Price based navigation

A method, comprising:

• receiving transportation data from at least a first subset of a plurality of users, wherein the transportation data corresponds to a plurality of transportation vehicles of at least the first subset of the plurality of users, and wherein respective transportation data from a respective user of at least the first subset comprises data corresponding to a freight capacity, a geographic origin, and a geographic destination of a respective transportation vehicle of the respective user, and wherein the freight capacity corresponds to a cargo capacity of the respective transportation vehicle;
• determining a plurality of virtual hubs based on at least the transportation data, wherein the plurality of virtual hubs comprises one or more origin virtual hubs corresponding to at least the geographic origin and one or more destination virtual hubs corresponding to at least the geographic destination;
• determining a plurality of virtual hub routes based on the plurality of virtual hubs, wherein the plurality of virtual hub routes correspond to geographic routes between the one or more origin virtual hubs and the one or more destination virtual hubs;
• generating a plurality of freight capacity units for at least the first subset of the plurality of users based on the transportation data, wherein a respective freight capacity unit for the respective user represents a fungible forward contract for the cargo capacity of the respective transportation vehicle traveling along the plurality of virtual hub routes;
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• generating a transportation forward market platform for trading the plurality of freight capacity units, comprising:
• receiving market depth data from the plurality of users, wherein the market depth data comprises data indicating a plurality of bid prices and a plurality of offer prices provided by the plurality of users for the plurality of freight capacity units;
• generating one or more graphical layers based on the transportation data and at least a subset of the market depth data, wherein the subset of the market depth data comprises:
• a first bid price and a first offer price for a first freight capacity unit, wherein the first freight capacity unit corresponds to a first transportation vehicle traveling along a first virtual hub route of the plurality of virtual hub routes;
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• a second bid price and a second offer price for a second freight capacity unit, wherein the second freight capacity unit corresponds to a second transportation vehicle traveling along a second virtual hub route of the plurality of virtual hub routes;
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• transmitting the market depth data to the plurality of users based on the virtual hub routes, wherein transmitting the market depth data comprises transmitting the one or more graphical layers to one or more user devices associated with at least a second subset of the plurality of users, wherein the one or more graphical layers are configured to be superimposed on to a navigational map interface being displayed by a respective user device, and wherein the navigational map interface being displayed includes a visualization of the first virtual hub route and a visualization of the second virtual hub route.

A computing system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• at least one memory comprising program instructions executable by the one or more processors to:
• receive transportation data from at least a first subset of plurality of users, wherein the transportation data corresponds to a plurality of transportation vehicles of at least the first subset of the plurality of users, wherein respective transportation data from a respective user of at least the first subset comprises data corresponding to a transportation capacity, a geographic origin, and a geographic destination of a respective transportation vehicle of the respective user;
• determine a plurality of virtual hubs based on at least the transportation data, wherein the plurality of virtual hubs comprises one or more origin virtual hubs corresponding to at least the geographic origin and one or more destination virtual hubs corresponding to at least the geographic destination;
• determine a plurality of virtual hub routes based on the plurality of virtual hubs, wherein the plurality of virtual hub routes correspond to geographic routes between the one or more origin virtual hubs and the one or more destination virtual hubs;
• generate a plurality of transportation capacity units for at least the first subset of the plurality of users based on the transportation data, wherein a respective transportation capacity unit for the respective user represents a fungible forward contract for the transportation capacity of the respective transportation vehicle traveling along the plurality of virtual hub routes;
• and
• generate a transportation forward market platform for trading the plurality of transportation capacity units, comprising:
• receive market depth data from the plurality of users, wherein the market depth data comprises data indicating a plurality of bid prices and a plurality of offer prices provided by the plurality of users for the plurality of transportation capacity units;
• generate one or more graphical layers based on the transportation data and at least a subset of the market depth data, wherein the subset of the market depth data comprises:
• a first bid price and a first offer price for a first transportation capacity unit, wherein the first transportation capacity unit corresponds to a first transportation vehicle traveling along a first virtual hub route of the plurality of virtual hub routes;
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• a second bid price and a second offer price for a second transportation capacity unit, wherein the second transportation capacity unit corresponds to a second transportation vehicle traveling along a second virtual hub route of the plurality of virtual hub routes;
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• transmit the market depth data to the plurality of users based on the virtual hub routes, wherein transmit the market depth data comprises transmit the one or more graphical layers to one or more user devices associated with at least a second subset of the plurality of users, wherein the one or more graphical layers are configured to be superimposed on to a navigational map interface being displayed by a respective user device, and wherein the navigational map interface being displayed includes a visualization of the first virtual hub route and a visualization of the second virtual hub route.