Dynamic routing tool

An apparatus for determining a transportation route for a vehicle using a graphical information systems (GIS) database that represents a geographical area, wherein the GIS database includes at least one node representing at least one geographical location within the geographic area and at least one arc representing at least one street within the geographic area, comprising:

• a computer system having a memory and a data storage device coupled thereto;
• and
• one or more programs, performed by the computer, for determining a start point within the geographic area based on a first input;
• determining an end point within the geographic area based on a second input;
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• dynamically determining at least a first transportation route between the start point and the end point, the transportation route containing at least one arc, wherein the first transportation route is determined using a characteristic of the arc between the start point and the end point.

An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium readable by a computer and embodying one or more instructions executable by the computer to perform a method for a transportation route for a vehicle using a graphical information systems (GIS) database that represents a geographical area, wherein the GIS database includes at least one node representing at least one geographical location within the geographic area and at least one arc representing at least one street within the geographic area, the method comprising:

• determining a start point within the geographic area;
• determining an end point within the geographic area;
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• dynamically determining at least a first route between the start point and the end point, the route containing at least one arc, wherein the first route is determined by using a characteristic of the first route between the start point and the end point.