Purpose/Background of the Event:
Over time, the details required in delivery and pickup address has evolved. It started with street name, city, district, state and pin codes and now it has moved to location on Google maps. To pin point the exact location on the map, we have now introduced geo-coordinates for deliveries and returns.
For many shipping providers, it is mandatory to send the geo coordinates (latitude/longitude) of the pickup and delivery address for creating an order/job at their end. And in future, this use case will keep on increasing as we move to shipping providers that delivers to tier 2 and tier 3 cities.
Objectives/Outcomes:
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Address fraud detection and prevention by countering false pincodes.
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Cross validate coordinates at both forward & reverse at order creation or at any parties like Customer , Facility , Vendor, and Billing Party.
- Future Marketing & Promotion for discounts based on billing address of customer.
Note: Decimal Degree system with (+or no,- suffixes) ~ all three value type storage should be allowed
( Eg : +41.40338,-2.17403 ) Or ( Eg : 41.40338,-2.17403 )