Navigational device for displaying signs and symbols on street-map, includes sign/symbol data store for holding sign and symbol data including different scripts relating to each sign

摘要

A navigational device includes a display (6) with image screen, a sign/symbol data store (5), a display control device (4) for receiving street map data and for displaying a street map on the display screen, as based on the received street map data. The display control device reads sign/symbol data of one type of script corresponding to a category of an object to be described on the street map from the sign/symbol data storage device and the sign/symbol data is displayed in the street map.