Author: Hansjörg Back
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New year, new EWS data
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 2023.
In the new version of the PTV Developer EWS Road Distance API V1.4.0 we added the data version 2024 for the new year.…
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Euro 6 is now active!
The PTV Developer Routing API allows you to take the European emission standard of your vehicle into account when calculating tolls and emissions. Until now, the default emission standard for all predefined vehicle profiles offered by PTV has been Euro 5.…
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Unexpected delay? Use the new ETA feature!
The Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) is the time when a vehicle is expected to arrive at a certain place. By relying on accurate predictions, you can optimize your schedules, minimize waiting times and enhance overall customer satisfaction.
In the new version of the PTV Developer Routing API V1.22.0 it is possible to calculate the ETA based on a previously calculated route and the current position of the vehicle.…
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Euro 6 is the new default!
The PTV Developer Routing API allows you to take the European emission standard of your vehicle into account when calculating tolls and emissions. Until now, the default emission standard for all predefined vehicle profiles offered by PTV has been Euro 5.…
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Block roads individually
Long awaited and here it is! From now on you will have the possibility to block roads according to your individual needs with custom road attribute scenarios. A typical use case would be to take into account short-term roadworks on one of the roads you use every day and this information is not currently available in the map data.…
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Two shades of toll distance
With the Routing API you can get detailed information about toll costs, sections and systems on your route (see the toll roads on the right). Thereby a toll section represents a part of the route for which toll has to be paid. The length of a section is defined by the toll operator and we provide this information in the response parameter ‘officialDistance’.…