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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2014
Tomtom International B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Pieter Geelen, Amsterdam, NL;
Kees Wesselius, Wormer, NL;
TomTom Navigation B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
This invention relates to a navigation device () comprising: a processor () that is configured to generate a navigation map of a local environment (); and a display () controllable by said processor () to display said navigation map and any markers () that relate to marked locations within said local environment (); characterized in that the navigation device () further comprises: an indicator generation module () for generating an indicator () for each of any marked locations outside of said local environment, said processor () being responsive to said indicator generation module () to control said display () to display any generated indicators () in said navigation map (). A method of generating a navigation map and a computer program are also disclosed.