I was watching a review on youtube on the LS600H L and when they were showing the nav, the guy points out that in the most zoomed in level, you get kinda rough outlines of the shapes of buildings. I havent been inside the LS long enough to play with the Nav, but i dont remember seeing this when i went to the car show

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pV5ARNl5rb0
At around 1:45

 

i don't remember seeing that when i did the demo, ie building outlines.. maybe just in big cities.

 

This is a feature available in major cities, the '04- LS 430 has it, so does the LS 460/460L/600hL NAVI systems.

 

yes, my nav have it, can't remember exactly, but i believe there is a setting for it.

i had it on my sc430 as well

 

lol i see...so they reserve this function for the higher class.

 

Just zoom in to 150 feet on the map scale and you'll see the shapes.
This only works in select cities so far. New York, LA, etc. I think the owners manual has a list of cities -- Dallas, TX is not one of them.

 

Yep, you zoom in maximum and the zoom button changes to a 'streets' button, select it and city outline/buildings appear; use cursor on a building and sometimes names and phone info will be available.

 

The IS350 has this function as well.