The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods
and systems for dynamic route estimation and prediction using discrete
sampled location updates from various mobile devices for the purpose of
providing a graphical representation of a mobile device's route along a
known network path of map data. The embodiments also provide supplemental
route metrics, such as traveled distance, elapsed time, etc., and the
capability to assign destination points for the purpose of providing the
ability to modify location update points in an application, such as a
route planner, and/or to store the dynamically generated route based on
various preferences for later retrieval.