Usage of geographical information - NaN consultoria OpenERP, Koo, NanScan, Jasper Reports

Objective

Make use of the internal geographical information (addresses, delivery routes, etc) and external information (street maps, districts, cities, hydrologic information, etc) to enhance business management. We can optimize routes, control delivery people, observe zones with better sales and localize customers.

Solution/Task

Import to a standard GPS the addresses of the customers and configure it to store the route. Then transfer this information to the management application, obtaining a low cost, daily control of the vehicle fleet.
Make use of the information obtained with the GPS to optimize routes.
Generate maps with customers and potential customers localizations to ease comercial tasks, also exporting these localizations to the GPS.
Offer visitors of enterprise's web page the points of sales closer to the visitor's home.

Technologies emploied

Information storage with PostgreSQL + PostGis.
Visualization in a customized application using Quantum GIS
Visualization in the web page with Google Maps

Other possibilities

MapServer, Map24, Yahoo! Maps