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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1999
Matsushitas Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A base station transmits map information in which a predetermined area is divided in rectangular areas and represented on several steps of scales by using a broadcast channel. The user of a terminal device enters scale and area of map information currently required. The terminal device stores only the map information of the area and scale that the user requires among a plurality of pieces of map information transmitted on the broadcast channel in an internal map storage portion. Thus a map information providing method and a terminal device used in the method are provided, wherein the terminal device can select required information from among the map information transmitted from the base station.