SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING AUDITORY LANDMARKS IN INITIAL NAVIGATION

A route from a current location of a portable device to a destination is determined, where the route includes a sequence of directed sections. Navigation instructions to guide a user of the portable device along the route to the destination are generated. To this end, an auditory navigation landmark proximate the current location of the portable device is identified and an initial instruction referencing the identified auditory navigation landmark is generated and provided via a user interface of the portable device.