Navigation device

Abstract

A navigation device is provided that presents a travel direction of a vehicle at a guide point along with a map around the vehicle, without significantly reducing a display area of the map around the vehicle. The navigation device of the present invention includes current position locating meansfor locating the current position of a vehicle, storage meansfor storing map data, display meansfor displaying a guidance screen that includes a maparound the current vehicle position with use of the map data, and operation means formed by a plurality of keysanddisplayed on the display meansand a touch panel. The guidance screen includes a guide point display key, the guide point display keycausing a maparound a guide point that the vehicle is to pass through next, out of guide points that are present on the guidance route and where a travel direction of the vehicle is guided, to be displayed on the display meansinstead of the guidance screen, and an arrowis added to the guide point display key, the arrowindicating the travel direction of the vehicle at the guide point that the vehicle is to pass through next.