摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to display facility information required by a driver together with a sought path by seeking the path from the present position of a vehicle to the destination, and by retrieving the facility information present along the sought path based on the facility information stored in a memory means. SOLUTION: At first, the destination is set by the input of the address at the destination, the designation of the spot on a map or the retrieval of the name of the place. Then, the map of the advancing direction from the present position of the vehicle to the destination is read out of a CD-ROM 7, and the map to be displayed is developed. Thereafter, the azimuth to the destination from the present position of the vehicle is displayed with an arrow mark, and the path from the present position of the vehicle to the destination is sought. Then, the facility information required by the driver such as gasoline stations present along the path to the destination sought by the path seeking is retrieved and displayed on a liquid-crystal display 8A. |