• Take another sip for 1.18

    To use all features of the recently released PTV xServer 1.18 (BETA), there is some more information worth to know:

     

    • Plot an elevation profile along a calculated route. The PTV xRoute Server provides the height information for each segment. As the height data is at the moment not included in the map, we provide it separately at the customer area of the PTV Developer Zone (login is required) for the PTV Europe City Map Premium.

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  • Programming notes with current Java clients

    Dear developers,

    please take the following java programming notes into account (relevant for PTV xServer version 1.17 or higher):

    1. Extension of the class “com.ptvag.xserver.common.PlainPoint” (relevant for all PTV xServer): A third dimension (z-coordinate) is added with following characteristics: name = z; data type = java.lang.Double;

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  • Be prepared for 1.18

    Dear all,

    the Beta versions of PTV xServer 1.18 are already released and are available at the Customer Area (login is required).

    You might be curious which benefits can be expected:

    • Call asynchronous requests. An active online connection isn’t necessary anymore during long-term calculations such as tour optimization, distance matrix calculation or executing bulk requests.

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  • Toll scenarios update for PTV xServer and PTV Mapserver

    For PTV xServer and PTV Mapserver are new toll scenarios available including the latest tariffs for Austria effective from 01. January 2014 (see ASFiNAG website).

    Concerned maps

    • PTV Europe City Map Premium 2014.1N

    • PTV Europe City Map Premium 2014.1T

    • PTV Europe City Map Premium 2013.2N

    • PTV Europe City Map Premium 2013.2T

    • PTV Europe City Map Premium 2013.1aN

    It is possible to use the manual download from the customer area of the PTV Developer Zone or the automatic download with the PTV Content Update Service (see blog article).…

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  • Routing: Enter authorized passages with delivery vehicles

    Dear customers

    following technical note is relevant to enter authorized passages by using the “free for delivery” attribute.

    Description:

    A route-not-found exception might occur due to turns that are by mistake banned for delivery vehicles in our data.…

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  • Geocoding: 2-digit postal code search returns a non-empty result

    Dear customers

    following technical note is relevant to find a plausible result with a simple 2-digit postal code search.

    Description:

    Set the following address object exemplarily.

    <country=D>;<zip=28><city=Bremen>

    Output:

    • Empty string.

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