Category: PTV Developer
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Choose a ferry or rail shuttle connection
Up to now ferries or rail shuttles are automatically used on a route, if it is advantageous compared to road (as so called combined transport) and of course, if you don’t want to avoid them (see this blog post). In the new version of the PTV Developer Routing API V1.9.0 you even have the possibility to choose a specific ferry or rail shuttle connection.…
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New tutorials for route optimization available
The first two tutorials for route optimization are available now.
Pickups and Deliveries shows how route planning can take place in the use case of e.g. CEP.
Depot based transports shows route planning in case of a central depot, where loading or unloading takes place.…
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Be part of the community – PTV Developer joins Stackoverflow
In addition to our regular support channels we are happy to tell you that we are also focusing on our community support using Stackoverflow.
So if you get stuck while implementing feel free to ask your question on Stackoverflow using the tag ptv-developer. …
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Once again too late…
Today the traffic load is more or less the same as before the coronavirus pandemic and so are traffic jams. In order to estimate the impact of the current traffic situation on a route, we offer in the new version of the PTV Developer Routing API V1.8.0 the response parameter ‘trafficDelay’ for the complete route, leg or alternative route.…
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Avoid toll or ferries? Yes, indeed!
There are use cases where you want to avoid toll or ferries on a route, e.g. to reduce extra costs. Of course, this could lead to longer routes (see below the left route using a ferry and the right route avoiding ferries).
In the new version of the PTV Developer Routing API V1.7.0 you have the possibility to avoid toll, ferries and rail shuttles by using the parameter ‘avoid’.…
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Using electronic toll collection systems
Electronic toll collection (ETC) systems provide a fast alternative to pay the toll without stopping the vehicle, normally using a wireless transponder. As the driver does not have to stop, traffic delays are reduced. Moreover ETC systems are cheaper and more flexible.…