Tag: release
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Considering traffic patterns in Route Optimization OptiFlow API
The Route Optimization OptiFlow API now supports time-dependent traffic patterns. This feature allows logistics companies to achieve even more savings by optimizing routes with greater accuracy, considering fluctuations in traffic throughout the day.…
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Toll section complete!
There are use cases where a route starts or ends from locations like gas stations or rest areas along highways. Then it could happen that these locations are in the middle of a toll section. Up to now the toll of this section is not considered at all as it is unknown where the toll section is entered or left.…
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Dirt roads instead of highways?
Highways are not always the first choice for a routing. For example when it comes to farming, not all agricultural vehicles are built for highways. They are designed for rugged fields, not for speeding down the highway. While they might be kings of the countryside, these vehicles are better suited for dirt roads.…
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Speed up or slow down
Distance and driving time are key characteristics for a route. While the distance is relatively static to calculate, many factors influence the driving time: The used vehicle, speed limits, typical traffic situations like rush-hours, live traffic situations like traffic jams, …
We try to provide the most realistic driving time possible, but it is not out of the question that the calculated driving time could differ from reality.…
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Does my route pass a delivery-only road?
For delivery-only roads general traffic is restricted, but delivery vehicles are allowed to deliver goods to local businesses or residents. A typical example is a pedestrian zone. As we consider a malus on these roads or zones, shortcuts and through traffic are avoided, instead they are only used when a waypoint located there is reached or left.…
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Don’t you understand แบบไทย(thai)?
In the new version of the PTV Developer Geocoding & Places API V1.12.14 we added a new feature for the endpoints searchLocationByText, searchLocationByAddress and searchLocationByPosition.
It’s now also possible to return the latinised version of the default language if the language parameter is set to x-ptv-Latn-DFT.…