Tag: release

  • One key to rule them all

    Hansjörg Back

    For your PTV Developer subscriptions there are different apps in your PTV Account available. With the API Keys app you manage your API keys and with the Usage Monitor app you keep track of your transactions. To integrate this functionality seamless in your system landscape you now have the possibility to do this programmatically.…

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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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  • Time-dependent tolls: choose your date !

    Sébastien Beolet

    Since Matrix Routing API V1.5.0, you can define your own date and time as a reference for toll prices, when calculating time-independent matrices. This can be done by using the new options[tollTime] parameter, instead of considering the default date (Monday of the current week at noon).…

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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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