APPARATUS FOR AND METHODS OF PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT A ROUTE TO BE FOLLOWED BY A PERSON

摘要

An apparatus and associated method for providing assistance in management of a route followed by a person is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a data store configured to store a plurality of data streams corresponding to different kinds of information of a route followed by a person, data output means operable to output the plurality of data streams to a user such that they are co-related to the route followed by the person, and data handling means operable to provide the stored plurality of data streams to the data output means, in which the plurality of data streams comprises a first data stream and a further data stream, the first and further data streams corresponding to different route information to each other. The data store is configured such that the plurality of data streams are not combined in the data store and such that the plurality of data streams comprise cross-referable data, and the data handling means is operable to provide the first data stream and the further data stream in a predetermined manner to the data output means and in dependence upon the cross-referable data such that the first and further data streams are output by the data output means in a substantially co-related manner.