Learn how to develop with PTV xServer!

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Dear all,

PTV Group proudly presents the current version of PTV Cookbook version 1.16 R2. Following new items were added:

  • Section PTV Cookbook Help: some information about the tutorial
  • Section Miscellaneous: more relevant links to get a quick start with PTV xServer
  • Section Code Samples: new samples are integrated how to use sequencing with PTV xTour Server

We hope these enhancements fit to your requirements. Don’t hesitate to send your feedback to us.

By the way, we have recently updated the java codesamples.

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards from Karlsruhe,

Dr. Michael Nutto

Product Manager PTV xServer

Play with PTV’s CodeSampleBrowser!

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Dear all,

the PTV Code Sample Browser is an interactive tutorial based on JavaScript. Using this sample browser, you will easily develop your own web applications. Just select the preferred code sample and start to interact with the application by clicking the “Show Sample”-Button. How to test PTV xServer’ functionalities? See use case below.

Drag-and-drop routing

Read the short introduction to understand the usage of this sample.introduction codesamplebrowser

Click into the PTV map twice to calculate automatically a route. Via mouse events, you are able to move dynamically the start, destination or selected via point. Hereby, the last current address list will be shown automatically. This highly interactive code sample illustrates the combination of client and server activities.

Figure drap and drop

Are you interested how it works? Please check the source code which is also provided in a separated editor frame (right top corner: “edit source” button).You may edit the source code and revert to the original. So, don’t hesitate to use this opportunity to “play” with these interactive functions.

Code Sample Editor

Do you have some notes how to improve the tutorial? Please contact our PTV xServer Support!

Kind regards from Karlsruhe,

Dr. Michael Nutto

Product Manager PTV xServer

PTV xServer add-on AJAX Maps 2.9.6

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Dear all,

please download the latest Ajaxmaps version 2.9.6 (login is required).

Following improvements are added:

  • Make transparency and transform effects compatible to IE 10.
  • Make the maximum remote image size configurable when creating a print image. Benefit: The map is printable for larger dimensions.
  • Remove System.out calls and replace them with java.util.logging where appropriate.
  • Use the new corporate design for test and documentation pages.
  • Multitouch zoom works correctly when the map is part of a scrolled page.

Kind regards from Karlsruhe,

Dr. Michael Nutto

Product Manager PTV xServer

Use Bing maps – How to insert satellite imagery

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Downloading Bing map tiles from Microsoft is available for PTV Developer Components. Avoiding misunderstandings only satellite imagery is downloadable in order to combine these map tiles with PTV Maps.

The document we uploaded to the PTV Components customer area (go to customer area > PTV xServer > documents) describes what to do in order to integrate satellite imagery e.g. displaying in web applications. Prices are not being part of this document. Therefore ask your sales contact partner directly.

Ways to integrate a touch-friendly PTV xServer map for the Windows 8 UI

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The “Windows 8 Modern UI” (formerly known as “Metro”) defines a new programming model for apps which supports tablets and other touch devices.

Accessing xServers from these apps is simple: Just use SOAP with C#/VB or the new JSON API (see blog post of September 2012) with JavaScript to access the xServer functions directly from a Windows 8 app.… Read more