Patent ID: 9672739
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G01C,G08G,G09B,H04L

Claim:
1. A server apparatus comprising a map data update device configured to update map data on the basis of movement history data of a moving body, the server apparatus comprising: a movement history recording unit configured to cause movement history data relating to at least one moving body to be stored in a movement history storage unit, wherein the movement history data includes data of a traveling locus and data of a traveling speed of a vehicle; and a road associated information setting unit configured to determine and set road associated information to be applied to a road link of a new road, on the basis of the movement history data stored in the movement history storage unit for a region where an existing road is not present on the map data; wherein the road associated information setting unit is configured to specify a connection-source existing road and a connection-target existing road connected with the new road at both ends of the new road, and to determine and set a road type of the new road from among an expressway, a local road, and a ramp road as a piece of the road associated information, on the basis of road types set on the map data for the specified existing roads and traveling speeds of a plurality of vehicles indicated by movement history data relating to the new road.