Author: Martina Beck

Martina Beck has been working for PTV since 2000.
As certified computer scientist she was originally
responsible for providing customers with technical
support and she later moved on to the Product
Management division.

Since 2011 she has been working for PTV as an
online marketing manager in international marketing
with an emphasis on social media (et al. Facebook, Twitter,
Google+, YouTube).

The PTV Developer Blog is the PTV Developer
Components' lead channel. The posts on important
topics and trends originate from close cooperation with
developers, the product management and other experts.

  • PTV Benelux on trade fair ICT & Logistics

    Martina Beck

    For the eight consecutive year the ICT & Logistics event (visit ICT & Logistiek Website) has been held in the Jaarbeurs Utrecht (Netherlands). On this two days event PTV Benelux have demonstrated his latest trip planning system PTV SmarTour, PTV Developer Components and PTV Navigation.…

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  • PTV xDima Test Tool available

    Martina Beck

    With this tool you can easily create and maintain distance matrices based on PTV xDima Server. The tool supports the complete lifecycle of distance matrices:

    • createDima / deleteDima
    • calculateDistanceTable / deleteDistanceTable
    • cancelCalculation / getCalculationProgress / unlockDima
    • getLocations / getDimaProfile
    • getDistPeriod / setDistPeriod
    • importDima / exportDima

    Download the tool and test data from PTV DevelopersZone.…

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  • PTV xDima Server Update available

    Martina Beck

    The new PTV xDima Server Version 1.2.0.0 is now available for download.

    New Features:

    • Fully configurable vehicle profiles dimaTruck.ini and dimaCar.ini
    • Display progress of service method calculateDistanceTable() and allow to abort it via the request status information page

    Improvements:

    • Better performance when amending Dimas
    • Service method getDimaProfile always returns a complete dimaProfile object
    Further information regarding the new version can be found within the readme-file when visiting Develop & Update PTV xServers.
    …

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  • PTV MapWare Conference 2011

    Martina Beck

    Detailed agenda for the PTV MapWare Conference published. Visit www.mapwareconference.de for more details.

    Also see post of October 4, 2011: PTV MapWare Conference…

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  • The PTV Routing Engine – free webinar for advanced participant

    Martina Beck

    The webinar on November 17, 2011, will show you:

    • A general overview about the core engine.
    • Why do we need “gpRouter”?
    • What kind of algorithm are implemented?
    • Do you need Contraction Hierarchies?
    • How does dynamic routing work?

    Check upcoming sessions and register

    Session ID will be sent by email few days before event takes place – please register to attend!…

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  • Toll Data Update and Update Tool for PTV MapServer

    Martina Beck

    We developed a new Toll Update Tool which helps you to easily update the toll data of your maps. This update tool can be used for standard toll updates as well as for variable toll updates.

    Please consider first the ReadMe file to know how you can use the tool.…

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