Device and method for providing information about interesting locations with a navigation system

摘要

The method involves selecting an area form (11) from a set of area form options such as a rectangular area, an elliptical area and a polygon area. The selected area form is positioned on a map section at a selected position. A function of the navigation device is executed based on a geographical area, which is determined by the area form that is positioned on the map section. The selection of the area form and positioning of the selected area form are executed by actuation of a rotary-press-controller. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a navigation device for defining a geographical area in a map section (2) a computer program with program codes executing on a data processing unit to implement a method for defining a geographical area in a map section.