Navigation device and method for displaying cartographic markers

Details Navigation device and method for displaying cartographic markers Navigation device and method for displaying cartographic markers

1998-09-03

2000-06-13

Zanelli, Michael J.

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Navigation

Employing way point navigation

701211, 340988, G06F16500, G01C 2100

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060760397

ABSTRACT:
A method and navigation device for abbreviating names of cartographic markers. A navigation device has a processor, a display, an input, and a memory having cartographic data stored therein. The cartographic data includes names of geographical locations. Using the input, an operator of the navigation device enters a waypoint by selecting a desired geographical location. The processor retrieves from memory the geographic name associated with the selected location, and when the geographic name exceeds a desired number of characters, processes the name to abbreviate it to fit within the desired number of spaces. The abbreviation process involves eliminating spaces, vowels, one consonant of a pair of double consonants, one vowel of a pair of double vowels, and/or one or more special characters (e.g., colons, commas, apostrophes, slashes, symbols, or other punctuation marks) as necessary, to reduce the geographic name to the desired number of characters.

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