Author: Daniel Möwes

In xServer API Version 1 there are several truck profiles available:

• truckfast, truckslow:
  3 axles, length 12m, without a separate trailer (actually based on a 7,5t box truck
• several product specific truck40t profiles:
  5 axles, length 18m, with a separate trailer (a 3axle box truck with a 2 axle trailer)

With xServer API Version 2 we provide two 40t truck vehicle profiles:

• truck40t:
  5 axles, length 16,5m, without a separate trailer (tractor with semi-trailer)
• trailertruck:
  articulated train with 5 axles, total length 18,75m, tractor with a separate trailer

The default vehicle is defined as the most common vehicle in this weight category – the semi-trailer.…

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From the beginning of time PTV included Oracle JAVA Runtime Environment (JRE) in xServer. Oracle now changed its license policies and any updates for commercial use are only available with a paid subscription.
This marks a severe change for PTV especially in the xServer context.…

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The new release of PTV Mapserver 5.14.0.10 is now available for download in the Customer Area . This release contains following improvements:

• Routing bug fix: Setting the speed profile of IVehicle::put_SpeedProfile() with a maxSpeed parameter which is not the highest speed compared to all the other speed parameters, resulted in internal interpolated speeds with too low values.

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The new release of PTV Mapserver 5.13.0.10 is now available for download in the Customer Area . This release contains following improvements:

• The speed classification in the upcoming maps Europe Premium 2019.1 (and higher) will change. To get better route calculation results, the used profiles have to be adapted.

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The new release of PTV Mapserver 5.12.0.10 is now available for download in the Customer Area . This release contains following improvements:

• RoadEditor enhancement:
  Icon for blockings concerning explosive transports is
  replaced by an international variant.

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Our new PTV xServer 1.24 release is available NOW!

Besides several Bugfixes, Improvements and some Features, the Highlights of the 1.24 Version are:

PTV xRoute Server: With the new xRoute 1.24, the time zone of the start and destination point of a route is determined automatically if no time zone is set.…

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