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Device and method for changing map information

  • US 20010016796A1
  • Filed: 02/13/2001
  • Published: 08/23/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A map information changing device for changing positions of landmarks and areas included in map information, said device comprising:

  • map information storage means for storing said map information at least related to roads, the landmarks, and the areas;

    overlap determination means for determining whether the landmark and the area included in said map information overlap with the road included in said map information and displayed with a road width;

    position change means for changing positional information of the landmark and the area determined by said overlap determination means as overlapping with one or more roads by moving each of the landmark and the area to a position at which each of the landmark and the area does not overlap with said one or more roads displayed with the road width, while keeping a location side of each of the landmark and the area with respect to a center line of each road; and

    changed map information storage means for storing said map information and the positional information of the landmark and the area changed by said position change means.

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