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  • Already tired? Use the work logbook!

    As you probably know you can consider driving time regulations for EU and US in our routing like break and rest rules for heavy goods vehicles. Up to now we…

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  • Origin / destination traffic in Austria

    Truck restrictions on roads are put in place for a variety of reasons, including environmental protection or traffic management and can vary depending on the location, type of road, and…

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  • Welcome to our new PTV Developer Blog! 

    This is your space for all relevant updates and news about the PTV Developer APIs. Here we regularly publish articles about:  New services and features  New tutorials, code samples, and…

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  • Include or exclude off-road segments in your optimization

    Some locations may not be directly adjacent to a public, cartographed road. For instance rural addresses with long driveways or large industrial sites. To account for this, the segment between…

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  • Arrive on the correct side of street

      Having to cross a busy road is a time-consuming and often dangerous task. To avoid this, you may prefer to plan trips in such a way, that the vehicle…

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  • Code sample: Mixed loading prohibition

    We have just published a new code sample demonstrating the use of mixed loading prohibitions in the Route Optimization API. It allows you to play with incompatibilities between transports and…

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  • Generated clients

    All PTV Developer APIs are specified as OpenAPI document. The big advantage of this specification is that you can generate client classes in various languages as described in this tutorial.…

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  • Planning electric vehicles and other new features

    New Feature:   Ever thought about how to plan electric vehicles? How to limit the distance a vehicle can drive through one day? Use the new features published in Route…

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  • Release of Geocoding & Places API V 1.6.0 – Suggestions by Address

    In the new version of the PTV Developer Geocoding & Places API V 1.6.0 you find a new Feature supporting the Locations by Address endpoint. The new endpoint is named…

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