NAVIGATION DEVICE & METHOD
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1. A navigation device comprising:
- a processor; and
a store containing map data, the map data including a temporally-variable feature, and the processor being arranged to determine, in a route planning process, a status of the temporally-variable feature according to temporal information.
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Abstract
A navigation device is disclosed including a processor; and a store containing map data. In at least one embodiment, the map data includes a temporally-variable feature and the processor is arranged, in a route planning process, to determine a status of the temporally-variable feature according to temporal information.
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1. A navigation device comprising:
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a processor; and a store containing map data, the map data including a temporally-variable feature, and the processor being arranged to determine, in a route planning process, a status of the temporally-variable feature according to temporal information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of determining a route from a start location to a destination location, the method comprising:
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determining, by a processor, a status of one or more temporally-variable map features according to temporal information; and determining the route from the start location to the destination location with respect to the status of the one or more temporally-variable map features. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system, comprising:
a server communicatively coupled to a navigation device, wherein the navigation device includes a data storage having first map data stored therein, the server being arranged to communicate second map data to the navigation device, wherein the second map data includes temporally-variable map feature information and the navigation device being arranged to receive the second map data and to determine a route according a combination of the first and second map data and temporal information.
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