Vehicle positioning device

An own-vehicle position measuring apparatus comprising:

• planimetric feature recognizing means for recognizing a planimetric feature on a road that is necessary for correcting an own-vehicle position;
• and
• position correcting means for correcting the own-vehicle position detected according to a predetermined method based on a recognition result by said planimetric feature recognizing means,
• the own-vehicle position measuring apparatus further comprising recognizing planimetric feature setting means for setting a planimetric feature characteristic in an area where the own-vehicle will travel hereafter from among planimetric features on the road of which information is stored in a database,
• wherein said planimetric feature recognizing means recognizes said planimetric feature set by said recognizing planimetric feature setting means.