System and method for customer and/or container discovery based on GPS drive path and parcel data analysis for a waste / recycling service vehicle

A system for analyzing service route data for a waste or recycling service vehicle on a service route, the system comprising:

• a waste or recycling service vehicle having an optical sensor disposed thereon;
• a memory storage area;
• and
• a processor in communication with the memory storage area and configured to:
• collect location information for the vehicle as the vehicle travels along the service route, wherein the location information is collected using a locating device capable of satellite communications associated with the vehicle;
• identify a vehicle stop point from the collected location information to determine whether the vehicle is providing collection services at the vehicle stop point, wherein the vehicle stop point for a residential stop comprises an exact vehicle stop point is identified by determining that latitude and longitude location information is the same for two consecutive-in-time communications from the locating device, and wherein the vehicle stop point for a commercial stop is an interpolated vehicle stop point is identified by determining that the calculated speed of the vehicle between two consecutive-in-time communications from the locating device is less than a predetermined value;
• associate the vehicle stop point to a parcel to determine the street address;
• determine whether the vehicle is providing collection services to a street address associated with the vehicle stop point;
• associate the street address with stored customer related contract and stored customer information;
• and
• display, on an electronic viewing portal, the street address and an image captured by the optical sensor at the vehicle stop point, such that a user can view the electronic viewing portal and confirm whether the street address is associated with the stored customer information.