Author: Hansjörg Back
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Time for a break
Driving time regulations are crucial for vehicle drivers. They define a set of rules for break and rest periods as well as for travel limits to improve road safety and ensure good working conditions. And the corresponding laws could be different in different countries!…
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Critical vulnerability in Log4j
The latest update to this post is available here!
On Friday 09.12.21 a critical vulnerability (Log4Shell) in the widely used Java library Log4j has been identified. According to the assessment of many authorities, this leads to an extremely critical threat situation, which is why, among others, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in Germany has upgraded its existing cyber security warning to warning level red (see Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures and BSI).…
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Crossing the street? Not necessarily…
In some use cases, the driver shall not cross the street to reach the destination for delivery or pickup, e.g. for safety reasons. Therefore, it is now possible to start or arrive on the same side of the road as the route location, even if this results in a small detour (see the right route below using the new feature).…
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How to build a simple routing app
One of the first things you can do with our RESTful APIs is to implement a simple routing app: Enter two addresses, find the optimal route between these addresses and display the result on a map. In doing so you get a first impression how easy the APIs of PTV Developer could be used and what else is possible.…
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Release of Routing API V1.3.0
A new version of the PTV Developer Routing API is now available!
You can check the new features in the list below or use the API Changes webpage for more details.
Routing API V1.3.0
- Feature: Added parameters to convert all toll prices to the selected currency.