Systems and methods for providing mapping services including route break point recommendations

A system for providing to a user geographical mapping information relating to a trip from a start location to a destination location, the system including:

• a data storage device storing instructions for causing computer servers or mobile devices to provide to the user the geographical mapping information relating to the trip from the start location to the destination;
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• a processing device configured to execute the instructions to perform a method of:
• receiving, from a user's electronic device and over a network, user input data including at least the destination location and a break point parameter;
• calculating one or more routes from the start location to the destination location, based on the user input data and the break point parameter;
• identifying one or more intermediate break point locations along the one or more routes based on the break point parameter received from the user;
• identifying an area extending along the one or more routes, around each intermediate break point location and including one or more potential highway exit points;
• evaluating, for each intermediate break point location, a plurality of points of interest associated with each potential highway exit point within the area of the intermediate break point location;
• determining, for each intermediate break point location, a recommended highway exit point from among each of the one or more potential highway exit points within the area of the intermediate break point location, based on the evaluation of the plurality of points of interest;
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• displaying, on the user's electronic device, one or more routes from the start location to the destination location, the routes being divided into a plurality of segments according to the one or more recommended highway exit points.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method to provide geographical mapping information to a user relating to a trip from a start location to a destination location, the method including:

• receiving, from a user's electronic device and over a network, user input data including at least the destination location and a break point parameter;
• calculating one or more routes from the start location to the destination location, based on the user input data and the break point parameter;
• identifying one or more intermediate break point locations along the one or more routes based on the break point parameter received from the user;
• identifying an area extending along the one or more routes, around each intermediate break point location and including one or more potential highway exit points;
• evaluating, for each intermediate break point location, a plurality of points of interest associated with each potential highway exit point within the area of the intermediate break point location;
• determining, for each intermediate break point location, a recommended highway exit point from among each of the one or more potential highway exit points within the area of the intermediate break point location, based on the evaluation of the plurality of points of interest;
• and
• displaying, on the user's electronic device, one or more routes from the start location to the destination location, the routes being divided into a plurality of segments according to the one or more recommended highway exit points.