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Map display terminal and map display method

  • US 6,647,336 B1
  • Filed: 07/27/2000
  • Issued: 11/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A map display method that displays maps of a current position on a map display terminal and derives said current position from a Global Positioning System (GPS), the method, comprising:

  • initially displaying a wide area map; and

    automatically magnifying said wide area map in a step-by-step manner to display at each step a magnified map until a most highly magnified map is displayed, wherein map displays of said wide area map, said magnified map, and said most highly magnified map are centered on said current position.

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