Tag: Route Optimization API
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Include or exclude off-road segments in your optimization
Some locations may not be directly adjacent to a public, cartographed road. For instance rural addresses with long driveways or large industrial sites. To account for this, the segment between the public road and the location is added to the route. …
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Arrive on the correct side of street
Having to cross a busy road is a time-consuming and often dangerous task. To avoid this, you may prefer to plan trips in such a way, that the vehicle arrives on the correct side of the road.
With the new matchSideOfStreet parameter, this is now possible in the Route Optimization API V1.10.1 and Sequence Optimization API V1.7.1.…
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Code sample: Mixed loading prohibition
We have just published a new code sample demonstrating the use of mixed loading prohibitions in the Route Optimization API.
It allows you to play with incompatibilities between transports and see the effect it has on the optimized plan. Check it out right here.…
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Planning electric vehicles and other new features
New Feature:
Ever thought about how to plan electric vehicles? How to limit the distance a vehicle can drive through one day?
Use the new features published in Route Optimization API 1.9.0 resp. Sequence Optimization API 1.6.0.
With maximumDistance you can restrict the maximum allowed total driving distance for the route.…
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Calculation of service times enlarged for Route Optimization / New API version 1.8.0
New Feature:
Service times may have a great impact on the time scheduling of a trip. Especially in urban planning problems, when driving time between customers is only a small time span, the importance of service time may increase.
With the new version of the PTV Developer Route Optimization API PTV offers more flexibility in modelling service times.… -
Improvements in solution quality for Route Optimization / New API version 1.7.0
New Feature:
With the new version of the PTV Developer Route Optimization API PTV offers a boost for optimization quality called Optimization Premium.
The higher computational capacity allows for searching in distinct search spaces in a parallel manner.…