Device for displaying cartographic information, method for displaying cartographic information, navigation system provided with the device and vehicle provided with the navigation system

Navigation system comprising a device for displaying cartographic information, comprising:

• a memory for storing cartographic data representing a network of road segments,
• a location-determining unit for determining location of a user with respect to said network,
• a selection unit for repeated selection from the memory, on the basis of data from the location-determining unit, of data representing an upcoming elementary road configuration presenting a decision to the user as to a change in road segment to be taken or a change in speed,
• a classification unit for analyzing the selected data representing the upcoming elementary road configuration and for assigning from a set of basic pictograms depicting different elementary traffic situations in a stylized easy-to-interpret way a basic pictogram that best corresponds to the selected data representing the upcoming elementary road configuration,
• an adaptation unit for geometrically adapting the assigned basic pictogram to conform to the upcoming elementary road configuration, said adaptation unit including at least one of means for relocating a road segment in a pictogram and means for adding a road segment to a pictogram,
• a display for displaying the adapted pictogram, and
• a navigation unit for navigating a user along a predetermined route on the basis of an input starting point and destination, with the aid of cartographic data in said memory,
• the adaptation unit also being provided with means for adapting a pictogram to show a direction to be taken through the upcoming elementary road configuration in order to follow the predetermined route.