General New Features

This document highlights the new features and changes that apply to most Traveler Information version 19 products. Items with a * were introduced (partly or in whole) in a maintenance release build of v18.

Address Matching

  • The following context properties have been added to control the "Free-form Address" feature in the Address fields when geocoding:
    • MAP/AddrMatch/AddressManager/FreeFormMatch/Enable
    • MAP/AddrMatch/AddressManager/FreeFormMatch/IgnoreOtherAddressElements
  • The following Map/MapAddress/Trapeze4/Config context properties have been updated to be dependent on the profile name:
    • MAP/MapAddress/Trapeze4/Config/Host
    • MAP/MapAddress/Trapeze4/Config/Port
    • MAP/MapAddress/Trapeze4/Config/Username
    • MAP/MapAddress/Trapeze4/Config/Password
    To configure these properties, click Dependencies in the Properties grid. In the Dependent Values dialog box, list the profile file name and its corresponding value. If the profile file name is not found in the dependencies, the system will use the "master" value. *

CTM Server

  • A new option, Weighted has been added for sorting itinerary solutions in the Parameters tab. It combines travel time and walking distance. Click the Value field of the Default Itinerary Sort parameter to view the option. Weighted icon
  • The following switches have been added to control how transfer distances are treated during itinerary searches:
    1. CTMSrv/Exp/Calculate Transfers Walkout Distance - If selected, the walking distance on transfers are recalculated. If not selected, the distances are not recalculated; the system uses the values returned from the search algorithm.
    2. CTMSrv/Exp/CalculateWalkingDistanceBeforeFilteringItineraries - If selected, the walking distances are calculated first then the itinerary results are sorted and filtered. If not selected, the itinerary results are sorted and filtered before the walking distances are calculated.
  • The Core Performance Monitor can now be activated for the CTM Server. The switches to configure it are under Core/Performance/Monitors/Default:
    • Enable
    • Enable Log
    • Trace

    To view these new switches in the Trace Options dialog box, click Help > Debug Man in the CTMSrv dialog box.

  • In the Maintain Cache dialog box, users can now toggle between selecting all routes or clearing their selection with the new Select All/Deselect All button.
    New Select All/Deselect All check boxes added to Maintain Cache dialog box
  • An auditing feature has been added to the Parameters tab to track the changes that have been saved including who made them.