A method for displaying a digital map in a vehicle and display this

The present invention relates to a method for displaying a digital map in a vehicle (1) mittls a display device (2), the display range is changed for displaying the map in size. The inventive method is characterized in that the scale shown on the digital map remains unchanged when changing the size of the display area for the map Darstelung. Furthermore, the invention relates to a display device for a control device (4), by means of which the display area for the display of the map can be changed in size and can be generated by means of which graphic data for various standards for displaying the digital map. The display device according to the invention is characterized in that the graphics data can be generated in changing the size of the display area for displaying the map with the control device (4), which comprise a modified section of the digital map at the natural scale.