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The problem of finding the shortest path on a map (a la google maps etc) is often solved with approaches like "hub networks" and "contraction hierarchies" rather than simple spatial networks. Things like dijkstra's algorithm are only efficient if you're input is the raw graph and point and you only want one path once.

See just for a start: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.05140




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