Route planning engine using unique location identifiers

One or more computing devices comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory;
• the one or more computing devices configured, via computer-executable instructions, to perform operations for determining route proposals for shipment of cargo, the operations comprising:
• receiving a pickup unique location identifier (ULI) and a delivery ULI, wherein the pickup ULI and the delivery ULI are in a same data structure format;
• for a pickup leg of a shipment:
• dynamically determining, at runtime, a first geographic area that covers the pickup ULI and a first transportation network location, wherein the cargo is picked up and shipped to the first transportation network location via a trucking network, and wherein the first transportation network location has transportation services for handling the cargo;
• for a delivery leg of the shipment:
• dynamically determining, at runtime, a second geographic area that covers a second transportation network location and the delivery ULI, wherein the cargo is shipped from the second transportation network location and delivered to the delivery ULI via a second trucking network, and wherein the second transportation network location has transportation services for handling the cargo;
• for a main leg of the shipment, performing pre-processing operations comprising:
• dynamically determining, at runtime, a third geographic area that covers the first transportation network location and the second transportation network location;
• dynamically determining, at runtime, one or more possible routes from the first transportation network location to the second transportation network location within the third geographic area, wherein the pre-processing operations determine the one or more possible routes by dynamically generating representations of one or more defined transportation networks at runtime;
• and
• providing only the locations for the one or more possible routes for route optimization;
• and
• providing one or more route proposals comprising the pickup leg, the main leg, and the delivery leg.

One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions for execution on one or more computing devices to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving a pickup unique location identifier (ULI) and a delivery ULI, wherein the pickup ULI and the delivery ULI are in a same data structure format;
• for a pickup leg of a shipment:
• dynamically determining, at runtime, a first geographic area that covers the pickup ULI and a first transportation network location, wherein the cargo is picked up and shipped to the first transportation network location via a trucking network, and wherein the first transportation network location has transportation services for handling the cargo;
• for a delivery leg of the shipment:
• dynamically determining, at runtime, a second geographic area that covers a second transportation network location and the delivery ULI, wherein the cargo is shipped from the second transportation network location and delivered to the delivery ULI via a second trucking network, and wherein the second transportation network location has transportation services for handling the cargo;
• for a main leg of the shipment, performing pre-processing operations comprising:
• dynamically determining, at runtime, a third geographic area that covers the first transportation network location and the second transportation network location;
• dynamically determining, at runtime, one or more possible routes from the first transportation network location to the second transportation network location within the third geographic area, wherein the pre-processing operations determine the one or more possible routes by dynamically generating representations of one or more defined transportation networks at runtime;
• and
• providing only the locations for the one or more possible routes for route optimization;
• and
• providing one or more route proposals comprising the pickup leg, the main leg, and the delivery leg.