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The present invention relates to a method and system for enabling a user to determine a desired geographical route between supplied locations. To this end, a means is employed for supplying to a central processor information identifying geographic locations. The central processor, after correlating

The present invention relates to a method and system for enabling a user to determine a desired geographical route between supplied locations. To this end, a means is employed for supplying to a central processor information identifying geographic locations. The central processor, after correlating the identifying information to geographic locations, generates routing directions for travel between the two locations. The routing directions are made available for outputting to the user through a plurality of output devices.

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A system for providing routing directions for travel between locations, comprising: data entry means for supplying first identification number data corresponding to a first location and for entering request data comprising a request for directions, said request data including second identification n

A system for providing routing directions for travel between locations, comprising: data entry means for supplying first identification number data corresponding to a first location and for entering request data comprising a request for directions, said request data including second identification number data corresponding to a second location; a data processing system, for receiving data from said data entry means, said system including: (a) a first data base comprising data correlating identification numbers to geographic locations; (b) a second data base comprising geographic location data and route data; (c) a direction generating program for generating routing data using supplied location data and said second data base and (d) an operating program for obtaining location data corresponding to said first and second identification numbers from said first data base, for supplying said location data to said direction generating program and for obtaining said routing data; and routing direction output means for supplying user understandable routing directions in response to said routing data.