A map display method display a plurality of drawing pictures. The device and the method facilitate comprehension of relevance between drawing objects included in the drawing pictures. The map display device includes an input/display unit receiving user operation input related to drawing picture display and displays a first drawing object related to map information in a first drawing picture and a second drawing object related to map relevant information in a second drawing picture; and a controller controlling an overlapping state between the first drawing picture and the second drawing picture in accordance with input of user operation received by the input/display unit and outputs, to the input/display unit, a picture in which one of the first and second drawing objects masks the other one in a portion where the first and second drawing pictures are overlapped with each other.