1. A method for displaying driving directions, the method comprising: accessing data that describes at least one maneuver to be executed to traverse a route from an origin to a destination; selecting a portion of the accessed data that describes a particular maneuver, the particular maneuver including an action and a road; determining a road symbol to associate with the particular maneuver, the road symbol having substantially the same appearance as a road sign used to mark the road involved in the particular maneuver; determining an action symbol to associate with the particular maneuver, the action symbol having substantially the same appearance as a road sign used to identify the action to be performed to execute the particular maneuver; and presenting both the road symbol and the action symbol to describe the particular maneuver, such that the road symbol and the action symbol describe the particular maneuver.
1. A method for displaying driving directions, the method comprising: accessing data that describes at least one maneuver to be executed to traverse a route from an origin to a destination; selecting a portion of the accessed data that describes a particular maneuver, the particular maneuver including an action and a road; determining a road symbol to associate with the particular maneuver, the road symbol having substantially the same appearance as a road sign used to mark the road involved in the particular maneuver; determining an action symbol to associate with the particular maneuver, the action symbol having substantially the same appearance as a road sign used to identify the action to be performed to execute the particular maneuver; and presenting both the road symbol and the action symbol to describe the particular maneuver, such that the road symbol and the action symbol describe the particular maneuver. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein the road symbol includes a road number that identifies the road represented by the road symbol.