6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the respective location is a set of coordinates.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the count of the number of historical directions queries for directions to a respective location corresponding to the respective place includes: determining a respective location corresponding to the respective place; searching the historical records of the directions queries to determine a number of directions queries in which the destination was the respective location; storing the number of directions queries in which the destination was the respective location in at least one record of a popularity database; and associating the at least one record of the popularity database with the respective place.