Apparatus for graphical fleet management

A computer system including a display coupled to a positioning system and to a vector database, for forming an output display, the computer system comprising:

• a display manager coupled to the display for displaying an image of a particular geographic area on the display;
• a raster database including images of a geographic area;
• a raster map loader coupled to the raster database and to the display manager for retrieving the image of the particular geographic area from the raster database;
• a vector map database describing the geographic area;
• a vector map loader coupled to the vector map database and to the display manager for forming the image of the particular geographic area;
• a distributor coupled to the vector database for receiving vector data, and to a positioning system for receiving the vehicle data;
• an icon manager coupled to the display and to the distributor for displaying icons on the display in response to the vehicle data;
• a data manager coupled to the display and to the distributor for displaying vector data on the display;
• and
• a callback manager coupled to the display manager and to the distributor for determining the particular geographic area.

A computer system including a display coupled to a dispatching system, to a positioning system, and to a geocoder, for forming an output display, the computer system comprising:

• a display manager coupled to the display for displaying an image of a particular geographic area on the display;
• a vector database describing a geographical area;
• a vector map loader coupled to the vector database and to the display manager for forming the image of the particular geographic area;
• a distributor coupled to the geocoder for receiving the vector data, to the positioning system for receiving the vehicle data;
• and
• an icon manager coupled to the display and to the distributor for displaying icons on the display in response to the vehicle data;
• a data manager coupled to the display and to the distributor for displaying vector data on the display;
• and
• a callback manager coupled to the display manager and to the distributor for determining the particular geographic area.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer-readable media including:
• code that retrieves an image of a particular geographic area from a raster database;
• code that directs a display to display the image of a particular geographic area;
• code that receives vehicle data;
• code that receives vector data;
• code that directs the display to display an icon in response to the vehicle data;
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• code that directs the display to display the vector data.