A METHOD OF NAVIGATING USING POSITION-INFORMATION-CODES WHICH INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF A DESIRED LOCATION

A method of navigating including decoding a position-information code represented by a string of codes including the latitude and the longitude of a position entered via an input means into original information on the position including the latitude and the longitude of the position. Information created from the recovered original information resulting from the decoding of the position-information code and map data read out from a map-information storage unit are presented to the user by using a display means and a sound outputting means.