Geospatial navigation methods and systems for providing selective voice guidance to a user of a mobile navigation device

A system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:
• define geography of a domain of navigational proficiency of a user of a mobile navigation device;
• receive, from the user, user input representative of a request to provide navigational guidance from a first location to a second location, the first location located within the geography of the domain of navigational proficiency of the user and the second location located outside the geography of the domain of navigational proficiency of the user;
• and
• provide, to the user, the requested navigational guidance from the first location to the second location, the navigational guidance including:
• first voice guidance provided from the first location to a boundary point of the domain of navigational proficiency of the user, the first voice guidance provided, without automatically pausing competing audio being presented to the user, at a diminished guidance level and at a first volume level,
• second voice guidance provided from the boundary point of the domain of navigational proficiency of the user to the second location, the second voice guidance provided, while automatically pausing the competing audio being presented to the user, at a comprehensive guidance level and at a second volume level higher than the first volume level, and
• non-audible textual guidance provided from the first location to the second location at the comprehensive guidance level such that comprehensive instructions are available to the user even when the voice guidance is provided at the diminished guidance level.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, direct a processor of a computing device to:

• define geography of a domain of navigational proficiency of a user of a mobile navigation device;
• receive, from the user, user input representative of a request to provide navigational guidance from a first location to a second location, the first location located within the geography of the domain of navigational proficiency of the user and the second location located outside the geography of the domain of navigational proficiency of the user;
• and
• provide, to the user, the requested navigational guidance from the first location to the second location, the navigational guidance including:
• first voice guidance provided from between the first location to a boundary point of the domain of navigational proficiency of the user, the first voice guidance provided, without automatically pausing competing audio being presented to the user, at a diminished guidance level and at a first volume level,
• second voice guidance provided from the boundary point of the domain of navigational proficiency of the user to the second location, the second voice guidance provided, while automatically pausing the competing audio being presented to the user, at a comprehensive guidance level and at a second volume level higher than the first volume level, and
• non-audible textual guidance provided from the first location to the second location at the comprehensive guidance level such that comprehensive instructions are available to the user even when the voice guidance is provided at the diminished guidance level.