Data collecting device and data collecting system

A data collecting system comprising:

• a data collecting device comprising:
• a device communication unit;
• and
• a device processor configured to
• generate probe data representing a road feature based on information representing an environment around a vehicle,
• generate lane information representing a position of a lane in a road in which the vehicle was traveling when the road feature represented by the probe data was detected, based on information representing a lane marking line around the vehicle,
• transmit the lane information via the device communication unit and receive a determination result representing whether or not there is a transmission request for transmitting the probe data, which is determined based on the lane information, and
• transmit the probe data via the device communication unit when the determination result representing the transmission request is received;
• and
• a server comprising:
• a server communication unit;
• and
• a server processor configured to
• generate the determination result based on the lane information received via the server communication unit and collection lane information representing a lane for which it is necessary to collect the probe data, and
• transmit the determination result to the data collecting device via the server communication unit.