Tag: Routing API
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Two shades of toll distance
With the Routing API you can get detailed information about toll costs, sections and systems on your route (see the toll roads on the right). Thereby a toll section represents a part of the route for which toll has to be paid. The length of a section is defined by the toll operator and we provide this information in the response parameter ‘officialDistance’.…
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Set the right Biofuel ratio
With the aim of sustainability, the EU intends to increase the share of renewable energies in the transport sector, which also includes a minimum share of biofuels. These fuels are produced solely from biomass. To meet the target, a ratio of biofuels has already been introduced in EU countries. …
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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 assumed a well rested driver at the start of the route.
In the new version of the PTV Developer Routing API V1.18.0 it is possible to include the already conducted work of the driver from a previous route.…
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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 local regulations – each of them has influence on a calculated route.…
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Traffic along the route?
Some time ago we introduced traffic events chronologically along the route in the event list. In the new version of the PTV Developer Routing API V1.16.0 we also provide the polylines of the affected route parts by using the new parameter ‘TRAFFIC_EVENTS_POLYLINE’. Then the response contains the polyline of each traffic event reached by the route.…
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Routing API: Extension of Truck Routes in Australia and New Zealand
The Routing API V1.15.0 now supports the following extension of truck routes in Australia and New Zealand:
- Network for high productivity motor vehicles (HPMV)
- B-double routes – including routes for B-double vehicles operating at higher mass limits (HML)
- B-triple routes – including routes for B-triple vehicles operating at higher mass limits (HML)
- AB-triple routes – including routes for AB-triple vehicles operating at higher mass limits (HML)
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