The technology comprises a CD/DVD-ROM controller for storing in advance the map information to show the names of roads and facilities located in respective areas, a current position detector for detecting the current position of the vehicle, a position specification section for specifying any position on the map, a retrieval section for retrieving facilities of a plurality of genres around a specified position based on the map information, an extraction section for extracting retrieved facilities in increasing order of distance to the specified position, a display 10 for displaying extracted facilities on the map based on the map information, a route setting section 42 for calculating/setting the route from the current position to a destination based on the map information by selecting any one of the displayed facilities as the destination, and a guidance section for guiding the vehicle along the specified route.

 
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