The invention discloses a method and apparatus for displaying an electronic map, for solving the problem that an electronic map in the prior art moves stiff so that the displaying effect of the electronic map is bad. The method comprises the steps: acquiring the three dimensional coordinates of an initial position point and a target position point in an electronic map; according to the three dimensional coordinates of the initial position point and the target position point, determining the three dimensional coordinates of key nodes; according to the three dimensional coordinates of the initial position point, the target position point and the key nodes, generating a space curve which successively connects the initial position point, the target position point and the key nodes; according to the preset map display duration, movement function and screen brushing time interval, determining the moving points in the space curve, and taking the target position point as one moving point; and taking the initial position point as the starting point, along the space curve, successively taking the moving points as the center point, and displaying the electronic map.