Method and apparatus for dynamic load selection and parking calculation for last mile delivery

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
• determine a vehicle location of a delivery vehicle, wherein the delivery vehicle carries a plurality of delivery items;
• determine one or more candidate stopping locations based on the vehicle location;
• determine a selected stopping location from among the one or more candidate stopping locations based on processing static and dynamic data sets;
• determine a subset of the plurality of delivery items to be delivered from the selected stopping location by a delivery means of the delivery vehicle in a load based, at least in part, on one or more delivery capability attributes of the delivery means, wherein the plurality of delivery items is determined dynamically based on detecting that the delivery vehicle has stopped at the selected stopping location;
• and
• provide data for presenting or transmitting the subset of the plurality of delivery items as an output.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

• determining a vehicle location of a delivery vehicle, wherein the delivery vehicle carries a plurality of delivery items;
• determining one or more candidate stopping locations based on the vehicle location;
• determining a selected stopping location from among the one or more candidate stopping locations associated with a delivery vehicle based on processing static and dynamic data sets;
• determining a subset of the plurality of delivery items to be delivered from the selected stopping location by a delivery means of the delivery vehicle in a load based, at least in part, on one or more delivery capability attributes of the delivery means, wherein the plurality of delivery items is determined dynamically based on detecting that the delivery vehicle has stopped at the selected stopping location;
• and
• providing data for presenting or transmitting the subset of the plurality of delivery items as an output.