Map display apparatus and navigation system

A map display apparatus, comprising:

• a storage portion to store a plurality of display map datasets that include data as a drawing target, the plurality of display map datasets respectively corresponding to a plurality of map display scales;
• and
• a control circuit to draw a map containing a search target spot based on a display map dataset stored in the storage portion,
• the control circuit including
• a road information acquisition section that acquires road information to specify a target road name corresponding to a search target spot,
• a determination section to determine whether character data in a display map dataset contains a target road name specified by the road information acquired by the road information acquisition section, and
• a drawing section to draw a map containing the search target spot when the character data contains the target road name based on a determination result from the determination section,
• the map containing the search target spot being drawn by using, from among the plurality of display map datasets, a display map dataset that corresponds to a scale where the target road name is contained in the character data.