PICKUP AND DROP-OFF POINT PROVIDING SYSTEM, DATA SERVER, AND PICKUP AND DROP-OFF POINT PROVIDING METHOD

To provide, when a request for boarding/deboarding point information is made from an information terminal, information regarding a suitable boarding/deboarding point irrespective of areas where boarding/deboarding has never taken place or of various changes in conditions. [0002] A boarding/deboarding point providing system comprising a probe vehicle group (4), a data server (2), and an on-board unit (1) or a mobile terminal (3). When vehicle data transmitted from the probe vehicle group (4) are input, the data server (2) extracts a boarding/deboarding point suitable for boarding a vehicle or deboarding a vehicle from the vehicle data, and stores the point while updating the boarding/deboarding point information database. When a request for boarding/deboarding point information is received from the on-board unit (1) or the mobile terminal (3), the boarding/deboarding point information stored in the boarding/deboarding point information database is searched for a boarding/deboarding point that meets the request conditions, and the search result that includes the boarding/deboarding point is transmitted to the on-board unit (1) or the mobile terminal (3).