Abstract: A system receives output geographic information en masse from a server. The output geographic information corresponds to input geographic information provided to the server en masse. The system builds a database that indexes at least some of the output geographic information to at least some of the input geographic information, attempts to locate specific output geographic information in the database, and determines the specific output geographic information by calculation if the specific output geographic information cannot be located in the database.

Abstract: A method, performed by a server, generates graphics to output to an external application. The method includes receiving instructions originating from the external application, generating one of plural different types of graphics based on the instructions by combining elements from one or more graphics sources, and outputting the graphics to the external application.

Abstract: A method obtains output geographic information from at least one of plural geo-servers having different communication formats. The method includes formatting input geographic information so that a format of the input geographic information is compatible with a communication format of a selected geo-server, transmitting the input geographic information to the selected geo-server, and receiving, from the selected geo-server, output geographic information that is based on the input geographic information.

Abstract: Displaying a road map in a transportation planning computer program includes receiving data for the road map, rendering the road map from the data, augmenting the road map with landmark information, and toggling between a route view of the road map and a symbolic view of the road map. The route view displays a driving route between two locations on the road map. The symbolic view displays straight lines between locations on the road map.