Course-based place searching

A method of performing a course-based place search, the method comprising:

• tracking a location of a vehicle and a course of the vehicle;
• requesting places from a resource based at least in part on the location of the vehicle and a search criterion;
• and
• returning a first one or more places received from the resource to an occupant of the vehicle, the first one or more places returned based at least in part on the course of the vehicle,
• wherein a second one or more places received from the resource are not returned, and wherein the second one or more places require the vehicle to deviate from the course, a predicted route of the vehicle, or a proposed route of the vehicle by more than an acceptable threshold to reach the second one or more places.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that are executable by a system to cause the system to perform operations for performing a course-based location search, the operations comprising:

• tracking a location of a vehicle and a course of the vehicle;
• requesting places from a resource based at least in part on the location of the vehicle and a search criterion;
• and
• returning a first one or more places received from the resource to an occupant of the vehicle, the first one or more places returned based at least in part on the course of the vehicle,
• wherein a second one or more places received from the resource are not returned, and wherein the second one or more places require the vehicle to deviate from the course, a predicted route of the vehicle, or a proposed route of the vehicle by more than an acceptable threshold to reach the second one or more places.