A navigation terminal 2 loaded in a vehicle 1 is provided with a wireless
communication device connectable to a movable communications network 3
and a present position detection device and instructs implementation of a
predetermined navigation function. The gateway apparatus 4 connects the
movable communications network 3 and the Internet 5 and implements
protocol conversion and charging processing. A navigation server 6
acquires positional data of the vehicle 1 from the navigation terminal 2
via the Internet 5, discriminates map data to be a distribution object to
the navigation terminal 2, and generates navigation information based on
the instructed navigation function to provide it to the navigation
terminal 2. A map search server 7 reads map data discriminated as the
distribution object from a map data base 8 accumulating map data and
distributes them to the navigation terminal 2 via the Internet 5.