| 摘要 |
An area which may be en-route from a departure place to a destination is specified, and when a route which passes through the specified en-route area is an optimal route, a guidance for the optimal route is given. Route search servers (30A, etc.) each of which includes a plurality of service providing areas and has a predetermined area as a service providing area cooperate with one another to search for an optimal route from the departure place to the destination, both set by a terminal device (20), and give a guidance for the optimal route. Each route search server (30A, etc.) includes information on candidate nodes between a local area and each of the other areas, network data and map data within the local area, and route search means (307A). The route search server (30A, etc.) which has received a route search request with the departure place and destination set therein from the terminal device (20) causes a route search server (30B, etc.) in each area, which may be en-route, to search for candidate nodes in each area based on the information on the candidate nodes, and provides the terminal device (20) with a guidance for a candidate node which minimizes the link cost as a recommended route. |
