Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a communication section;
• a generation section that based on position information pieces received by the communication section from an in-vehicle device, generates trip data including position information pieces of departure points and arrival points of a vehicle in which the in-vehicle device is mounted;
• an extraction section that based on the trip data, extracts a plurality of first candidate areas associated with position information pieces set as departure points, a number of which is equal to or exceeding a predetermined value, and for each of the plurality of first candidate areas, second candidate areas associated with position information pieces set as arrival points, a number of which is equal to or exceeding a predetermined value, in a case of departure from the departure points in the first candidate area;
• an acquisition section that acquires usage information pieces of lands including the first candidate areas and usage information pieces of lands including the second candidate areas;
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• an estimation section that estimates an intended candidate area based on the usage information pieces acquired by the acquisition section, the number of position information pieces of departure points included in the first candidate areas and the number of position information pieces of arrival points included in the second candidate areas.