ROUTE SEARCHING DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a route searching device that enables a user to search for a route to a destination while picking up a friend at the station.SOLUTION: A system control part 2 acquires map information including a current position and route information. The system control part 2 receives a place to drop by and a destination and searches for a station closest to the place to drop by located within a predetermined range and a route passing through the station closest to the place to drop by on the basis of the map information. The system control part 2 extracts, from among the stations on the route, candidate stations to drop by that are to be candidates to drop by, searches for a first route from the current position to the destination while passing through the candidate stations to drop by, determines a station to drop by from the candidate stations to drop by, and determines a guide route passing through the station to drop by.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】友人などを駅で拾っていきながら目的地まで行く経路を探索できる経路探索装置を提供する。【解決手段】 システム制御部２が、現在位置及び路線情報を含む地図情報を取得する。システム制御部２が、立寄地及び目的地を受け付け、地図情報に基づき、立寄地から所定範囲内に存在する周辺駅と当該周辺駅を通る路線を検索する。システム制御部２が、路線上の駅のうち、経由する候補となる立寄候補駅を抽出し、現在位置から立寄候補駅を経由して目的地に至る第１経路を探索し、立寄候補駅の中から立寄駅を決定し、立寄駅を経由する案内経路を決定する。【選択図】図３