Method and system for providing navigation assistance on a mobile device

A method comprising:

• extracting information from a first map image and an address image, wherein:
• the first map image is a first digitized picture of a non-digitized map;
• and
• the address image is a second digitized picture of a non-digitized written address;
• communicating the extracted information to a mapping service server;
• receiving, from the mapping service server in response to communicating the extracted information, a second map image including routing information for assisting navigation of a user of a mobile device;
• displaying the second map image including the routing information;
• and
• the extracted information includes any one of:
• an approximate destination address associated with at least one of the destination symbol depicted in the first map image and the non-digitized written address;
• and
• geographical coordinates associated with elements depicted in the first map image.