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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shinichiro Iwata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ;
Abstract
A map display apparatus and a map display method facilitate detection of relationship between the destination (current position) and the peripheral condition even when a detailed map is to be displayed on the narrow display area. The map display terminal displays a particular position, a current position, a destination, on a map by deriving the current position on the basis of a position information from a satellite. The map display apparatus has first means for displaying a wide area map having smaller reduced scale than a detailed map and centered at said current position upon displaying said detailed map centered at said current position.