Map generation device
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1. A map generation device comprising:
- a road map storage means for storing road map data;
an arterial road extraction means for extracting only arterial roads from the road map data stored in said road map storage means in accordance with a fixed determination standard, and for generating information about a road network composed of the arterial roads as optimal road network information; and
an optimal map storage means for storing said optimal road network information generated by said arterial road extraction means.
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Abstract
A map generation device is provided with an optimal road network information generation section (11) which extracts only arterial roads from the road map data stored in the road map data storage section (10) in accordance with a fixed determination standard and which generates information about a road network composed of the arterial roads as optimal road network information, and an optimal road map data storage section (12) which stores the generated optimal road network information.
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1. A map generation device comprising:
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a road map storage means for storing road map data;
an arterial road extraction means for extracting only arterial roads from the road map data stored in said road map storage means in accordance with a fixed determination standard, and for generating information about a road network composed of the arterial roads as optimal road network information; and
an optimal map storage means for storing said optimal road network information generated by said arterial road extraction means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A map generation device comprising:
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a road map storage means for storing road map data;
a point database storage means for storing information about the positions of a plurality of predetermined points;
an optimal road network information generation means for extracting a road network composed of roads connecting the plural points from the road map data stored in said road map storage means according to the information stored in said point database storage means and for generating information about the road network as optimal road network information; and
an optimal map storage means for storing the optimal road network information obtained by said optimal road network information generation means.
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6. A map generation device comprising:
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a road map storage means for storing road map data;
a traffic flow database storage means for storing information relating to traffic flow at geographical points and/or roads;
an optimal road network information generation means for extracting a road network from the road map data stored in said road map storage means in accordance with the information stored in said traffic flow database storage means and for generating information about the road network as optimal road network information; and
an optimal map storage means for storing the optimal road network information obtained by said optimal road network information generation means.
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