A system receives a service request sent from a computing device of a user, which identifies a service to be provided. The system then identifies potential locations based on the service request and historical data. These locations are assessed based on predetermined criteria, including an amount of successful and unsuccessful service requests at each location according to the historical data. After a location is chosen, the user's acceptance is obtained. Upon receiving this acceptance, the system generates and sends navigation instructions from the provider's current position to the selected location to a second computing device associated with the provider.