APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING SECTIONS FOR MAP UPDATE

An apparatus for determining sections for map update includes a processor configured to calculate a score indicating the degree of improvement of drivers' convenience provided by generating or updating map information regarding two or more road sections selected from road sections where the map information is unavailable, based on handover costs between autonomous driving and manual driving, calculate the score while replacing one or more of the two or more selected road sections with one or more unselected road sections, and identify the two or more selected road sections corresponding to a score for the case where the degree of improvement of drivers' convenience is the highest among the scores calculated before the score satisfies a predetermined end condition, as target road sections for generating or updating the map information.