11. An apparatus for entering a street name to determine an address of a destination for a navigation system, comprising: means for displaying a screen for searching a street name, the screen including a street name input field for accepting a user's input of characters either by a full name or a base name of a street; means for distinguishing a non-base name element from a base name of a street name in the input character and for displaying the non-base name element by a selected method on the screen; means for comparing the base name detected from the characters input by the user with entries in a base name database that stores base names of streets; means for retrieving base names from the base name database that match the base name detected from the characters input by the user and displaying a list of the retrieved base names; means for repeating the above steps of comparing and retrieving the base names every time when additional information is supplied by the user; and means for retrieving full names of streets from a full name database that stores full names of streets to determine a correct address of the destination.
11. An apparatus for entering a street name to determine an address of a destination for a navigation system, comprising: means for displaying a screen for searching a street name, the screen including a street name input field for accepting a user's input of characters either by a full name or a base name of a street; means for distinguishing a non-base name element from a base name of a street name in the input character and for displaying the non-base name element by a selected method on the screen; means for comparing the base name detected from the characters input by the user with entries in a base name database that stores base names of streets; means for retrieving base names from the base name database that match the base name detected from the characters input by the user and displaying a list of the retrieved base names; means for repeating the above steps of comparing and retrieving the base names every time when additional information is supplied by the user; and means for retrieving full names of streets from a full name database that stores full names of streets to determine a correct address of the destination. 18. An apparatus for entering a street name as defined in claim 11 , wherein said additional information includes a house number on a selected street name.