Category: PTV Developer

  • Electric Vehicles in Routing (preview)

    Daniel Möwes

    Incorporating electric vehicles (EVs) into your logistics solutions is no longer just an option – it’s more and more a necessity. We enhanced the PTV Developer Routing API to also cover specialized routing needs for electric trucks and vans.…

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  • Single Field Suggestions now include long postal codes

    Isabel Honikel

    In the new version of the PTV Developer Geocoding & Places  API V1.12.5 we added a new feature for the Suggestions by Text endpoint.

    This endpoint now also returns suggestions for long postal codes.

    The Suggestions by Text endpoint allows to build an interactive address input:

    • While the user is typing in the input field for Locations by Text, the frontend can automatically obtain suggestions and display them to the user.
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  • Truck restrictions as Vector Map Overlay

    Isabel Honikel

    What are Vector Map Overlays? By using overlays for the vector map you can add additional vector data to your base vector map.

    We have developed a new service which delivers this additional data and provides you with truck restriction data in vector format.…

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  • Low-Emission Zones

    Hansjörg Back

    Today, low-emission zones are being introduced more and more frequently in cities and urban areas. Established in areas where air pollution levels exceed the acceptable standards, these zones ensure an improvement of air quality by either restricting or prohibiting the entry for high emitting vehicles.…

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  • Route Optimization OptiFlow API is now available

    Nitin Ahuja

    Introducing the new Route Optimization OptiFlow API, a super exciting new member of the PTV Developer family. This API will not only make scheduling routes easy for you, it will also help you save costs and reduce your carbon footprint.

    Route Optimization OptiFlow API V1.0.10 comes with one of the best algorithms for route optimization in the world.…

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  • Technically permitted weight for toll calculation

    Sébastien Beolet

    Since the end of the year 2023, two additional vehicle parameters are relevant for toll calculation in several European countries (e.g. Austria and Germany). This follows up the implementation of the 2022 version of the Directive 1999/62/EC (from the European Parliament and the Council on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures).…

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