Vehicle position information displaying apparatus and method

A vehicle position information displaying method comprising the steps of:

• detecting a present position of a user's vehicle
• outputting map information of a predetermined area stored including the detected present position;
• detecting the position of another vehicle around the detected present position of the user's vehicle;
• and
• displaying the outputted map information, the detected present position of the user's vehicle and the detected position of the another vehicle in a superimposed manner on a display screen.

A vehicle position information displaying apparatus comprising:

• map memory configured to output map information of a predetermined area stored therein;
• a first detector apparatus configured to detect a user vehicle's present position;
• a second detector apparatus configured to detect a position of another vehicle around the detected present position of the user's vehicle and to output information of the another vehicle's detected position;
• and
• a display configured to superimpose the map information, and information related to the user's vehicle present position and of the another vehicle's detected position on a display device.