What is a routing profile?

Every vehicle has a routing profile. Properties that influence route calculation are defined in the routing profile:

 

  • Route optimisation according to the quickest or shortest route

    The shortest route will take you to your destination by driving a line which is as straight as possible. The quickest route will include detours, for example using ring roads, if this saves time. However, the route that is actually taken can therefore be longer.

  • Speed on different road types
    The road network in the map is divided into road types in PTV Map&Guide intranet, for example motorway, dual carriageway or country road. Each specific type of road is subdivided into different road sections, identified as "fast" or "slow". This classification is performed on the basis of the average congestion on the section of road.

    You can determine the average speed for "fast" and "slow" sections of the road for each road type. The average speed of a road section influences the driving time for the route calculation.

  • Preference for different road types
    Road types can be prioritised differently. For example a routing profile could define that motorways are preferred and fast roads are avoided.

 

Instead of entering this property for each vehicle, a routing profile can simply be assigned to one or more vehicles.

Several routing profiles have already been created in PTV Map&Guide intranet.

 

  • You can change the default routing profiles Truck, Van and Car.
  • There are also Reference routing profiles which you cannot change. These have the prefix RF and are greyed out in the routing profiles list. Each reference vehicle is, for example, assigned a reference routing profile. As reference routing profiles cannot be changed, routes for reference vehicles may be compared between different companies.
  • There are two variants of each reference routing profile. Include the reference routing profiles RF truck, RF transporter and RF car.

If you create a vehicle, you can assign it one of the default reference routing profiles. Alternatively, you can create your own routing profiles and assign them to a vehicle.

More information on creating routing profiles can be found in the article Creating routing profile.