Area determination device, map data processing device, and map data processing method

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to perform the same processing in an area determination for a link group consisting of links connecting the same two points. An area determination device includes a map data acquisition unit for acquiring map data including a plurality of link data each representing a link connecting two points on a road map, an area specification unit for specifying any area on the road map, and an area determination unit for performing an area determination on whether the link is an intra-area link which is included in a specified area or an extra-area link which is not included in the specified area, collectively in a link group consisting of links each connecting the same two points as the link does, and the link data are processed in accordance with a result of the area determination.

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