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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
May. 31, 2012
Mitsuo Shimotani, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Mikuriya, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Tamada, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A map distribution system that implements navigation using desired map data in which the degree of reliability of information about an object, such as a road or a facility, is taken into consideration is provided. A map distribution servercreates distribution data including difference map data and a reliance status showing the degree of reliability of the difference map data as a reply to edit request information about an edit request made by a user, and a map information terminalreceives the distribution data via a communication networkand performs navigation according to the reliance status included in the distribution data.