Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) , originally developed by Google, is a free and open-source cross-platform data format used to serialize structured data. It is useful in developing applications that communicate with each other over a network or for storing …

Protocol Buffers  ( Protobuf ), originally developed by Google, is a free and open-source cross-platform data format used to serialize structured data.  It is useful in developing applications that communicate with each other over a network or for storing …

Tiles  In the context of a traffic network map, a tile is a small square segment of an image or vector data that makes up a portion of a larger map.   Instead of downloading a single, massive image of the entire road network, modern mapping systems divide …

KPI instance  A KPI instance is described by a set of attributes: KPI identifier: unique alphanumeric string associated to a KPI instance.  Example: "kpiId" : "a5c22445-8592-430b-b36b-01d265a996d0" KPI name: string associated with a KPI instance. KPI …

How to create alerts associated with a KPI value  The use case is focused on the creation of alerts associated with KPI values.  The KPI values can be compared with two different thresholds identifying a WARNING level (YELLOW) and a CRITICAL level (RED). …

Add a vehicle type The System Integrator (SI) needs to add a new vehicle type. First step As starting point, it is necessary to check which vehicle types are associated to the Flows instance GET …

How to create a KPI When you create a KPI, you are creating a "location" associated to a "shape". The building of a shape is based on the format Well Known Text (WKT).  Each WKT object follows a fixed structure. The most common structures are: Point: …

With the Street Forecast service you can get forecast measurements of different dimensions of the traffic network. Follow the steps on this page to get started with Street Forecast …

The KPI service allows you to define several measurements to assess real-time characteristics of the traffic network. More specifically, you can handle: The current KPI value Partial KPI values on specific links of the corridor Follow the steps on this …

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are used to assess, monitor, predict, and give alerts on specific corridors based on different characteristics of the traffic. KPI API is specifically designed to provide in-depth insights into the performance of defined …

How to show the travel times forecast at +30 minutes The use case reflects the common need of a system integrator that must show of forecast results at +30 minutes on the GUI the layer. GET https://ptvgroup.tech/mlf/v1/forecast/realtime The result is an …

How to get a KPI for a corridor over a specific time range The use case is focused on getting KPI data on a specific corridor,  over a specific time range, to analyse performance metrics and understand trends and patterns over specific time periods. First …

How to get a specific day and hour for the entire network (snapshot in the past) The use case is focused on getting the measured speed and flow data for the entire network at a specific date and time in the past. You can therefore understand what happened …

How to get a specific data time series for a specific network element The use case is focused on getting a speed time series for a single network segment, over a specific time range. This endpoint can be used to monitor the performance on that segment to …

The PTV traffic volume API provides traffic volumes for various time periods and vehicle segments for a specific location  (x,y coordinate) and a buffer around the location in Germany and France. All traffic volumes are available for the following vehicle …

The PTV Accessibility API Score provides the accessibility score for a specific location (x,y coordinate) for the modes walking, cycling, public transport and car regarding various facility segments such as supermarkets, schools, restaurants, etc. The …

OpenLR™ is a standard for handling map locations.  It is designed to transfer location information between different traffic management systems, using dissimilar maps. The encoded locations are typically specific road stretches, lists of connected roads, …

OpenLR™ is a standard used to handle map locations.  It is designed to transfer location information between different traffic management systems using dissimilar maps. The encoded locations are typically specific road stretches, lists of connected roads, …

Here you find the main concepts that you need to know for using Street Forecast API. …

PTV Access is the new data platform from PTV GmbH.   Through this platform, PTV offers powerful APIs that provide location-based mobility data. The mobility data is generated by PTV using Model2Go technology. In this process, data from different providers …