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An improved system and method for specifying physical locations when using applications run on navigation systems or other computer platforms that provide navigation- or map-related functions. When requesting a navigation- or map-related function from such an application, a user specifies a physical

An improved system and method for specifying physical locations when using applications run on navigation systems or other computer platforms that provide navigation- or map-related functions. When requesting a navigation- or map-related function from such an application, a user specifies a physical location using a keyword instead of specifying the physical location conventionally, such as by street address. A keyword database relates keywords to physical locations. The application uses the keyword database, or a copy thereof, to find data indicating the physical location associated with the keyword specified by the user. Preferably, physical locations are defined in the keyword database in terms of data in a corresponding navigable database. The application then performs the requested navigation- or map-related function using the data indicating the physical location associated with the keyword. The keyword database is built using input from users. An online system is provided that users can access to associate keywords with physical locations. A user accessing the online system is presented with a map from which a physical location can be selected. A keyword, which may be selected by the user, is associated with the selected physical location. The keyword is stored in the keyword database along with data indicating the associated physical location. Keywords can be related to each other in order to facilitate navigation applications that involve routing through multiple locations.

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1. A method of scheduling deliveries comprising:registering a keyword for a delivery driver wherein the keyword comprises a unique alphanumeric word; for each delivery, registering a keyword for the delivery including associating a unique alphanumeric word for said delivery; and associating data ind

1. A method of scheduling deliveries comprising:registering a keyword for a delivery driver wherein the keyword comprises a unique alphanumeric word; for each delivery, registering a keyword for the delivery including associating a unique alphanumeric word for said delivery; and associating data indicating a location with respect to a geographic map database to the unique alphanumeric word associated with the delivery; associating the keyword for the delivery driver with the keywords registered for each of the deliveries; providing a route calculation application with the data indicating a location with respect to a geographic map database from each of the keywords associated with each of the deliveries; and calculating a delivery route with said route calculation application that visits each of the locations.