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Abstract

A method for operating a navigation device, including an input unit, into which location information, particularly starting points and/or destination points, may be entered, a road network database, a route calculation unit for calculating a planned route, taking into account location information and the road network database, wherein the route leads from the starting point to the destination point, a position determining unit, in which a location to be displayed and/or a direction of motion to be displayed are calculated, a display unit, on which the location to be displayed and a graphical map representation of the area surrounding the location to be displayed can be shown, wherein the orientation of the map representation can be changed according to the direction of motion to be displayed, wherein the method includes a) a change in the direction of motion to be displayed is detected in the position determining unit, b) a lag time is interposed, c) the orientation of the map representation is changed according to the change detected in the direction of motion to be displayed.

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