Displaying maneuvering instructions along a route

A navigation device having a display unit for displaying maneuvering instructions for a route;

• wherein the navigation device includes a processor and associated memory configured to:
• display a digital map according to a perspective-view on the display unit, the digital map including a graphical depiction of the route and a maneuver-point on the graphical depiction of the route corresponding to a maneuver-location at which a driving maneuver is to be carried out in accordance with the route;
• display, on the display unit, a first maneuvering instruction corresponding to the driving maneuver, in response to if the navigation device being further than a predetermined distance from the maneuver-location, wherein the first maneuvering instruction is displayed so as to cover part of the displayed map;
• graphically link the maneuver-point on the digital map to the first maneuvering instruction;
• display a second maneuvering instruction visually converted from the first maneuvering instruction so as to maintain the graphical linking and also corresponding to the driving maneuver, in response to the navigation device being closer than the predetermined distance to the maneuver-location, wherein the second maneuvering instruction is displayed so as to cover part of the displayed map;
• and
• display a lane recommendation so as to cover part of the displayed map without being superimposed over the route;
• wherein the graphical linking is via a respective graphic link that abuts the respective point at one end of the graphic link and the respective instruction at another end of the graphic link.

A vehicle, comprising a navigation device having a display unit for displaying maneuvering instructions for a route, wherein the navigation device includes a processor and associated memory configured to:

• display a digital map according to a perspective-view on the display unit, the digital map including a graphical depiction of the route and a maneuver-point on the route corresponding to a maneuver-location at which a driving maneuver is to be carried out in accordance with the route;
• display, on the display unit, a first maneuvering instruction corresponding to the driving maneuver, in response to the navigation device being further than a predetermined distance from the maneuver-location, wherein the first maneuvering instruction is displayed so as to cover part of the displayed map;
• graphically link the maneuver-point on the digital map to the first maneuvering instruction;
• display a second maneuvering instruction visually converted from the first maneuvering instruction so as to maintain the graphical linking and also corresponding to the driving maneuver, in response to the navigation device being closer than the predetermined distance to the maneuver-location, wherein the second maneuvering instruction is displayed so as to cover part of the displayed map;
• and
• display a lane recommendation so as to cover part of the displayed map without being superimposed over the route,
• wherein the graphical linking is via a respective graphic link that abuts the respective point at one end of the graphic link and the respective instruction at another end of the graphic link.