SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE TAXI FARE BEFOREHAND

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine a taxi fare which a user has to pay before arriving at destination. SOLUTION: A taxi fare prior determination system; reads map data from a map data storage area; reads fare calculation data from a fare calculation data storage area; inputs departure place data about the departure place; inputs destination data about the destination; computes the taxi fare to be paid by the user in order that the user may arrive at the destination before the user arrive at the destination based on the map data and the fare calculation data which have been read and the departure place data and the destination data which have been inputted; determines the computed taxi fare as the taxi fare to be paid by the user in order that the user may arrive at the destination; and does not change the decided taxi fare after the taxi fare is determined in spite of traveling of the taxi. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI