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.