Navigation apparatus with enhanced positional display function

摘要

The invention provides a map display apparatus comprising first storage means for storing map data, display means for displaying a variety of information, and map display control means for displaying a map on said display means based on said map data, said apparatus further comprising:
second storage means for classifying location name data on a plurality of locations and coordinate data corresponding thereto according to categories of said locations and storing the classified location name and coordinate data;location name display means for sequentially displaying location names from a plurality of categories on said display means based on said stored location means data; andselecting means for selecting a desired location based on said location names displayed on said display means,    wherein said map display control means reads said map data around a location associated with said coordinate data corresponding to a location name selected by said selecting means and displays said map based on said read map data.