Keeping road mileage under control with EWS
The distance tables PTV Entfernungswerk Straße (EWS) provide you with the precise kilometer distances between destinations in Europe, in Germany and Austria, also with kilometers and distances on toll roads.
From 2023, a comprehensively revised version of the EWS includes new features and functional benefits.
PTV EWS distance tables
With the EWS 2.0 distance tables you have direct access to distances between more than 116,000 locations in Germany alone. EWS Europe even contains a total of almost 560,000 locations. Since the discontinuation of the long-distance freight tariff (GFT) in 1994, it has become the standard in Germany, despite it not being an official authoritative basis.
The EWS is a comprehensive database including the distance matrix associated with the recorded locations; so, a distance calculation in the actual sense is no longer necessary.
We also provide an EWS API for a seamless integration into modern cloud systems.
Individual distance matrices
If you are only interested in the distances of a fixed number of routes, we can also provide you with individual distance matrices with distances shown to the nearest point. Included are the postcodes and city names of the required locations with the precise distance to the respective base locations defined by you, mostly down to house number level.
If required, we can also show the toll road distances or calculate truck and car distances based on different routing profiles.
ASTAG distance tables
The ASTAG distance tables are the standard reference for the professional determination of distances on Swiss roads. The basis of the distance matrix is the official data from the Swiss commercial vehicle association, also known as ASTAG.
These distance tables, especially for Switzerland, thus correspond to the EWS distance tables most commonly used for Germany or Austria in terms of quality and possible applications.
Attractive features
Integration into your system platform
Thanks to the ASCII format, data can be easily integrated into EDP-supported information systems on almost all platforms (Windows, AIX, HP-UX, etc.). We also offer an EWS API for seamless integration into modern cloud systems.
Calculation of toll charges for Austria
For cross-border transportation to Austria, we also offer EWS Toll Austria, which takes all highway sections with toll charges in the Alpine country into account.
Detailed information on PTV EWS
Distance tables PTV Entfernungswerk Straße (EWS)
Publisher
PTV Logistcs GmbH / Dr. Malek Software GmbH
Short description
The shortest route is not always the most time-efficient, the fastest route not always the most cost-effective. The PTV Entfernungswerk Straße (EWS) distance tables has been the basis of calculations for transport services since the discontinuation of the GFT (long-distance freight tariff) and has established itself as a quasi-standard in the industry.
Key words
Distance table streets, toll, distance calculation, logistics software, logistics program
Formats
ASCII, UTF-8
Country coverage
Germany, Austria, Europe
License
available from PTV Logistics GmbH
Price
on request (depending on configuration and area)
Updates
annually
Actuality of the data set
December 2023
Link
https://www.ptvlogistics.com/en-us/products/data/distance-tables
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We provide test data for internal demo and test purposes to download for free.
The test data is usually available in MapInfo TAB, MIF/MID and ESRI shapefile formats.
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