Author: Hansjörg Back
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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 to reduce pollution and improve air quality. But as always, there is no rule without exceptions 😉
For some low-emission zones it is possible to get an exemption for your vehicle in case it does not meet the requirements to enter.…
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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 also have the possibility to prefer routes with shorter distance, but higher travel times (routing mode ‘SHORT’).…
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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 prohibiting roads was possible. In the new version of the PTV Developer Data API V1.14.0 we added further possibilities:
- With the parameter ‘allowed’ you can enable a routing through otherwise restricted roads.
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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 years 2016 to 2024.
In the new version of the PTV Developer EWS Road Distance API V1.5.0 we added the data version 2025 for the new year.…
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It’s all about time
If a route passes a road, which is prohibited for the given vehicle (e.g. the road is closed for trucks), you get a violation event when using the PTV Developer Routing API . Sometimes these restrictions are only temporary (e.g. no trucks allowed during the night).…
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Toll section complete!
There are use cases where a route starts or ends from locations like gas stations or rest areas along highways. Then it could happen that these locations are in the middle of a toll section. Up to now the toll of this section is not considered at all as it is unknown where the toll section is entered or left.…