Discontinuation of PTV Mapserver 5.13 and PTV Maps 2018

To ensure a smooth transition, we kindly ask you, to notice following information. PTV Group will be discontinuing PTV Maps version 2018 and PTV Mapserver version 5.13 as of 1st January 2020.

From these dates onwards, we will no longer provide updates or support for the versions listed below. Please notice that for PTV Mapserver the discontinuation also includes detailed, extracted and transit maps as well as the corresponding data content, such as traffic patterns, truck attributes, POIs, toll scenarios, and ID mappings.

To assist our customers, PTV Group has already provided the following upgrade paths, where clients can login to update to the latest versions of:

In accordance with PTV Group’s product discontinuation policy, we are providing you notice of this phase-out so that you have adequate time to replace the solutions via updating to the latest software versions available.

Discontinuation notice for PTV Mapserver version 5.13 effective from 1st January 2020:

PTV Mapserver Version Operating System
PTV Mapserver 5.13 Windows (x86)

Discontinuation notice for PTV Maps version 2018 effective from 1st January 2020:

PTV Maps Version Map & Data Provider
PTV Europe City Map Premium 2018.1H, 2018.2H, 2018.1T, 2018.2T Here, TomTom
PTV North America City Map 2018 Here
PTV South America City Map 2018 Here
PTV Australia City Map 2018 Here
PTV World City Map Premium 2018.1T & 2018.2T TomTom (+AND)
PTV Africa City Map 2018 TomTom
PTV South Asia City Map 2018 TomTom
PTV Arabia City Map 2018 Here
PTV India City Map 2018 Here

At a glance: Discontinuation notice for PTV World Map effective from 1st April 2019:

PTV xServer Version Comment
PTV World Map 2018 Contract was terminated effective from 31.03.2019 with data supplier AND.
It is not permitted to use AND data in PTV products from that time.
This map was replaced by an extracted PTV World Map (TomTom).

In case you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact your representative sales partner.

By Dr. Michael Nutto

Solution Director for PTV xServer. Responsible for the strategy of PTV xServer. I'd like to discuss market trends and requirements with our partners and end customers. Therefore, feel free to contact me about my published blogs.