Author: Sébastien Beolet

  • Matrix Routing API : higher rate limits for simple matrix calculation

    Sébastien Beolet

    Rate limits are the number of requests per given time period a single API key can make. If those limits are exceeded, the error code ‘GENERAL_RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED’ is returned and further requests will temporarily be rejected.

    The matrix routing calculation is a complex process whose performance varies depending on multiple factors such as the number of input origins and destinations, their geographical distribution, or the information to be retrieved (e.g.…

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  • Loading Space Optimization API : How to visualize the bin packing results in 3D

    Sébastien Beolet

    The PTV Developer Loading Space Optimization API allows to optimize the way to arrange goods into one or several bins, in order to spare some loading meters, or to facilitate the unloading of items at stops. 

    Our new tutorial illustrates how simple it is, by mean of the three.js…

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  • Changing vehicle parameters at waypoints

    Sébastien Beolet

    When calculating a route with more than 2 waypoints, it often happens that logistic events occur at intermediate stops, which can modify some routing-relevant characteristics of the selected vehicle.

    The most common use-case is obviously unloading or loading some goods at a stop, which implies a change of the weight of the vehicle.…

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  • Fastest, shortest … and now cheapest routes

    Sébastien Beolet

    Usually the ‘FAST’ routing mode tends to reduce the driver cost of your calculated transport routes due to shorter driving times, while ‘SHORT’ routing mode rather optimizes fuel consumption costs due to a shorter travel distance.

    Multiple factors should indeed be considered in order to spare money : toll costs, energy costs, vehicle cost per kilometer, or even working-time cost per hour.…

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  • Release of Loading Space Optimization API V1.0.0

    Sébastien Beolet

    A new version of the PTV Developer Loading Space Optimization API is now available!

    You can check the new features in the list below or use the API Changes webpage for more details.

    Loading Space Optimization API V1.0.0

    • Feature: Three-dimensional packing of multiple cuboid items in multiple cuboid bins.
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  • Release of Matrix Routing API V1.1.0

    Sébastien Beolet

    A new version of the PTV Developer Matrix Routing API is now available!

    You can check the new features in the list below or use the API Changes webpage for more details.

    Matrix Routing API V1.1.0

    • Feature:  The toll costs can be calculated in a specified currency by using the result type ‘TOLL_COSTS’ and the request parameter ‘currency’.
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