Tag: Data API

  • Modify more road attributes

    Hansjörg Back

    With custom road attributes you have the possibility to modify attributes of roads in the map data to your individual needs. Up to now, reducing the driving speed and even prohibiting roads was possible. In the new version of the PTV Developer Data API  V1.14.0 we added further possibilities:

    • With the parameter ‘allowed’ you can enable a routing through otherwise restricted roads.
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  • Find your ferry by text

    Hansjörg Back

    To plan specific ferries and rail shuttles (so called combined transports) on a route, you need the corresponding start and destination coordinates. Recently, we offered the possibility to get a list of nearby combined transports around a coordinate (for example a point on a map) as you can see in this blog post.…

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  • Olympic Games showcase: security perimeters now available!

    Sébastien Beolet

    The Olympic and Paralympic Games 2024 will begin soon! As mentioned in a previous blog post, this major event will significantly affect urban logistics in Paris and its area for more than 2 months.

    For safety reasons, the authorities defined security perimeters (categorized by colors) around the competition venues.…

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  • Choose a ferry, but which one?

    Hansjörg Back

    Ferries and rail shuttles (so called combined transports) are automatically used on a route, if it is advantageous compared to road. Sometimes you want to choose a specific ferry or rail shuttle connection. Therefore you have to specify in the Routing API the corresponding start and destination coordinates and the nearest port or station is used on the route.…

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  • New vehicle profiles for TLN (preview)

    Hansjörg Back

    The properties of a vehicle, such as height or weight, are stored in a profile. Up to now we offer 6 predefined profiles from car to truck for Europe and several more for other continents as a simple entry for all routing-related services.

    With the new version of the PTV Developer Data API V1.9.1 we added 4 vehicle profiles for TLN (Transport en Logistiek Nederland) in Europe:

    • TLN truck 40t (heavy goods vehicle)
    • TLN truck 20t (light goods vehicle)
    • TLN truck 11.99t (city distribution vehicle)
    • TLN van (delivery van)

    Please note that the TLN specific profiles are at the moment in a preview state and changes could be introduced in future.…

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  • 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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