Category: PTV Developer

  • Release of Sequence Optimization API V1.5.5 – Results independent from IDs

    Björn Regenhardt

    The new version V1.5.5 of the PTV Developer Sequence Optimization API is now available!

    Formerly the plan results could have been influenced by the choice of location or transport IDs.

    Now the plan results stay the same whatever IDs you choose.

    Have a look at the API Changes webpage for more details or check the API Reference.…

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  • Developer Postman Collections

    Hansjörg Back

    In one of our tutorials we show how to import the OpenAPI specifications of the PTV Developer APIs in Postman. Then you are able to quickly test the different services by sending requests and analyzing the responses.

    Moreover, for some PTV Developer APIs we now provide specific Postman collections.…

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  • Traffic along the route?

    Hansjörg Back

    Some time ago we introduced traffic events chronologically along the route in the event list. In the new version of the PTV Developer Routing API V1.16.0 we also provide the polylines of the affected route parts by using the new parameter ‘TRAFFIC_EVENTS_POLYLINE’. Then the response contains the polyline of each traffic event reached by the route.…

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  • Routing API: Extension of Truck Routes in Australia and New Zealand

    Nathalie Wurster

    The Routing API V1.15.0 now supports the following extension of truck routes in Australia and New Zealand:

    • Network for high productivity motor vehicles (HPMV)
    • B-double routes – including routes for B-double vehicles operating at higher mass limits (HML)
    • B-triple routes – including routes for B-triple vehicles operating at higher mass limits (HML)
    • AB-triple routes – including routes for AB-triple vehicles operating at higher mass limits (HML)

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  • Calculation of service times enlarged for Route Optimization / New API version 1.8.0

    Björn Regenhardt

    New Feature:

    Service times may have a great impact on the time scheduling of a trip. Especially in urban planning problems, when driving time between customers is only a small time span, the importance of service time may increase.
    With the new version of the PTV Developer Route Optimization API PTV offers more flexibility in modelling service times.…

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  • New data for the EWS Road Distance API

    Hansjörg Back

    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 2017 to 2022.

    In the new version of the PTV Developer EWS Road Distance API V1.3.0 you even have the possibility to use all data from 2016 onwards.…

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