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  • Truck routes only on request

    There is a large variety of truck routes across the world, where vehicles must follow or at least should use them. Vehicle examples are trucks with hazardous goods or long…

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  • Exemptions for low-emission zones

    Low-emission zones are areas within cities where certain vehicles have restricted access, if they do not meet the requirements like a minimum emission standard to enter. The main purpose is…

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  • Shorter than short

    By default, a route is optimized for travel time (routing mode ‘FAST’). The result is a fast route a real driver would follow accepting a longer distance, if necessary. You…

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  • Suggestion by Text Supports Result Language

    In the new version of the PTV Developer Geocoding & Places  API V1.15.0 we improved the Suggestion by text endpoint. With this feature, you can now specify the language for the results…

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  • Modify more road attributes

    With custom road attributes you have the possibility to modify attributes of roads in the map data to your individual needs. Up to now, reducing the driving speed and even…

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  • EWS data refresh: 2025

    The EWS (“Entfernungswerk Strasse”) mainly consists of precalculated truck distances to quickly access them for different use cases like invoice auditing. Up to now, we provided data versions for the…

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  • Introducing the “End at Last Location” feature in PTV Route Optimization OptiFlow API

    Efficient route planning is at the heart of logistics, and our team is dedicated to continuously enhancing the PTV Route Optimization OptiFlow API to meet the dynamic needs of our…

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  • Planned Downtime Saturday, 22nd March 2025

    To ensure the continued reliability and performance of our services, a planned maintenance will take place on 22nd March 2025, resulting in a temporary downtime. This downtime is scheduled to…

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  • Compactness for planned routes

    Planning routes well is key to making logistics work smoothly and efficiently. Usually, the goal is to save on costs, but sometimes other needs, like grouping stops closer together, are…

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