• 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.…

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  • Electricity consumption even more accurately

    Charging of electric vehicles takes much longer than refueling a petrol or diesel vehicle, at least until now. Therefore, it is very important to accurately consider all the factors affecting the battery. In the new version of the PTV Developer Routing API V1.29.0 we provide two new features for a more detailed modelling of the electricity consumption.…

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  • Find your ferry by text

    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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  • Using break and rest more efficiently

    As a driver you have to respect several legal regulations concerning the working hours. There are regulations to limit the driving time of heavy vehicles or more general to limit the working time valid for all workers. PTV Developer offers different presets from the EU and US to consider all these regulations.…

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