Default Trip Costs
Many of the Routing APIs return estimated trip costs for each leg of a route (stop to stop) as well as for the entire trip. The costs are calculated using:
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Toll costs, which are based on toll data in the Trimble Maps database and the route path generated by the API.
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Other trip costs, which include fuel costs, distance-based costs, time-based costs, and stop costs. These are based on parameter values that you assign , and the route path generated by the API. If you don’t assign values, default values are used. The table below includes the current defaults (
dataVersion: Current). These values change with every new version release of PC*MILER.
Default trip costs (U.S. dollars)
| Parameter | Description | Default Value - U.S. Customary | Default Value - Metric |
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| GET: fuelEconLoad POST: FuelEconomyLoaded | The fuel efficiency (distance units per fuel units) when loaded. | 6.7 miles-per-gallon | 10.78 kilometers-per-gallon |
| GET: fuelEconEmpty POST: FuelEconomyEmpty | The fuel efficiency (distance units per fuel units) when empty. | 6.7 miles-per-gallon | 10.78 kilometers-per-gallon |
| GET: costPerFuelUnit POST: PricePerFuelUnit | The cost per fuel unit of fuel. | $5.01 per gallon | $1.32 per liter |
| GET: costGHG POST: GreenHouseGas | Greenhouse gas emissions in pounds or kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO2) per gallon. | 22.4 pounds/gallon | 10.16 kilograms/gallon |
| GET: costMaintLoad POST: OtherCostPerDistUnitLoaded | The maintenance cost per distance unit when loaded. | $0.19 per mile | $0.12 per kilometer |
| GET: costMaintEmpty POST: OtherCostPerDistanceUnitEmpty | The maintenance cost per distance unit when empty. | $0.19 per mile | $0.12 per kilometer |
| GET: costTimeLoad POST: CostTimeLoaded | The labor cost per hour when the vehicle is loaded. | $45.17 | $45.17 |
| GET: costTimeEmpty POST: CostTimeEmpty | The labor cost per hour when the vehicle is empty. | $45.17 | $45.17 |