Apparatus and method for displaying map

摘要

There is provided a map displaying apparatus for improving the visual recognition of a object displayed as a 3D image. A map data acquisition section 11 acquires map data to be displayed for navigation purposes. A displayed state estimation section 12 receives the map data acquired by the map data acquisition section 11, and estimates a displayed state of the displayed object based on the map data. A display mode determination section 13 determines whether the displayed state as estimated by the displayed state estimation section 12 satisfies a predetermined criterion or not, thereby determining whether to modify a default display mode or not. When determining that a modification is to be applied, the display mode determination section 13 modifies the default display mode to determine an actual display mode. In accordance with the display mode of each displayed object as determined by the display mode determination section 13, the displayed image generation section 14 generates image data for displaying a 3D map from the map data acquired by the map data acquisition section 11.