Navigation device and navigation method

A navigation method comprising:

• a display process which displays map information on a display screen;
• and
• a control process which allocates a number to passage points in an order from the passage point near a guide point to the passage point far from the guide point, and which displays the allocated number in a vicinity of the passage point on the display screen, the guide point indicating a place necessary for a user to turn right or left, the passage point indicating a place at which turning right or left is possible and which exists between a present position of the user and the guide point.

A computer program product in a computer-readable medium executed by a navigation apparatus comprising a computer, the navigation apparatus making the computer function as:

• a display unit which displays map information on a display screen;
• and
• a control unit which allocates a number to passage points in an order from the passage point near a guide point to the passage point far from the guide point, and which displays the allocated number in a vicinity of the passage point on the display screen, the guide point indicating a place necessary for a user to turn right or left, the passage point indicating a place at which turning right or left is possible and which exists between a present position of the user and the guide point.