ROUTE INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, ROUTE INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM
First Claim
1. A route information providing device, comprising:
- means for storing map data including an undulation of an actual topography;
means for storing information on first routes each containing one or more routes from a point, as a start point, corresponding to information on a user in the map data, to a plurality of predetermined points in a region containing the point corresponding to the information on the user in the map data, in association with identification information on the user;
determination means for determining a second route from a start point to an end point specified based on a request from the user;
comparison means for directly or indirectly comparing a length of the second route and an undulation on the second route, and a length of each of the first routes and an undulation on each of the first routes with each other in the map data; and
information providing means for providing the user with information on a comparison result by the comparison means.
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Abstract
In order to make a user intuitively recognize labor of traveling on a route, a map information providing server (10) stores map data including an undulation of an actual topography, stores information on first routes each containing one or more routes from a point, as a start point, corresponding to information on the user in the map data, to a plurality of predetermined points in a region containing the point corresponding to the information on the user in the map data, in association with identification information on the user, determines a second route from a start point to an endpoint specified based on a request from the user, directly or indirectly compares a length of the second route and an undulation on the second route, and a length of each of the first routes and an undulation on each of the first routes with each other in the map data, and provides the user with information on a comparison result.
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16 Claims
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1. A route information providing device, comprising:
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means for storing map data including an undulation of an actual topography; means for storing information on first routes each containing one or more routes from a point, as a start point, corresponding to information on a user in the map data, to a plurality of predetermined points in a region containing the point corresponding to the information on the user in the map data, in association with identification information on the user; determination means for determining a second route from a start point to an end point specified based on a request from the user; comparison means for directly or indirectly comparing a length of the second route and an undulation on the second route, and a length of each of the first routes and an undulation on each of the first routes with each other in the map data; and information providing means for providing the user with information on a comparison result by the comparison means. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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2. A route information providing device, comprising:
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means for storing map data including an undulation of an actual topography; acquisition means for acquiring information on first routes each containing one or more routes from a point, as a start point, corresponding to information on a user in the map data, to a plurality of predetermined points in a region containing the point corresponding to the information on the user in the map data; determination means for determining a second route from a start point to an end point specified based on a request from the user; comparison means for directly or indirectly comparing a length of the second route and an undulation on the second route, and a length of each of the first routes and an undulation on each of the first routes with each other in the map data; and information providing means for providing the user with information on a comparison result by the comparison means. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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11. A route information providing method for a route information providing device,
the route information providing device comprising: -
means for storing map data including an undulation of an actual topography; and means for storing information on first routes each containing one or more routes from a point, as a start point, corresponding to information on a user in the map data, to a plurality of predetermined points in a region containing the point corresponding to the information on the user in the map data, in association with identification information on the user, the route information providing method comprising; a determination step of determining a second route from a start point to an end point specified based on a request from the user; a comparison step of directly or indirectly comparing a length of the second route and an undulation on the second route, and a length of each of the first routes and an undulation on each of the first routes with each other in the map data; and an information providing step of providing the user with information on a comparison result of the comparison step.
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12. A route information providing method for a route information providing device,
the route information providing device comprising means for storing map data including an undulation of an actual topography, the route information providing method comprising: -
an acquisition step of acquiring information on first routes each containing one or more routes from a point, as a start point, corresponding to information on a user in the map data, to a plurality of predetermined points in a region containing the point corresponding to the information on the user in the map data; a determination step of determining a second route from a start point to an end point specified based on a request from the user; a comparison step of directly or indirectly comparing a length of the second route and an undulation on the second route, and a length of each of the first routes and an undulation on each of the first routes with each other in the map data; and an information providing step for providing the user with information on a comparison result of the comparison step.
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15. An information recording medium having a program for controlling a computer recorded thereon,
the computer comprising: -
means for storing map data including an undulation of an actual topography; and means for storing information on first routes each containing one or more routes from a point, as a start point, corresponding to information on a user in the map data, to a plurality of predetermined points in a region containing the point corresponding to the information on the user in the map data, in association with identification information on the user, the program controlling the computer to function as; determination means for determining a second route from a start point to an end point specified based on a request from the user; comparison means for directly or indirectly comparing a length of the second route and an undulation on the second route, and a length of each of the first routes and an undulation on each of the first routes with each other in the map data; and information providing means for providing the user with information on a comparison result by the comparison means.
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16. An information recording medium having a program for controlling a computer recorded thereon,
the computer comprising means for storing map data including an undulation of an actual topography, the program controlling the computer to function as: -
acquisition means for acquiring information on first routes each containing one or more routes from a point, as a start point, corresponding to information on a user, to a plurality of predetermined points in a region containing the point corresponding to the information on the user in the map data; determination means for determining a second route from a start point to an end point specified based on a request from the user; comparison means for directly or indirectly comparing a length of the second route and an undulation on the second route, and a length of each of the first routes and an undulation on each of the first routes with each other in the map data; and information providing means for providing the user with information on a comparison result of the comparison means.
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Specification