Category: Updates & Releases

  • PTV xServer 2.34 released

    Hansjörg Back

    The new PTV xServer API version 2.34 is available! Besides several improvements and bugfixes we provide these main features:

    xLoad

    • Stacking bigger items on top of several neighboring stacks of the same height

    xLocate

    • Returning the geocoding results in the latinized version of the default language

    xRoute

    • Modifying the driving time of the vehicle after the route has been calculated
    • Returning delivery only events when entering or exiting road sections open only for delivery vehicles

    If you are interested in the full list of features and improvements, you can check the corresponding release notes here.…

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  • PTV xServer 2.33 released

    Hansjörg Back

    The new PTV xServer API version 2.33 is available! Besides several improvements and bugfixes (including the vulnerability update of GeoTools) we provide these main features:

    xData

    • Searching for combined transports like ferries or trains by text (experimental)
    • Providing additional combined transport information like duration or start and destination location

    xDima

    • Modifying multiple travel times distance matrices with generic parameters

    xRoute

    • Providing an updated version of the ISO 14083 emission calculation
    • Using breaks and rests during service times on waypoints or during the time on combined transports

    xTour

    • Modifying the service times of all orders carried out at a site with a factor

    If you are interested in the full list of features and improvements, you can check the corresponding release notes here.…

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  • PTV xServer 2.32 released

    Hansjörg Back

    The new PTV xServer API version 2.32 is available! Besides several improvements and bugfixes we provide these main features:

    xData

    • Considering custom Feature Layer during the high-performance routing network creation

    xDima

    • Considering the total technically permitted weight for toll calculation

    xRoute

    • Considering the total technically permitted weight for toll calculation
    • Identifying the first waypoint with no route found to the next waypoint
    • Providing a short description of toll tariffs in case of major updates

    xTour

    • Restricting the duration of an order on the vehicle
    • Modifying the driving time per vehicle with a factor

    If you are interested in the full list of features and improvements, you can check the corresponding release notes here.…

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  • PTV xServer 2.31 released

    Hansjörg Back

    The new PTV xServer API version 2.31 is available! Besides several improvements and bugfixes we provide these main features:

    xDima

    • Prepared for the low emission zones in different European countries (experimental, data from PTV World City Map 2024.2H on)
    • Support of avoiding seasonal closures like mountain passes

    xLoad

    • Support of stacking items of a stop above items of the next stop

    xRoute

    • Support of prohibiting all low emission zones of a country
    • Support of avoiding seasonal closures like mountain passes
    • The ‘co2EmissionClassEU’ in the vehicle profile is no longer experimental (required for the new CO2 based toll in various European countries).
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  • Do you want to predict the new German toll prices in your PTV xServer 2 on-premise environment?

    Stefan Hug

    If you are running an PTV xServer API Version 2 in your own on-premise environment and you want to calculate German toll prices for a reference date after 30.11.2023 in combination with the map PTV Europe City Map Premium 2023.2H or PTV World City Map Premium 2023.2H then read this article thoroughly in order to determine if you need to update your PTV xServer API Version 2 environment.…

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  • PTV xServer 2.30 released

    Hansjörg Back

    The new PTV xServer API version 2.30 is available! Besides several improvements and bugfixes we provide these main features:

    xDima

    • Prepared for the upcoming German toll tariffs planned for December 2023 (experimental, toll data not yet available)
    • Support of importing big distance matrices in several increments
    • More flexibility to use Feature Layer for the calculation of travel time profiles (experimental)

    xMap

    • Prepared for the low emission zones in different European countries (experimental, data from PTV World City Map 2024.1H on)

    xRoute

    • Prepared for the upcoming German toll tariffs planned for December 2023 (experimental, toll data not yet available)
    • Prepared for the low emission zones in different European countries (experimental, data from PTV World City Map 2024.1H on)
    • Prepared for the restriction kingpin to rear axle in the US (experimental, data from PTV World City Map 2024.1H on)
    • Support of the calculated toll distance as an alternative to the not always available official toll distance

    If you are interested in the full list of features and improvements, you can check the corresponding release notes here.…

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