User familiarization with a novel route for reducing cognitive load associated with navigation

An apparatus comprising at least one processor, at least one non-transitory memory storing computer program code, and at least one communications interface configured to communicate via at least one network, the computer program code configured to, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

• receive navigation data, the navigation data comprising a plurality of point of interest (POI) models, each POI model being a representation of a POI;
• analyze at least a portion of the plurality of POI models based on a data extraction model to determine a link between two or more POIs based on POI models corresponding to the two or more POIs, wherein the link between the two or more POIs is determined based on both (a) the two or more POIs being located within a predefined distance of one another and (b) a logical relationship between the two or more POIs, wherein the logical relationship corresponds to an expected effect on traffic in the vicinity of the two or more POIs;
• generate an entity of interest (EOI) model based on the POI models corresponding to the two or more POIs, the determined link, and the data extraction model;
• store the EOI model as an EOI data record in a geographic database;
• and
• at least one of:
• perform, based at least in part on at least a portion of the EOI data record, one or more navigation functions, or
• provide at least a portion of the EOI data record such that a computing device receives the at least a portion of the EOI data record and performs one or more navigation functions based at least in part on the at least a portion of the EOI data record.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein with the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions configured to, when executed by a processor of an apparatus, cause the apparatus to at least:

• receive navigation data, the navigation data comprising a plurality of point of interest (POI) models, each POI model being a representation of a POI;
• analyze at least a portion of the plurality of POI models based on a data extraction model to determine a link between two or more POIs based on POI models corresponding to the two or more POIs, analyze at least a portion of the plurality of POI models based on a data extraction model to determine a link between two or more POIs based on POI models corresponding to the two or more POIs, wherein the link between the two or more POIs is determined based on both (a) the two or more POIs being located within a predefined distance of one another and (b) a logical relationship between the two or more POIs, wherein the logical relationship corresponds to an expected effect on traffic in the vicinity of the two or more POIs;
• generate an entity of interest (EOI) model based on the POI models corresponding to the two or more POIs, the determined link, and the data extraction model;
• store the EOI model as an EOI data record in a geographic database;
• and
• at least one of:
• perform, based at least in part on at least a portion of the EOI data record, one or more navigation functions, or
• provide at least a portion of the EOI data record such that a computing device receives the at least a portion of the EOI data record and performs one or more navigation functions based at least in part on the at least a portion of the EOI data record.