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A device for displaying cartographic information, such as traffic situations with navigation data in the case of use in a navigation system, contains a memory for cartographic data, a location-determining unit and a display, is provided with a selection unit for the repeated selection, on the basis

A device for displaying cartographic information, such as traffic situations with navigation data in the case of use in a navigation system, contains a memory for cartographic data, a location-determining unit and a display, is provided with a selection unit for the repeated selection, on the basis of data from the location-determining unit, from the memory of data relating to a traffic situation to be anticipated and is provided with a processing unit for an analysis of the selected data and the generation, on the basis of the analysis, of a stylised display, which can be interpreted rapidly, of the traffic situation to be anticipated, optionally incorporating a symbol which indicates the route to be followed.

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Device for displaying cartographic information, comprising: a memory for storing cartographic data in the form of a network of road segments, a location-determining unit for determining the location of a user with respect to said network, a selection unit for repeated selection from the memory, on t

Device for displaying cartographic information, comprising: a memory for storing cartographic data in the form of a network of road segments, a location-determining unit for determining the location of a user with respect to said network, a selection unit for repeated selection from the memory, on the basis of data from the location-determining unit, of data representing an upcoming elementary road configuration presenting a decision to the user as to a change in road segment to be taken or a change in speed, a classification unit for analyzing the selected data representing the upcoming elementary road configuration and based on said selected data assigning from a set of basic pictograms depicting different elementary road configurations in a stylized easy-to-interpret way a basic pictogram that best corresponds to the selected data representing the upcoming elementary road configuration, an adaptation unit for geometrically adapting the assigned basic pictogram to conform to the selected data representing the upcoming elementary road configuration, and a display for displaying the adapted pictogram.