The invention relates to the field of
map matching, and particularly relates to a grid segmentation method. The grid segmentation method comprises the steps: obtaining coordinates of all nodes in road
network data, establishing two-dimensional space coordinates according to node coordinates, establishing a maximum grid according to the
longitude and
latitude ranges of road
network data, obtaining nodes closest to the
longitude mean values of all the nodes in the grid to serve as root nodes, sequentially selecting a coordinate axis from the root nodes to segment the grid, and forming a grid index starting from the root nodes after segmentation is finished. The invention also relates to a candidate road section
screening method based on grid segmentation. The candidate road section
screening method comprises the following steps: inquiring the grid index according to the current track point to obtain the node coordinates in the threshold range, and taking the road section corresponding to the node coordinates as the candidate road section of the current GPS track point. Compared with other methods, the candidate road section
screening method disclosed by the invention does not need to import the road
network data each time, and meanwhile establishes the index and topological relation for the node relation in the road network data, thereby facilitating query and addition and deletion of nodes, reducing the waste of
system resources and accelerating the
map matching efficiency.