ROUTE INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, ROUTE INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND ROUTE INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM

To provide route information in which safety and comfort are taken into account and which is adapted to each person's condition.SOLUTION: A route information providing device according to an embodiment collects infrastructure information including basic information about road data and routes, receives request information requesting provision of a recommended route containing positional information including a departure point and a destination point and user information including a user's age category and a type of transportation means from a communication terminal of a user, selects all valid candidate routes or a prescribed number of candidate routes by comparing the infrastructure information with the request information, calculates a total value of evaluation points of information about safety for each route included in the candidate routes, creates route information to be a recommended route based on the total point among the candidate routes, and transmits it to the communication terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】 安全性や快適性を加味し、各人が持つ条件に適応した経路情報を提供する。【解決手段】 実施形態に係る経路情報提供装置によれば、道路データと経路に関する基礎情報を含むインフラ情報を収集し、ユーザの通信端末から出発地点及び目的地点を含む位置情報と、ユーザの年齢区分及び移動手段の種類を含むユーザ情報とを含み、推奨経路の提供を要求する要求情報を受信し、前記インフラ情報と前記要求情報とを照らし合わせて有効な全候補経路または規定個数の候補経路を選定し、前記候補経路に含まれるルートごとに、安全性に関する情報の評価点の合計値を算出し、前記候補経路のうち、合計点数に基づいて推奨経路とする経路情報を作成して、前記通信端末に送信する。【選択図】図２