okuno, Kadoma, JP;
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A navigation apparatus is provided for surveying a present spot of the apparatus carried by a vehicle or a user with such surveying unit as a global positioning system (GPS), displaying on a display unit a present spot mark by means of latitudinal and longitudinal lines X and Y of the surveyed spot, showing on a guide display unit positions to be in coincidence with the latitudinal and longitudinal lines according to the surveyed spot, and transferring with a writing guide unit the positions of the latitudinal and longitudinal lines shown on the guide display unit onto a map. Then, the user places the apparatus on the map, and the present spot can be optimumly recognized on the map by means of the present spot mark.