Route guidance apparatus and method

A pedestrian route guidance method, comprising:

• storing map data including road network data and landmark data in a database;
• searching for a route from a departure point to a destination point from the road network data stored in the database;
• analyzing a road pattern of the route by referring to the road network data;
• obtaining road pattern data as the analysis result;
• generating route guidance information of the route using the road pattern data and the landmark data along the route;
• and
• presenting the route guidance information.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer readable program code embodied in said product for causing a computer to execute pedestrian route guidance, said computer readable program code having:
• a first program code to store map data including road network data and landmark data in a database;
• a second program code to search for a route from a departure point to a destination point from the road network data stored in the database;
• a third program code to analyze a road pattern of the route by referring to the road network data;
• a fourth program code to obtain road pattern data as the analysis result;
• a fifth program code to generate route guidance information of the route using the road pattern data and the landmark data along the route;
• and
• a sixth program code to present the route guidance information.