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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 navigatio

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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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A navigation device comprising:a processor;a memory, connected to said processor, having cartographic data stored therein, said cartographic data including a character string corresponding to a geographical location; andan input for selecting said geographical location as

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A navigation device comprising:a processor;a memory, connected to said processor, having cartographic data stored therein, said cartographic data including a character string corresponding to a geographical location; andan input for selecting said geographical location as a waypoint, wherein said processor retrieves said character string from memory, and when said character string has more than a selected number of characters said processor abbreviates said character string to said selected number of characters.