Configure travel modes

A travel mode represents a means of transportation, such as driving or walking. In ArcGIS, a travel mode defines the physical characteristics of a vehicle or pedestrian. Those characteristics are considered when finding directions to determine how the vehicle or pedestrian travels and where they can go. The results are custom-built directions, travel times, and travel paths that are optimized for the vehicle or pedestrian defined by the travel mode. For instance, the following two figures show a route for a truck whose height is less than 3.5 meters (left) and another route for taller trucks (right).

Short truck

Travel modes are essentially templates consisting of a long list of travel settings. Understanding the meaning of each setting takes time. Accurately configuring the settings requires concentration. By carefully going through this process once, and storing the parameter values in a travel mode, you can save time and avoid errors when setting up an analysis—particularly when repeatedly modeling the same vehicles or pedestrians.

Some of ArcGIS Online directions and routing capabilities, such as the Directions tool in Map Viewer and Map Viewer Classic , and the Plan Routes tool in Map Viewer Classic , don't allow you to set individual travel settings—they require a single travel mode as input. If you configure a travel mode for each of your vehicles or vehicle types, those tools and others throughout ArcGIS will give you more meaningful results than running them with the default travel modes .

To create, edit, or delete a travel mode, you must have privileges to manage the organization's utility service settings.

  • Configure the travel modes

As an administrator of your organization, you can configure travel modes to change the properties of the default travel modes provided by ArcGIS Online , add new travel modes that better reflect your organization’s workflows, or remove travel modes that are not suitable for your organization’s workflows.

  • Verify that you are signed in as an administrator of your organization.
  • At the top of the site, click Organization and click the Settings tab.
  • Click Utility Services on the left side of the page.
  • Click Configure Travel Modes .

The name must be unique within the set of travel modes and can contain up to 30 characters. They are case insensitive. The term Custom cannot be used as a name for a travel mode. The description can have up to 1,024 characters.

The type can be used by apps that filter out and just show travel modes of a specific type.

  • TravelTime takes advantage of historical and live traffic data and is good for modeling the time it takes automobiles to travel along roads at a specific time of the day using live traffic speed data where available. When using TravelTime , you can optionally specify the TravelTime::Vehicle Maximum Speed (km/h) parameter to specify the physical limitation of the speed the vehicle is capable of traveling.
  • Minutes does not use live traffic data but uses the historical average speeds for automobiles.
  • TruckTravelTime takes advantage of historical and live traffic data, but caps the speed to the posted truck speed limit. This is good for modeling the time it takes for the trucks to travel along roads at a specific time of the day using live traffic speed data where available. When using TruckTravelTime , you can optionally specify the TruckTravelTime::Vehicle Maximum Speed (km/h) parameter to specify the physical limitation of the speed the truck is capable of traveling.
  • TruckMinutes does not use live traffic data but uses the smaller of the historical average speeds for automobiles and the posted speed limits for trucks.
  • WalkTime defaults to a speed of 5 km/hr on all roads and paths, but this can be configured through the WalkTime::Walking Speed (km/h) parameter.
  • For solving based on the shortest distance, you can use either Miles or Kilometers .

If your impedance is time-based, this is set to the same attribute as the impedance attribute.

If your impedance is distance-based, this is set to the same attribute as the impedance attribute.

To understand the available parameter values, consider that a junction is a point where only two streets intersect each other. If three or more streets intersect at a point, it is called an intersection. A cul-de-sac is a dead end. The parameter can have the following values:

This configures how much you want to simplify the geometries returned by the service. Simplification maintains critical points on a route, such as turns at intersections, to define the essential shape of the route and removes other points. The simplification distance you specify is the maximum allowable offset that the simplified line can deviate from the original line. Simplifying a line reduces the number of vertices that are part of the geometry. This reduces the overall response size and improves the performance for drawing the results in the applications.

When hierarchy is used, the tool prefers higher-order streets (such as freeways) to lower-order streets (such as local roads) and can be used to simulate the driver preference of traveling on freeways instead of local roads even if that means a longer trip. This is especially true when finding routes to faraway locations, because drivers on long-distance trips tend to prefer traveling on freeways where stops, intersections, and turns can be avoided. Using hierarchy is computationally faster, especially for long-distance routes, since the tool can determine the best route from a relatively smaller subset of streets. If hierarchy is not used, the tool considers all the streets and doesn't prefer higher-order streets when finding the route. This can be used when finding short-distance routes within a city but does not scale for long routes. As a result, the services revert to hierarchy if the straight-line distance between the stops is greater than 50 miles (80.46 kilometers), even if you have specified to find the route without using hierarchy.

To do this, check Apply for the restrictions that are relevant for your travel mode. You can also adjust the parameter settings to adjust the attributes settings. For example, you can change the Restriction Usage parameter for a restriction to prohibit traveling on restricted roads or avoid them by choosing one of the Avoid settings. Some restrictions (such as Preferred Truck Route ) have a restriction usage of Prefer to encourage travel on them.

See the Attributes and parameters section for descriptions of the restrictions and parameters that you can set as part of a travel mode.

  • Click Save Travel Mode to apply your changes.

Copy Travel Mode

This opens the Create Travel Mode page with the values rom the travel mode you copied.

  • Enter a new name, make any other changes, and click Save Travel Mode to save your changes as a new travel mode.

Edit Travel Mode

You must always have at least one travel mode defined.

  • Configure jogging time

Esri provides default travel modes to model typical cars, trucks, and pedestrians. They may not fit your needs, however, leading you to customize them. For example, you may need to model a jogger rather than a walker. The default Walking Time travel mode ensures the pedestrian stays on pathways and roads where pedestrians are allowed, but its walking speed is too slow for your needs.

Follow these steps to edit the travel mode:

  • Verify that you are signed in to your organization as an administrator.
  • Access the utility services page.
  • Copy the default Walking Time travel mode.
  • Type Jogging Time as the name of the new travel mode and edit the description.
  • Increase the walking speed parameter to the average jogging speed you want to use.
  • Save the travel mode.

Anyone in your organization who performs an analysis using a tool that has a travel-mode input will see Jogging Time as an option.

Jogging versus walking

  • Configure straight truck time

A delivery company has a fleet of 3.5-meter-tall, tandem-axle straight trucks. Efficient routes are generated for the truck fleet using ArcGIS Online routing capabilities. The company uses travel modes to make sure their vehicles aren't routed along certain roads, such as roads that legally prohibit tandem-axle trucks or have overpasses with maximum clearances that are shorter than their trucks.

To accomplish results like this, an administrator of an organization must take the following actions:

  • Sign in to the organization as an administrator.
  • Access the utility services page .
  • Copy Esri 's default Trucking Time travel mode.
  • Type Straight Truck Time as the name of the travel mode and write a description.

This includes making sure the Driving a Truck , Tandem Axle Vehicles Prohibited , and Height Restriction attributes are applied, and the vehicle height parameter is set to 3.5 meters.

The pair of images at the top of this page compare the results of routing a truck that is shorter than 3.5 meters and one that is taller.

  • Travel mode parameters

The following parameters are configured in a travel mode:

  • Impedance —The cost attribute on which to optimize the analysis. This typically models travel time or distance.
  • Time Attribute —The time-based cost attribute for reporting directions.
  • Distance Attribute —The distance-based cost attribute for reporting directions and determining distance-based costs when solving vehicle routing problems.
  • U-Turns at Junctions —Where you are allowed to make U-turns.
  • Simplification Tolerance —How much to generalize the output geometry.
  • Use Hierarchy —Whether or not to use a hierarchical road classification for faster analysis.
  • Restrictions —The restriction attributes to respect during analysis.
  • Parameter Values —Used to identify specific vehicle characteristics or how soft to make each restriction.
  • Default travel modes

The following predefined travel modes are available:

  • Attributes and parameters

A restriction represents a driving preference or requirement. In most cases, restrictions cause roads to be prohibited, but they can also cause them to be avoided or preferred. For instance, using an Avoid Toll Roads restriction results in a route that includes toll roads only when it is absolutely required to travel on toll roads to visit a stop. Height Restriction allows you to route around any clearances that are lower than the height of your vehicle. If you are carrying corrosive materials on your vehicle, using the Any Hazmat Prohibited restriction prevents hauling the materials along roads where it is marked as illegal to do so.

Some restrictions are supported only in certain countries; their availability is stated by region in the list below. Of the restrictions that have limited availability within a region, you can check whether the restriction is available in a particular country by looking at the map of countries that are supported with network analysis services. If a country has a value of Yes in the Logistics Attribute column, the restriction with select availability in the region is supported in that country. If you specify restriction names that are not available in the country where your incidents are located, the service ignores the invalid restrictions.

Restrictions

Below is a list of available restrictions and descriptions of the results:

  • Any Hazmat Prohibited —Does not include roads where transporting any kind of hazardous material is prohibited.
  • Avoid Carpool Roads —Avoids roads that are designated exclusively for carpool (high-occupancy) vehicles.
  • Avoid Express Lanes —Avoids roads designated as express lanes.
  • Avoid Ferries —Avoids ferries.
  • Avoid Gates —Avoids roads where there are gates such as keyed access or guard-controlled entryways.
  • Avoid Limited Access Roads —Avoids roads that are limited access highways.
  • Avoid Private Roads —Avoids roads that are not accessible to the public.
  • Avoid Roads Unsuitable for Pedestrians —Avoids all roads that are unsuitable for pedestrians.
  • Avoid Stairways —Avoids all stairways on a route suitable for pedestrians.
  • Avoid Toll Roads —Avoids roads that charge a toll or other usage fee.
  • Avoid Truck Restricted Roads —Avoids roads where trucks are not allowed except when making deliveries.
  • Avoid Unpaved Roads —Avoids roads that are not paved (for example, dirt, gravel, and so on).
  • Axle Count Restriction —Does not include roads where the truck exceeds the specified number of axles allowed for the road. The number of axles on the truck can be specified using the Number of Axles restriction parameter.
  • Driving a Bus —Does not include roads where buses are prohibited. Using this restriction also ensures that the results honor one-way streets.
  • Driving a Taxi —Does not include roads where taxis are prohibited. Using this restriction also ensures that the results honor one-way streets.
  • Driving a Truck —Does not include roads where trucks are prohibited. Using this restriction also ensures that the results honor one-way streets.
  • Driving an Automobile —Does not include roads where automobiles are prohibited. Using this restriction also ensures that the results honor one-way streets.
  • Driving an Emergency Vehicle —Does not include roads where emergency vehicles are prohibited. Using this restriction also ensures that the results honor one-way streets.
  • Height Restriction —Does not include roads where the vehicle height exceeds the maximum allowed height for the road. The vehicle height can be specified using the Vehicle Height (meters) restriction parameter.
  • Kingpin to Rear Axle Length Restriction — Does not include roads where the truck exceeds the road's maximum allowed length between its kingpin and its rear axle. The length between the truck's kingpin and its rear axle can be specified using the Vehicle Kingpin to Rear Axle Length (meters) restriction parameter.
  • Length Restriction —Does not include roads where the vehicle length exceeds the maximum allowed length for the road. The vehicle length can be specified using the Vehicle Length (meters) restriction parameter.
  • Preferred for Pedestrians — Uses preferred routes suitable for pedestrian navigation.
  • Riding a Motorcycle —Does not include roads where motorcycles are prohibited. Using this restriction also ensures that the results honor one-way streets.
  • Roads Under Construction Prohibited —Does not include roads that are under construction.
  • Semi or Tractor with One or More Trailers Prohibited —Does not include roads where semis or tractors with one or more trailers are prohibited.
  • Single Axle Vehicles Prohibited —Does not include roads where vehicles with single axles are prohibited.
  • Tandem Axle Vehicles Prohibited —Does not include roads where vehicles with tandem axles are prohibited.
  • Through Traffic Prohibited —Does not include roads where through traffic (nonlocal) is prohibited.
  • Truck with Trailers Restriction —Does not include roads where trucks with the specified number of trailers on the truck are prohibited. The number of trailers on the truck can be specified using the Number of Trailers on Truck restriction parameter.
  • Use Preferred Hazmat Routes —Prefers roads that are designated for transporting any kind of hazardous materials.
  • Use Preferred Truck Routes —Prefers roads that are designated as truck routes, such as the roads that are part of the national network as specified by the National Surface Transportation Assistance Act in the United States, or roads that are designated as truck routes by the state or province, or roads that are preferred by the trucks when driving in an area.
  • Walking —Does not include roads where pedestrians are prohibited.
  • Weight Restriction —Does not include roads where the vehicle weight exceeds the maximum allowed weight for the road. The vehicle weight can be specified using the Vehicle Weight (kilograms) restriction parameter.
  • Weight per Axle Restriction —Does not include roads where the vehicle weight per axle exceeds the maximum allowed weight per axle for the road. The vehicle weight per axle can be specified using the Vehicle Weight per Axle (kilograms) restriction parameter.
  • Width Restriction —Does not include roads where the vehicle width exceeds the maximum allowed width for the road. The vehicle width can be specified using the Vehicle Width (meters) restriction parameter.

Restriction usage parameter

Parameters specify additional values required by some restrictions, such as the weight of a vehicle for Weight Restriction . You can also use the attribute parameter to specify whether any restriction prohibits, avoids, or prefers travel on roads that use the restriction. If the restriction is meant to avoid or prefer roads, you can further specify the degree to which they are avoided or preferred using this parameter. For example, you can choose to never use toll roads, avoid them as much as possible, or even highly prefer them.

The Restriction Usage Parameter for a restriction can be assigned any of the following values:

  • Prohibited —Travel on the roads using the restriction is completely prohibited.
  • Avoid High —It is highly unlikely for the tool to include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
  • Avoid Medium —It is unlikely for the tool to include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
  • Avoid Low —It is somewhat unlikely for the tool to include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
  • Prefer Low —It is somewhat likely for the tool to include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
  • Prefer Medium —It is likely for the tool to include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
  • Prefer High —It is highly likely for the tool to include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.

In most cases, you can use the default value, Prohibited , for the Restriction Usage parameter if the restriction is dependent on a vehicle characteristic such as vehicle height. In some cases, the value for Restriction Usage parameter depends on your routing preferences. For example, the Avoid Toll Roads restriction has the default value of Avoid Medium for the Restriction Usage parameter. This means that when the restriction is used, the tool attempts to route around toll roads when it can. Avoid Medium also indicates how important it is to avoid toll roads when finding the best route; it has a medium priority. Avoid Low puts lower importance on avoiding tolls; Avoid High gives a higher importance and makes it more acceptable for the service to generate longer routes to avoid tolls. Prohibited prohibits travel on toll roads, making it impossible for a route to travel on any portion of a toll road. Keep in mind that avoiding or prohibiting toll roads, and therefore avoiding toll payments, is the objective for some; in contrast, others prefer to drive on toll roads because avoiding traffic is more valuable than avoiding toll costs. If your interest is in avoiding traffic, you should choose Prefer Low , Prefer Medium , or Prefer High as the value for the Restriction Usage parameter. The higher the preference, the more focused travel mode is to travel on the roads associated with the restriction.

  • Reset travel modes

To reset the travel modes back to the defaults, click Reset or delete the last travel mode. This deletes all the travel modes defined for your organization and lists the default travel modes. You are now ready to reconfigure travel modes.

  • Travel mode language

In general, the language specified in a member's user settings determines the language in which travel mode information is displayed in ArcGIS Online . For example, if an organization member sets their language to French, they see French travel mode information when using directions and routing capabilities.

If an organization administrator modifies or creates travel modes for the organization, the travel modes are displayed for all organization members in the current language of the administrator, overriding individual users' language settings. For example, if your language is set to English when you configure travel modes, the newly configured travel modes are displayed in English for all members, regardless of their individual language settings.

If you want to change the travel mode language after configuring travel modes for the organization—for example, to change the language back to French—you must update the language in your user settings and reset the travel modes to the defaults. You can then reconfigure the travel modes in the new language.

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Navigator is a mobile app that provides field workers with directions to where they need to be. Workers can search and navigate directly to your organization’s assets, either using Esri-provided maps or your own custom navigation maps that you can create in ArcGIS Pro .

The app already comes with a few common travel modes that your workers can use to calculate a precise route based on how they travel to a destination. For example, in Navigator they can specify which type of vehicle they use, such as truck or car, and whether they want the shortest or fastest route.

But with the 1.4 release of ArcGIS Pro, you can now create your own custom travel modes that will give workers even more precise routes. For instance, you could create a travel mode with a specific height restriction that would enable your truck driver to follow a route that avoids roads with low bridges. This would prevent accidents and increase driver safety. This is just one use case for custom travel modes though. You could also create travel modes for:

  • Emergency vehicles
  • Hazmat routing
  • Driving bonded or leased roads
  • Avoiding gravel roads
  • Oversized vehicle routing

So how can you make a custom travel mode? We’ll explain how to make a travel mode that prevents trucks from getting stuck under bridges when you are using Esri’s StreetMap Premium for ArcGIS data. StreetMap Premium is high-quality street data that you can use for display, routing, and geocoding.

In ArcGIS Pro 1.4 or later, open the network dataset layer properties, and click the Travel Modes section on the bottom.

add travel modes

To create a new travel mode, click the burger menu in the top right, and then New . You’ll see some fields for your new travel mode in the dialog.

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Give the travel mode a name and description that will inform your workers what type of travel it’s meant for. For example, you could name this travel mode “Trucking Height Restriction” and give it the description “Use this travel mode to avoid roads with low bridges while driving a tall truck.”

Then, set the rules for the travel mode by specifying Type and Restrictions and Parameters . For Type , set the transportation method that this mode is intended for: trucking. To set Restrictions and Parameters , first expand this section. A list of travel mode attributes that you can adjust appears. Which attributes you see depends on the attributes of your network dataset. The StreetMap Premium network dataset includes the Height Restriction attribute. Check the box next to this attribute and select it. Two fields appear under the attribute: Restriction Usage and Vehicle Height .

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Restriction Usage indicates whether the value of an attribute should be prohibited, avoided, or preferred. Since you never want a truck to go on a road with an overpass that is lower than the truck, set Restriction Usage to “Prohibited.”

For Vehicle Height , say your workers’ trucks are about 14.5 feet. Enter 4.4 for this parameter, since all Restrictions and Parameters are in terms of meters for StreetMap Premium. When you are finished, click OK , and there you have it: a custom travel mode that allows your drivers to avoid roads with low clearances.

When you package your navigation map using the Create Mobile Map Package geoprocessing tool, your custom travel mode will be included in the map. So when your workers are using Navigator in the field, they just have to select your new travel mode from the Travel options dialog in the app. Check out Navigator’s Guided Tour for information about how to access this option on Android or iOS devices.

Using custom travel modes in Navigator will let your workers get the most precise routes possible, which will increase worker safety and reliability, promote efficiency, and save your organization time and money. And with the 1.4 release of ArcGIS Pro, you can now make these travel modes that your workers can use in Navigator.

For a video of how to create custom travel modes, and custom navigation maps in general, check out the training seminar Navigator for ArcGIS: Creating Custom Navigation Maps (discussion about travel modes starts at 17:57). You can also see step-by-step instructions for how to create custom navigation maps in Navigator’s Prepare maps help .

Have questions about custom travel modes and how your organization could benefit from them? As always, post them on the  GeoNet Navigator group  and join the conversation!

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Available with Network Analyst license.

When you add a travel mode to a network dataset, you specify override values for a group of properties that describes the movement and behavior of a car, truck, pedestrian, or other travel mode. Each time you perform a network analysis, you can choose a preconfigured travel mode and thereby avoid defining and redefining the properties that travel modes override.

Learn how to open the Network Dataset Properties dialog box

If any travel modes are present, they are listed in the Travel Modes drop-down list.

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The Add New Travel Mode dialog box appears.

If other travel modes are already present, you can quickly create a new travel mode based on an old one. Choose an existing travel mode in the Copy From drop-down menu and its override settings are applied to the new travel mode. You can make minor adjustments to the settings to model the new mode.

  • Click OK to close the Add New Travel Mode dialog box.
  • With Travel Mode set to the name you typed in the previous step, choose the override settings.

The new travel mode is added to the network dataset. (It is unnecessary to build the network dataset.)

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Gettravelmodes tool.

  • Description

The Utilities service contains tools that provide auxiliary information for working with network analysis services available with ArcGIS Enterprise . The Utilities service contains two tools, GetTravelModes and GetToolInfo . The GetTravelModes tool returns a list of travel modes configured for your organization that can be used with network analysis services. A travel mode represents a means of transportation, such as driving or walking. Travel modes are essentially templates consisting of a long list of travel settings.

The GetTravelModes tool is meant to be used by applications to display the name and, optionally, the description of the available travel modes in their user experience. An administrator of your organization can configure travel modes to change the properties of the default travel modes provided by ArcGIS Enterprise, add new travel modes that better reflect your organization’s workflows, or remove travel modes that are not suitable for your organization’s workflows.

When the tool is called using a token obtained through app logins, it always returns the default travel modes, even if your organization has customized the travel modes. To get the travel modes from your organization, call this tool using a token obtained through a named user login.

To run this tool in scenarios in which you do not want the end users of your app to provide any credentials, you can use the following workflows:

Add the Utilities service (which contains the GetTravelModes tool) as an ArcGIS Server web service item using its REST URL and storing your named user credentials with the service item. You can then call the GetTravelModes tool using the new URL provided by the service item:

For example, after you add the web service item, the new URL to call the GetTravelModes tool will be of the following form:

Use a self-hosted proxy service . For the proxy configuration , set the Utilities service REST URL as the value for the url property, and the named user credentials for the username and password properties.

  • Request parameters
  • Required parameters

The GetTravelModes request takes the token and f parameters, which are both required.

Use this parameter to specify a token that provides the identity of a user that has the permissions to access the service. The security and authentication page provides more information about how an access token can be obtained.

Example (replace <yourToken> with a valid token): token=<yourToken>

Use this parameter to specify the response format. The parameter can have json or pjson as arguments, for example, f=json . The pjson value is used for printing the JSON response in a pretty format.

  • Output parameters

Upon successful execution, the service returns a list of supported travel modes and the default travel mode as the output parameters described below:

supportedTravelModes

Use this parameter to a get a list of travel modes supported by your organization.

The following provides a description of fields that are returned for each travel mode:

  • ObjectID —A unique identifier for the travel mode. This identifier is automatically generated by the service.
  • Name —The name of the travel mode. This field can include the localized travel mode name and cannot be used to uniquely identify a travel mode based on its name. Use the AltName field for this instead.
  • TravelModeId —A unique identifier for the travel mode. This identifier is created every time a new travel mode is added but remains the same for existing travel modes.
  • TravelMode —The travel mode setting for a given travel mode. The value is a string representing a JSON object. When calling the network analysis services, you need to convert this string into a JSON object using your API.
  • AltName —The name of the travel mode that does not change based on the profile language of the signed-in user. This value can be used to uniquely identify a travel mode based on its name, unlike the Name field.

Syntax example for supportedTravelModes

The supportedTravelModes parameter is returned as a JSON feature set with the following syntax:

Example for supportedTravelModes

The following shows an example of the supportedTravelModes parameter:

Because the response is quite verbose, the repeated elements within the response are abbreviated for clarity.

defaultTravelMode

Use this parameter to get the default travel mode to be used by the user interface of your application. The value property returns the travel mode ID that corresponds to the TravelModeId property of the attributes objects returned by the supportedTravelModes output parameter.

Syntax example for defaultTravelMode

The defaultTravelMode parameter is returned as a JSON feature set with the following syntax:

Example for defaultTravelMode

The following shows an example of the defaultTravelMode parameter:

  • Example usage

Below is a sample request URL that demonstrates how to get to the GetTravelModes tool from the Utilities service using the URL of the following form:

The below examples will demonstrate how to get a list of supported travel modes when the user's profile language is set in a different language.

List supported travel modes in English

This example demonstrates how to get a list of supported travel modes when the user profile language is English. In this example, you will get a list of all the travel modes that are supported in your ArcGIS Enterprise organization. The language of the signed-in user is English. The Name and AltName fields for travel modes have identical values.

GetTravelModes Tool request

https://<gpservice-url>/GetTravelModes/execute?f=pjson&token=<yourToken>

JSON Response

List supported travel modes in spanish.

In this example, you will get a list of all the travel modes that are supported in your ArcGIS Enterprise organization. The language of the signed-in user is Spanish. The Name field provides the travel mode name in Spanish and the AltName field provides the travel mode name in English. Regardless of the user profile language, the AltName field always provides the travel mode name in English.

  • JSON Response syntax

The request to GetTravelModes returns a JSON response that contains any warning messages from the service execution as well as an array of results. Each result in this array contains the value for the output parameters, supportedTravelModes and defaultTravelMode . If the request fails to execute, the response only contains the error property that contains the error messages.

JSON Response syntax for successful requests

Json response syntax for failed requests, in this topic.

Travel modes

A travel mode represents a means of transportation, such as driving or walking. It defines the physical characteristics of a vehicle or pedestrian. Those characteristics are considered when performing a network analysis to determine how the vehicle or pedestrian travels and where they can go. The results of the analysis are custom-built directions, travel times, and travel paths that are optimized for the vehicle or pedestrian defined by the travel mode.

When you create a network analysis layer referencing a local or enterprise network dataset or a portal network analysis service, the new layer uses the default travel mode of the associated network dataset or service. Shapefile networks do not support travel modes, so network analysis layers referencing shapefile network datasets use the default settings of the network. If you create the layer using one of the network analyst geoprocessing tools, you can choose which travel mode the layer will use.

Learn more about travel modes

You can view or change the network analysis layer's travel mode property on the network analyst layer ribbon.

Network analyst ribbon travel mode setting

The travel mode is a collection of detailed settings. To view or change the settings of the current travel mode, such as the impedance attribute or restrictions, click the launch button in the Travel Settings group, or right-click a network analysis layer in the Contents pane and choose Properties . The Travel Mode page of the Layer Properties dialog box appears.

Network analyst ribbon travel mode properties launch button

Use the available controls to change the travel mode settings. To change parameter values, expand the Restrictions and Parameters section and click the row with the attribute and parameter you want to change. The parameter details appear, allowing you to edit individual parameter values.

Changing Travel Mode parameter values on the Layer Properties dialog box

When you change a travel mode setting and click OK , the changed travel mode is now a custom travel mode and is specific to that layer. The custom travel mode is no longer associated with the travel mode on the network data source and is not available for use with other network analysis layers. A custom travel mode is enclosed in angle brackets (<>) on the ribbon.

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Follow these steps to access the travel modes settings on the network analysis layer properties dialog box.

The selected analysis layer is added to the Contents pane.

The Layer Properties dialog box appears.

  • Click Travel Mode and choose the travel mode.

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eSIM is more secure than a physical SIM because it can't be removed if your iPhone is lost or stolen.

With eSIM, you don't need to obtain, carry, and swap physical SIM cards (which can also be lost), or wait for them to arrive by mail.

You can have two eSIMs active on supported iPhone models at the same time. This could, for example, include one eSIM for your home and another eSIM for the place you're visiting.

You can swap which of your stored eSIMs are active simply by changing your selections in Settings. This might be helpful if you travel regularly to the same places.

What you need

An iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, or later

A wireless carrier or worldwide service provider that supports eSIM

Your iPhone must be connected to a Wi-Fi network*

If your iPhone has a SIM tray, you can use both a physical SIM and an eSIM while traveling internationally

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eSIM on iPhone isn’t offered in China mainland. In Hong Kong and Macao, some iPhone models feature eSIM. Learn about using Dual SIM with two nano-SIM cards in China mainland, Hong Kong, and Macao . For travelers visiting China mainland who wish to use an eSIM for prepaid data plans, these are offered by many worldwide service providers .

Roam internationally with your existing carrier

Carriers might include international roaming on select data plans without additional fees.

Alternatively, your carrier might offer affordable travel passes or plans that you can purchase ahead of time to use at your destination.

International roaming with an eSIM works the same as roaming with a physical SIM.

Your carrier might offer the ability to digitally manage your eSIM plan and add more data as needed.

To learn more, contact your carrier.

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Find carriers around the world that support eSIM on iPhone .

If your iPhone is locked to a carrier, it can be used only by that carrier. You can add multiple eSIMs and plans through that carrier. To check if your iPhone is unlocked, go to Settings > General > About. If your iPhone is unlocked, "No SIM restrictions" appears next to Carrier Lock. Learn how to unlock iPhone for use with a different carrier .

Many carriers offer prepaid plan options that you can purchase from the carriers' websites or apps before you arrive, or in person after arrival, through a carrier kiosk at the airport, carrier store, or other location. Carriers will provide steps to activate your eSIM digitally, like with a QR code or carrier app. Depending on local regulations, you might be asked to show identification (like your passport) to purchase. These prepaid carrier options might offer more affordable local plans for data, voice, and text. Check with individual carriers for details.

In addition to purchasing a prepaid eSIM plan, you might wish to get a postpaid account if you plan to be in another place for an extended time.Carriers around the world that support eSIM offer postpaid plans. Depending on the country or region, you might need proof of local residency, an established local bank account, or credit card.

On your iPhone, you can store eight or more eSIMs, which can be used as needed. On supported iPhone models, you can use two eSIMs at the same time . Carrier fees might apply. Contact your carrier for information.

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Many worldwide service providers offer prepaid data plans . These plans allow you to stay connected in over 190 countries and regions when you travel. Carriers offer plans that differ by the amount of data and duration. You can also purchase a plan before you travel.

Apps that offer data only eSIM plans are available on the App Store on your iPhone .

While you're abroad, you can use a data-only eSIM as your secondary line and have two active eSIM plans on supported iPhone models.

The capabilities on your primary line will continue to work when you add a data-only eSIM for cellular data. For example, you might keep your primary line for your home and set up a data-only eSIM plan as your secondary line while traveling.

To choose your data line, go to Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data. You can continue to use FaceTime, iMessage, and other apps to make VoIP calls or send messages while you're traveling.

You can also turn data roaming on and off on your home line in Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data. Carrier fees might apply.

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What is Travel Mode for Apple Vision Pro and how does it work?

How to use Apple Vision Pro properly on an airplane

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Apple Vision Pro is pitched, among many other use-cases, as a device for professionals on the go. Whether it’s for getting some work done on a private virtual MacBook display or watching 3D movies to pass time on a flight, Apple’s mixed reality headset promises a major upgrade for your travel experience — even if the spatial computer itself costs about as much as a first-class, cross-country plane ticket. 

But you can’t necessarily use your Vision Pro on a moving plane the same way you would at home. Whether it’s dim cabin lighting, or the natural bumps and shakes of an aircraft, Apple outfitted the Vision Pro with a special mode designed for safely using the headset during travel.

Travel Mode for Apple Vision Pro is a setting that adapts the headset specifically for use during flights. In most cases, when you turn on your Apple Vision Pro from your airplane seat, you’ll be automatically prompted to enable Travel Mode. Otherwise, you can enable and disable it from the visionOS control center.

If you want to learn more about Apple Vision Pro’s Travel Mode, plus other guidelines for using Apple’s headset on a plane, read more below.

What is Travel Mode for Apple Vision Pro?

Travel Mode for Apple Vision Pro makes the headset more suitable when you’re on an airplane. Think about it, when you’re sitting in the cabin, you’re in a near-constant state of shaking. Even though it might not seem or feel very noticeable during the entire flight, if you put on your 1.3-pound headset, your eyes will struggle to focus on the display.

That’s a big reason why the Vision Pro will try to detect when you’re on an airplane automatically through the device sensors. In most cases, before you’ve even had a chance to open any apps, you should be prompted to turn on Travel Mode. If you don’t get this notification while you’re on a plane, you can enable it easily through the command center.

In its Travel Mode explainer , Apple doesn’t specify how exactly the setting works, other than to ‘adapt to the unique motion and environment of commercial air travel.’ But from our experience, we found it successfully keeps apps and windows more stationary so you can continue to work or watch movies and shows.

Most features still work in Apple Vision Pro. The key one you can’t use is your Persona , which, you’re probably not FaceTiming from the air anyway. Also, if you use the Pointer Control accessibility feature with your head, you’ll need to make sure you turn on Travel Mode before the plane takes off. 

Things to keep in mind when using Apple Vision Pro on a plane

There are a couple of important things to keep in mind when flying with Apple Vision Pro. First, you should not wear the headset during taxiing, takeoff or landing. You should also remove the headset during bouts of turbulence, and if you'd like to take a nap. Similarly, it’s not recommended to keep the headset on if you get up from your seat throughout the flight.

Due to the limited light and space available at your seat, the headset sensors can't track your environment as well, so exercise caution in your surroundings. In low-light especially, when the headset can't track your hands as well, you might want to keep your tray table clear and disable Environments during in-flight service or meals.

Learning how to safely and comfortable fly with Vision Pro could take a few trips to master, but as long as you use Travel Mode and follow etiquette, you should be able to get the hang of it. 

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Apple's Live Listen has helped the hard of hearing use AirPods to better hear their surroundings for a few years. Now, it seems that Apple will be going one major step further.

In Sunday's "Power On" newsletter for Bloomberg , Mark Gurman writes that there will be a new hearing aid mode included within iOS 18. Gurman doesn't go into detail about how the feature works, but it is likely to be an enhancement of existing accessibility features.

Listen Live uses the iPhone as a directional microphone, with the audio fed into the worn AirPods. Meanwhile Conversation Boost for AirPods Pro helps improve the audio quality for conversations happening right in front of the user.

The feature is likely to endear the AirPods Pro to the hard of hearing than they already do. In 2022, a study determined AirPods Pro were roughly on par with prescription hearing aids, though they were deemed not to be able to replace the medical-grade devices in all situations.

As well as a hearing aid mode, Gurman says there will be new low-end and mid-tier versions of AirPods, intended to replace the second and third-gen AirPods.

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The 5 best humidifiers of 2024, tested and reviewed

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The best humidifiers can help you keep your home or office at the recommended 30% to 50% humidity range, which may help ease allergy symptoms, soothe dry and chapped skin , prevent bloody noses , and offer other health benefits.

We interviewed five experts and tested 16 models to find the best humidifiers for different situations and budgets. The Honeywell Designer Series Cool Mist Humidifier is our top pick because it's affordable and was the top performer in our humidifying tests. If you have a larger budget, the Dyson Purifier Humidify+Cool  is an outstanding choice, offering cooling and air purifying, app connectivity, and voice control with Siri or Alexa.

Learn more about how Business Insider Reviews tests and researches home products .

Top picks for humidifiers

Best overall: Honeywell Designer Series Cool Mist Humidifier -  See at Amazon

Best with air purifier: Dyson Purifier Humidify+Cool - See at Dyson

Best for bedrooms: Levoit Classic 300S Humidifier - See at Amazon

Best for travel: Hey Dewy Wireless Facial Humidifier - See at Amazon

Quietist: Levoit OasisMist 450S Smart Humidifier -  See at Amazon

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The Honeywell Designer Series Cool Mist Humidifier is easy to use, long-lasting, and humidifies extremely quickly and efficiently.

  • Check mark icon A check mark. It indicates a confirmation of your intended interaction. Adjustable settings
  • Check mark icon A check mark. It indicates a confirmation of your intended interaction. Extremely efficient
  • Check mark icon A check mark. It indicates a confirmation of your intended interaction. Easy to set up and clean
  • Check mark icon A check mark. It indicates a confirmation of your intended interaction. Lasts 24 hours on one tank
  • Check mark icon A check mark. It indicates a confirmation of your intended interaction. No filter to change
  • con icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. Occasional dripping noise
  • con icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. No smart settings
  • con icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. Doesn't disperse humidity as evenly in large rooms

The Honeywell Designer Series Cool Mist Humidifier worked so quickly and efficiently on its highest setting in smaller bedrooms and offices that we worried about over-humidifying.

It raised the humidity levels in our office by 29% in just four hours, a feat many of the other humidifiers we tested couldn't even accomplish after eight hours. Luckily, the settings are highly adjustable via an easy-to-use scroll knob, so you can set the humidifier to a lower level once your desired humidity has been reached.

The Honeywell is incredibly easy to use; setup took mere minutes. It has a simple, wide removable tank that you fill up and then slip back in. Plug it in, and you're ready to go. The humidifier also alerts you with a refill light when the water levels are low and automatically shuts off when empty. It can last a full day on one tank at the lowest settings.    

There is an occasional dripping noise, though we didn't find it too distracting, and it's quiet enough that you won't hear it over a fan or some background music. While it worked well in smaller spaces, you may also want to use a fan near it for bigger rooms to help better disperse the vapor stream.  

While the Honeywell humidifier has an essential oils feature, one pulmonologist we spoke to recommended against diffusing essential oils if you have respiratory issues. The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology also cautions against it .

The humidifier is easy and quick to clean and doesn't require changing a filter. As a bonus, the sleek look is far more aesthetically pleasing than many other humidifiers on the market, and it can easily fit on most desks, nightstands, and shelves.

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The Dyson Purifier Humidify+Cool is a three-in-one smart humidifier, air purifier, and fan that automatically reads and adjusts levels on its own.

  • Check mark icon A check mark. It indicates a confirmation of your intended interaction. Smart automatic features
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  • Check mark icon A check mark. It indicates a confirmation of your intended interaction. Reads home and outside air levels
  • Check mark icon A check mark. It indicates a confirmation of your intended interaction. Easy cleaning mode
  • Check mark icon A check mark. It indicates a confirmation of your intended interaction. Air purifying and cooling capabilities
  • con icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. Takes up a lot of space
  • con icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. Expensive

There's no getting around the fact that the Dyson Purifier Humidify+Cool is expensive. But as a three-in-one machine that's also an air purifier and a fan, you can make the case that it's more convenient and potentially cheaper just to get the Dyson rather than buy those three devices separately. 

While the Dyson has a smaller footprint than the three machines would separately, it will take up some floor space. That said, for those in the market for a smart humidifier and air purifier option that does all the thinking for you, the Dyson Purifier Humidify+Cool is an excellent choice. 

You connect the Dyson to the MyDyson app (available for iOS and Android ) to check your current home humidity and air quality levels. The machine can be controlled with a remote, the app, and via voice control with Alexa and Siri.

Though you can change the humidity and fan levels yourself, you can also set it to auto, and it will decide the best levels for you based on local weather data and your Air Quality Index score. When we used the auto feature, it raised humidity levels to a nice 50% and kept it there even throughout a larger open-concept kitchen and living room area.

The 1-gallon tank also lasts a long time. Dyson claims it lasts for 36 hours even on high settings, and though we didn't time it down to the exact hour, one tank could easily last a few days.

The fact that it's also a fan makes this a nice year-round option, as it can easily switch between adding extra humidity during winter months to circulating cool air on sticky summer nights. While the fan is very loud on its highest settings, it's nice and quiet on settings of 4 and under, and it does have a night-mode feature that will keep everything automatic but at the quietest levels possible. 

Additionally, for anyone who worries about potential bacteria from humidifiers, the Dyson uses UV light to kill bacteria before expelling the (invisible) water vapor into the air. It alerts you when it needs cleaning and comes with citrus powder packets for that purpose (you can also buy your own). Fill the water tank, add a packet, and hit the self-clean button.

We haven't needed to change the HEPA filter yet, but be aware those will cost you an additional $80 every 12 months.

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The Levoit Classic 300S Humidifer clears dry air quickly, quietly, and effectively. It's also easy to clean.

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  • con icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. Built-in hygrometer has questionable accuracy

The Levoit Classic 300S Humidifier runs as quiet as ambient noise, has a small footprint, and features a nightlight, making it ideal for the bedroom and the best humidifier for your baby . Don't want a nightlight? No problem. You can turn off the display to achieve darkness.

The Levoit Classic 300S Humidifier did an excellent job of humidifying a 100-square-foot office during testing. On a particularly dry winter day, it steadily increased the office humidity by 11% in four hours. We let it run overnight, and the humidity increased by another 11% by morning.

While the button controls on the unit are intuitive, we especially like that you can monitor and adjust the 300S using the VeSync app (available for iOS and Android .) For instance, the app sends a push notification when the tank needs refilling or cleaning. In tests, the humidifier ran on top mist level for 24 hours before needing a refill. 

You can operate the Levoit Classic 300S in manual or auto mode. We preferred manual mode because the built-in hygrometer showed higher readings than the hygrometer we placed on the other side of the room. Thus, it would shut off before areas further from the unit were at the desired humidity level. 

Cleaning the humidifier was relatively easy using the in-app step-by-step instructions and an included brush.

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The Hey Dewy Wireless Facial Humidifier is a small but powerful humidifier that may work well in cars, offices, and smaller rooms. When fully charged, it can run for up to seven hours without a water refill.

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  • con icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. Continuous spray only lasts about six hours
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Travel humidifiers have less range than their larger counterparts, but their smaller size makes them easy to bring on the go or to move throughout your home as needed. The Hey Dewy humidifier stands out among travel humidifiers for its larger 11.3-ounce tank size, powerful mist, and long-lasting charge. It didn't pump up the overall room humidity quite as much as the traditional humidifiers we tested, but it still helped add plenty of moisture to the room, especially at close range. After seven hours, it raised the humidity by 6% in a four-foot range and 13% in a two-foot range. So, it may be a good option to set your humidifier on your desk or park it next to your indoor plants.  

While this humidifier doesn't make much noise, you can hear it running from across the room. When set to the continuous mist option, the sound worked well as gentle white noise — but the on-off sound of the intermittent spray could be distracting at bedtime. 

The humidifier's filter needs to be replaced at least every six months. However, this may not necessarily be a drawback since the filter means you can use tap water instead of distilled water. The unit comes pre-assembled with the filter in place, and once charged, it will run wirelessly for about eight hours. However, the water may run out before the unit needs recharging. In testing, we found that a full tank of water only lasted about six hours with a continuous mist spray. 

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The Levoit OasisMist 450S Smart Humidifier is a powerful machine with nearly silent operation, which makes it a good fit for larger bedrooms and very light sleepers.

  • Check mark icon A check mark. It indicates a confirmation of your intended interaction. Quiet operation
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  • Check mark icon A check mark. It indicates a confirmation of your intended interaction. Produces cool or warm mist
  • Check mark icon A check mark. It indicates a confirmation of your intended interaction. Auto shutoff
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  • con icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. Larger footprint
  • con icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. May be too powerful for smaller rooms

When you first turn the Levoit OasisMist 450S Smart Humidifier on, you'll hear some trickling — but once it gets going, you won't hear much. This humidifier remains extremely quiet on all cool mist settings, though it gets slightly louder when producing warm mist. 

Beyond the quiet operation, this machine humidifies rooms very efficiently, with no noticeable condensation leakage. Two nozzles rotate 360 degrees so you can aim both mist plumes in any direction. We tested it in a room of roughly 230 square feet, and the humidity shot up by 8% within just one hour. If your room is any smaller than 215 square feet — the brand's recommended lower range — this option may end up over-humidifying your space.

If you like smart features, this humidifier comes well-equipped. It's compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Voice, and you can use the free VeSync app to control the humidifier's settings, check the humidity in the room, set it to auto mode, or schedule shutoff. The humidifier will also shut down automatically once the tank empties. 

The large tank means this humidifier takes up more space in your room. But that could be a plus since a bigger tank means it can run for longer between refills: After 24 hours of testing on medium and high operation, some water remained in the tank. If you keep the humidifier on low, it can run for up to 45 hours. Another bonus of the large tank is a smoother cleaning process. Moreover, the entire top of the tank comes off, making it very easy to scrub. 

What to look for in a humidifier

When shopping for a humidifier, you'll want to consider important features like your room size, whether you want a filter, and mist temperature. Here are some more details to guide your shopping.

Room size: The first step you should always take is knowing the room's square footage you want to humidify. You can measure your room's square footage with a tape measure. Then, read up on the humidifier you're considering and whether the brand recommends it for small, medium, or large spaces. 

"If you buy a model that is designed for a larger space, the room will be uncomfortably humid and create an environment that could encourage mold and mildew growth," says Sydney Rexroad, communications associate at the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers . "If the model is too small, it won't generate adequate humidity for the space."

Filter versus filter-free models: Your choice here may depend on a few factors since one isn't necessarily better. "Filtered humidifiers are evaporative and use a fan to humidify the air. Filter-free models will put a mist directly into the air," Rexroad says. Additionally, filter-free models have a higher risk of bacteria or allergens getting into the air, so be sure you can clean it thoroughly at least once a week. On the other hand, filters need to be replaced, which adds cost you may not want to take on. Filter models are often noisier too.

Cold mist versus warm mist: According to all three experts we spoke with, this is entirely based on personal preference. Depending on your main use for the humidifier, you may want to ask your healthcare provider before making a choice.

Small versus large humidifiers: Generally speaking, larger humidifiers have bigger tanks, meaning they can run longer between refills. Smaller humidifiers are easier to move throughout your house or take with you when you travel, but some may not last an entire day or night when set to high. That said, if the room you want to humidify is on the smaller side, a larger humidifier may add too much moisture to the air. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), indoor humidity should never rise about 60% . This is because too-high humidity can lead to mold growth. You can check the humidity in your room with a hygrometer. 

Additional features: Humidifiers have one main function: adding moisture to the air. If you want a humidifier that performs more than one service, you'll need to look for a model that states it was made to do so. We recommend avoiding diffusing essential oils, but if you choose to do so, pick a model explicitly for that dual purpose. For example, some humidifiers have essential oil trays beneath the tank where you can add a drop or two of your chosen oil. Never put the oil directly into the machine. "Essential oils, medications, or other substances can damage the humidifier's mechanical parts," Rexroad says.

How we test humidifiers

We tested 10 popular humidifiers for this guide. What you need from a humidifier will depend on the size of your space, how frequently you want to use it, and your main goal for humidifying. However, some universal factors make for a good humidifier. Here's what we looked for while testing and choosing our top picks:

Humidity increase: This is the most obvious and most important factor. If a humidifier doesn't raise the humidity levels of your space to the EPA-recommended 30% to 50%, it doesn't serve its main function. We used a hygrometer to definitively test the humidity levels of our space before, during, and after using each humidifier. We tested the levels right near the humidifiers and across rooms of various sizes.    

Ease of setup and use: If a humidifier is hard to figure out, a pain to fill up, or doesn't last a full day or night on one tank fill, chances are you won't want to use it very often. Our top picks take five minutes or less to set up, are easy to fill, and last at least 10 hours on one tank. Some can even last days on a single tank.

Ease of cleaning: Without proper cleaning, humidifiers can grow mold or bacteria that can then be dispersed into your home. We did a deep clean of every humidifier we chose and found it to be an easy process for all of our recommendations.

Extra features: Some humidifiers come with fancy extras that range from simple night-light settings to app and voice control. These extras were considered to discern if they provided additional value and ease of use.   

Longevity: We've tested most of these humidifiers for about two months and have not encountered issues with the top choices. We will continue to test to ensure they hold up over time and no serious problems arise, such as mold growth.

Humidifier FAQs

Are humidifiers good for the lungs.

Dr. Purvi Parikh, an adult and pediatric allergist and immunologist with Allergy & Asthma Network , says dry air can worsen allergy and asthma symptoms. Introducing a humidifier will moisten the air, which may help protect your lungs from irritants. However, keeping the humidifier clean is essential to prevent mold and bacteria buildup . Additionally, only use distilled water in your humidifier unless the device specifically says to use tap water. Tap water can release minerals into the air, and experts don't yet know the long-term health effects of breathing in these particles. 

Is a cool mist or warm mist humidifier better?

Warm and cool mist humidifiers work equally well to add moisture to the air, so Rexroad and Parikh suggest letting your personal preferences guide you in this decision. If a doctor or other healthcare professional recommends using a humidifier, check with them to find out if a cool mist or warm mist would help you get the most relief. You may also prefer a warm mist humidifier during the colder months. Remember that the Mayo Clinic warns against using warm-mist humidifiers around babies and children since they pose a risk of burns. 

What is the most effective type of humidifier?

An effective humidifier should raise the humidity in a room without over-humidifying. Our picks raised room humidity by at least 6% over eight hours. However, since experts recommend keeping the humidity level in your home between 30% and 50% , the most effective humidifier for you will help maintain this humidity level. If you'd like to use your humidifier to help ease congestion, dry skin, and other symptoms, a healthcare professional can provide more guidance on choosing a humidifier for your specific needs. 

Which humidifiers are best for winter?

Using a humidifier during the winter can be helpful because indoor heating can cause the air to dry out, according to Christine Kingsley , an advanced practice registered nurse and the Health and Wellness Director of the Lung Institute. "Humidifiers add moisture to the air, alleviating symptoms of dry skin, dry throat, and sinus congestion," Kingsley says. 

Some people prefer warm-mist humidifiers during the colder months. These humidifiers disperse vapor by heating water, adding warmth to chilly rooms. But Kingsley cautions that warm mist can create an extremely humid environment, which could lead to mold and bacteria growth.

Do I need an air purifier and humidifier? 

An air purifier removes pollutants, helping reduce potentially irritating particles like dust, pollen, and pet dander, says John Landry, licensed registered respiratory therapist and founder of Respiratory Therapy Zone . On the other hand, Landry says a humidifier adds moisture to the air, which can help soothe dry skin, sinus congestion, and respiratory issues. You may benefit from an air purifier if you have seasonal allergies or asthma , while a humidifier may offer relief if you live in a drier climate or have dry skin. 

Which humidifiers are safe for children and babies? 

The American Academy of Pediatrics considers cool mist humidifiers the safest option for babies and young children . Warm mist humidifiers work by producing steam, which can be hot enough to burn a curious toddler who tries to touch it. Whichever type of humidifier you choose, always set it somewhere out of reach of children and pets. Another important part of humidifier safety is only using distilled water , which is free of minerals that may evaporate into your household air, and cleaning the unit regularly with vinegar.

How often do you need to clean a humidifier? 

The EPA advises cleaning your humidifier every third day with a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution. You can also clean your humidifier with vinegar . To clean your humidifier properly, unplug the unit and then use a scrubbing brush to clean all surfaces that touch water. If you use any chemicals to clean your humidifier, take care to rinse it several times with clean tap water before using it again. You can check the instruction booklet that came with your humidifier for additional cleaning instructions specific to your unit. If you don't intend to use your humidifier for a while, it's a good idea to clean it out and allow it to fully dry before you store it.

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Decades ago, your vacation most likely began with a visit to a travel agent, who relied on a combination of expertise and connections to find the best deals on plane tickets, hotels, tours and more. Since then, the internet has turned most of us into our own travel agents, and artificial intelligence software is making research and self-booking even easier. But for some trips, that special insider knowledge can still make a big difference.

So when should you hire a professional, and how does it all work? Here are some tips.

Why should I consider a travel adviser?

It’s easy for a traveler to do the research for a standard trip, said Chris Anderson, a professor at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, “so they should look for a specialist for the type of tour they are looking for, say a bike trip in Ireland, who can really add value.”

The insider knowledge offered by a travel adviser can add the most value to trips that have multicity itineraries, involve a wide age range of travelers , are very significant (like an anniversary vacation) or are to destinations you are unfamiliar with, said Gary R. Johnson, who has run the travel agency Woodside Travel in Seattle for nearly 30 years. An adviser could help you decide, for instance, in which order to visit European cities based on local events and transportation options.

What can an adviser give me that a booking site can’t?

Travel advisers can help you research the best destinations, lodging, or activities for your particular group and travel goals, offering up specific advice that might be hard or time-consuming to find yourself. Those specializing in cruises might know which cabin to choose if you are prone to seasickness, while a safari planner could help you decide which park would be best for bird-watching or seeing specific animals, like rhinos.

Travel advisers typically have relationships with tour companies, hotels and cruise lines, sometimes through networks. Those connections can allow advisers to offer extra perks such as late checkout, free breakfast, airport transfers, a welcome basket or a credit to spend on a cruise ship.

“A good travel agent will be a better steward of your travel budget than you are,” said Guy Rubin, managing director of Imperial Tours , which arranges travel in China.

When bad weather or other circumstances disrupt your itinerary, travel advisers often have direct lines of communication with providers and can do the work of rebooking and changing plans, saving you time and stress.

OK, let’s say I need help. How do I find an adviser?

Networks like the American Society of Travel Advisors and Travel Leaders have websites that can help you start your search for a travel adviser by answering a few questions about your desired trip. Once you have a handful to choose from, get on the phone with them to talk about what they might do for you, how they charge and the level of service you can expect. Special trips can cost thousands of dollars, so it’s worth investing time up front, Mr. Rubin said.

Make sure to read over the travel agent’s reviews and any user-generated social content that mentions them, Dr. Anderson said. “If there is no external validation, that’s a red flag.”

How do advisers get paid, and how much will it cost me?

Advisers receive commission from suppliers, typically 10 to 15 percent of the price, when selling cruises, lodging and tours. They also sometimes charge travelers a planning fee, from a few hundred dollars, which may be credited to the final bill if the booking is completed, all the way up to tens of thousands of dollars annually for a luxury concierge travel planner they can call on all year. Mr. Johnson said that he charges a planning fee the first time he works with customers. If they return for other trips, he waives the fee.

Advisers may be tempted to sell you something that will earn them a higher commission, Dr. Anderson said. But, he points out, the same is true for the large online services, which promote hotels that pay them larger commissions. Travelers can ask advisers about specific commissions they receive or how they are affiliated with the products they are recommending, he said.

Sometimes a local tour company will package transportation, lodging and experiences for an adviser, who tacks on a percentage before passing it along to a client. But a bill that is not itemized can make it harder to make trade-offs — between a more expensive hotel and a special experience, for example. If pricing transparency is important to you, discuss it with the adviser up front.

How are A.I. and other technologies affecting travel advisers?

While new technologies are allowing do-it-yourselfers to create their own itineraries online based on individual preferences, and to type questions directly into travel websites, advisers are also taking advantage of those technologies to improve their services. Joan Roca, chief executive of the upscale travel planning company Essentialist said his team “uses technology to enhance the human touch,” employing artificial intelligence to choose options from a database of travel offerings selected by a human team. If a couple wants to take an after-dinner stroll, for example, Essentialist’s app will offer up ideas of where to go, based on what part of the city the travelers are in and conversations they’ve had with their travel adviser.

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After we released Power BI add-in for PowerPoint, you told us that when you need to freeze the view of your data in a presentation as image, it is hard to find how to do it. You also raised concerns that PowerPoint shows image of your report or visual in the slide thumbnail for everyone who views the presentation.

And you know that in Power BI we listen and constantly improve based on your feedback.

Therefore, I am happy to share that we made some changes to the way that image capture looks and works to address your feedback. We believe that this change will provide you with greater control over when data is presented and to whom.

When you use the Power BI Storytelling add-in, you will notice few changes:

  • For add-in with content, there is a new dropdown under the report name with few options to view the data. I will explain more about these new options in the next section.

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  • When opening an existing presentation with Power BI add-in, the slide thumbnail will no longer show the data. The image will show up only when the user views the slide, and after a permission check. This is true only for newly created slides. Existing slides will show the image only at the first load of the report.

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  • Using the “Show as saved image” option will replace the live view with the same placeholder experience, since we disabled it and override it with the new behavior. Existing add-ins that were saved as image before this update, will keep their state and will show image in the old format. The new behavior will light up only after you change the add-in back to live state.
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This new feature is supported from Office version 2312 (Build 17126). Make sure to run Office update to get the most up-to-date bits and enjoy this feature. Users who use a previous Office version will have the previous behavior – using the “Show as saved image” option from the add-in personalization menu.

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Configure travel modes.

A travel mode represents a means of transportation, such as driving or walking. In ArcGIS, a travel mode defines the physical characteristics of a vehicle or pedestrian. Those characteristics are considered when finding directions to determine how the vehicle or pedestrian travels and where they can go. The results are custom-built directions, travel times, and travel paths that are optimized for the vehicle or pedestrian defined by the travel mode. For instance, the following two figures show a route for a truck whose height is less than 3.5 meters (left) and another route for taller trucks (right).

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Travel modes are essentially templates consisting of a long list of travel settings. Understanding the meaning of each setting takes time. Accurately configuring the settings requires concentration. By carefully going through this process once, and storing the parameter values in a travel mode, you can save time and avoid errors when setting up an analysis—particularly when repeatedly modeling the same vehicles or pedestrians.

Some of the portal's directions and routing capabilities, such as the Directions tool in Map Viewer (formerly a separate beta installation but now present in the portal automatically) and Map Viewer Classic (formerly known as Map Viewer ), and the analysis tools, such as the Plan Routes tool in Map Viewer and Map Viewer Classic , don't allow you to set individual travel settings—they require a single travel mode as input. If you configure a travel mode for each of your vehicles or vehicle types, those tools and others throughout ArcGIS will give you more meaningful results than running them with the default travel modes .

To create, edit, or delete a travel mode, you must be a portal administrator.

  • Configure the travel modes

As a portal administrator, you can configure travel modes to change the properties of the travel modes on custom network analysis services you configure with your portal, add new travel modes that better reflect your organization’s workflows, or remove travel modes that are not suitable for your organization’s workflows.

If your portal uses the network utility services provided through ArcGIS Online , you must alter the travel modes on the ArcGIS Online network utility service in your ArcGIS Online organization as an administrator of that organization. You will not see the option to configure travel modes in your portal's settings. Once configured in ArcGIS Online , you will see the new travel modes as options in your portal.

If your portal uses custom network utility services from a server federated with the portal, you can configure travel modes in the portal. You will only see the option to configure travel modes if you have configured all of the network utility services under Directions and Routing in your portal's utility service settings.

  • Sign in to your portal as an administrator.
  • At the top of the site, click Organization and click the Settings tab.
  • Click Utility Services on the left side of the page.
  • Click Configure Travel Modes .

The name must be unique within the set of travel modes and can contain up to 30 characters. They are case insensitive. The term Custom cannot be used as a name for a travel mode. The description can have up to 1,024 characters.

The type can be used by apps that filter out and just show travel modes of a specific type.

  • TravelTime takes advantage of historical and live traffic data and is good for modeling the time it takes automobiles to travel along roads at a specific time of the day using live traffic speed data where available. When using TravelTime , you can optionally specify the TravelTime::Vehicle Maximum Speed (km/h) parameter to specify the physical limitation of the speed the vehicle is capable of traveling.
  • Minutes does not use live traffic data but uses the historical average speeds for automobiles.
  • TruckTravelTime takes advantage of historical and live traffic data, but caps the speed to the posted truck speed limit. This is good for modeling the time it takes for the trucks to travel along roads at a specific time of the day using live traffic speed data where available. When using TruckTravelTime , you can optionally specify the TruckTravelTime::Vehicle Maximum Speed (km/h) parameter to specify the physical limitation of the speed the truck is capable of traveling.
  • TruckMinutes does not use live traffic data but uses the smaller of the historical average speeds for automobiles and the posted speed limits for trucks.
  • WalkTime defaults to a speed of 5 km/hr on all roads and paths, but this can be configured through the WalkTime::Walking Speed (km/h) parameter.
  • For solving based on the shortest distance, you can use either Miles or Kilometers .

If your impedance is time-based, this is set to the same attribute as the impedance attribute.

If your impedance is distance-based, this is set to the same attribute as the impedance attribute.

To understand the available parameter values, consider that a junction is a point where only two streets intersect each other. If three or more streets intersect at a point, it is called an intersection. A cul-de-sac is a dead end. The parameter can have the following values:

This configures how much you want to simplify the geometries returned by the service. Simplification maintains critical points on a route, such as turns at intersections, to define the essential shape of the route and removes other points. The simplification distance you specify is the maximum allowable offset that the simplified line can deviate from the original line. Simplifying a line reduces the number of vertices that are part of the geometry. This reduces the overall response size and improves the performance for drawing the results in the applications.

When hierarchy is used, the tool prefers higher-order streets (such as freeways) to lower-order streets (such as local roads) and can be used to simulate the driver preference of traveling on freeways instead of local roads even if that means a longer trip. This is especially true when finding routes to faraway locations, because drivers on long-distance trips tend to prefer traveling on freeways where stops, intersections, and turns can be avoided. Using hierarchy is computationally faster, especially for long-distance routes, since the tool can determine the best route from a relatively smaller subset of streets. If hierarchy is not used, the tool considers all the streets and doesn't prefer higher-order streets when finding the route. This can be used when finding short-distance routes within a city but does not scale for long routes. As a result, the services revert to hierarchy if the straight-line distance between the stops is greater than 50 miles (80.46 kilometers), even if you have specified to find the route without using hierarchy.

To do this, check Apply for the restrictions that are relevant for your travel mode. You can also adjust the parameter settings to adjust the attributes settings. For example, you can change the Restriction Usage parameter for a restriction to prohibit traveling on restricted roads or avoid them by choosing one of the Avoid settings. Some restrictions (such as Preferred Truck Route ) have a restriction usage of Prefer to encourage travel on them.

See the Attributes and parameters section for descriptions of the restrictions and parameters that you can set as part of a travel mode.

  • Click Save Travel Mode to apply your changes.

Copy Travel Mode

This opens the Create Travel Mode page with the values rom the travel mode you copied.

  • Enter a new name, make any other changes, and click Save Travel Mode to save your changes as a new travel mode.

Edit Travel Mode

You must always have at least one travel mode defined.

  • Travel mode parameters

The following parameters are configured in a travel mode:

  • Impedance —The cost attribute on which to optimize the analysis. This typically models travel time or distance.
  • Time Attribute —The time-based cost attribute for reporting directions.
  • Distance Attribute —The distance-based cost attribute for reporting directions and determining distance-based costs when solving vehicle routing problems.
  • U-Turns at Junctions —Where you are allowed to make U-turns.
  • Simplification Tolerance —How much to generalize the output geometry.
  • Use Hierarchy —Whether or not to use a hierarchical road classification for faster analysis.
  • Restrictions —The restriction attributes to respect during analysis.
  • Parameter Values —Used to identify specific vehicle characteristics or how soft to make each restriction.
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The following predefined travel modes are available:

  • Attributes and parameters

A restriction represents a driving preference or requirement. In most cases, restrictions cause roads to be prohibited, but they can also cause them to be avoided or preferred. For instance, using an Avoid Toll Roads restriction results in a route that includes toll roads only when it is absolutely required to travel on toll roads to visit a stop. Height Restriction allows you to route around any clearances that are lower than the height of your vehicle. If you are carrying corrosive materials on your vehicle, using the Any Hazmat Prohibited restriction prevents hauling the materials along roads where it is marked as illegal to do so.

Some restrictions are supported only in certain countries; their availability is stated by region in the list below. If a country has a value of Yes in the Logistics Attribute column, the restriction with select availability in the region is supported in that country. If you specify restriction names that are not available in the country where your incidents are located, the service ignores the invalid restrictions.

Restrictions

Below is a list of available restrictions and descriptions of the results:

  • Any Hazmat Prohibited —Does not include roads where transporting any kind of hazardous material is prohibited.
  • Avoid Carpool Roads —Avoids roads that are designated exclusively for carpool (high-occupancy) vehicles.
  • Avoid Express Lanes —Avoids roads designated as express lanes.
  • Avoid Ferries —Avoids ferries.
  • Avoid Gates —Avoids roads where there are gates such as keyed access or guard-controlled entryways.
  • Avoid Limited Access Roads —Avoids roads that are limited access highways.
  • Avoid Private Roads —Avoids roads that are not accessible to the public.
  • Avoid Roads Unsuitable for Pedestrians —Avoids all roads that are unsuitable for pedestrians.
  • Avoid Stairways —Avoids all stairways on a route suitable for pedestrians.
  • Avoid Toll Roads —Avoids roads that charge a toll or other usage fee.
  • Avoid Truck Restricted Roads —Avoids roads where trucks are not allowed except when making deliveries.
  • Avoid Unpaved Roads —Avoids roads that are not paved (for example, dirt, gravel, and so on).
  • Axle Count Restriction —Does not include roads where the truck exceeds the specified number of axles allowed for the road. The number of axles on the truck can be specified using the Number of Axles restriction parameter.
  • Driving a Bus —Does not include roads where buses are prohibited. Using this restriction also ensures that the results honor one-way streets.
  • Driving a Taxi —Does not include roads where taxis are prohibited. Using this restriction also ensures that the results honor one-way streets.
  • Driving a Truck —Does not include roads where trucks are prohibited. Using this restriction also ensures that the results honor one-way streets.
  • Driving an Automobile —Does not include roads where automobiles are prohibited. Using this restriction also ensures that the results honor one-way streets.
  • Driving an Emergency Vehicle —Does not include roads where emergency vehicles are prohibited. Using this restriction also ensures that the results honor one-way streets.
  • Height Restriction —Does not include roads where the vehicle height exceeds the maximum allowed height for the road. The vehicle height can be specified using the Vehicle Height (meters) restriction parameter.
  • Kingpin to Rear Axle Length Restriction — Does not include roads where the truck exceeds the road's maximum allowed length between its kingpin and its rear axle. The length between the truck's kingpin and its rear axle can be specified using the Vehicle Kingpin to Rear Axle Length (meters) restriction parameter.
  • Length Restriction —Does not include roads where the vehicle length exceeds the maximum allowed length for the road. The vehicle length can be specified using the Vehicle Length (meters) restriction parameter.
  • Preferred for Pedestrians — Uses preferred routes suitable for pedestrian navigation.
  • Riding a Motorcycle —Does not include roads where motorcycles are prohibited. Using this restriction also ensures that the results honor one-way streets.
  • Roads Under Construction Prohibited —Does not include roads that are under construction.
  • Semi or Tractor with One or More Trailers Prohibited —Does not include roads where semis or tractors with one or more trailers are prohibited.
  • Single Axle Vehicles Prohibited —Does not include roads where vehicles with single axles are prohibited.
  • Tandem Axle Vehicles Prohibited —Does not include roads where vehicles with tandem axles are prohibited.
  • Through Traffic Prohibited —Does not include roads where through traffic (nonlocal) is prohibited.
  • Truck with Trailers Restriction —Does not include roads where trucks with the specified number of trailers on the truck are prohibited. The number of trailers on the truck can be specified using the Number of Trailers on Truck restriction parameter.
  • Use Preferred Hazmat Routes —Prefers roads that are designated for transporting any kind of hazardous materials.
  • Use Preferred Truck Routes —Prefers roads that are designated as truck routes, such as the roads that are part of the national network as specified by the National Surface Transportation Assistance Act in the United States, or roads that are designated as truck routes by the state or province, or roads that are preferred by the trucks when driving in an area.
  • Walking —Does not include roads where pedestrians are prohibited.
  • Weight Restriction —Does not include roads where the vehicle weight exceeds the maximum allowed weight for the road. The vehicle weight can be specified using the Vehicle Weight (kilograms) restriction parameter.
  • Weight per Axle Restriction —Does not include roads where the vehicle weight per axle exceeds the maximum allowed weight per axle for the road. The vehicle weight per axle can be specified using the Vehicle Weight per Axle (kilograms) restriction parameter.
  • Width Restriction —Does not include roads where the vehicle width exceeds the maximum allowed width for the road. The vehicle width can be specified using the Vehicle Width (meters) restriction parameter.

Restriction usage parameter

Parameters specify additional values required by some restrictions, such as the weight of a vehicle for Weight Restriction . You can also use the attribute parameter to specify whether any restriction prohibits, avoids, or prefers travel on roads that use the restriction. If the restriction is meant to avoid or prefer roads, you can further specify the degree to which they are avoided or preferred using this parameter. For example, you can choose to never use toll roads, avoid them as much as possible, or even highly prefer them.

The Restriction Usage Parameter for a restriction can be assigned any of the following values:

  • Prohibited —Travel on the roads using the restriction is completely prohibited.
  • Avoid High —It is highly unlikely for the tool to include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
  • Avoid Medium —It is unlikely for the tool to include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
  • Avoid Low —It is somewhat unlikely for the tool to include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
  • Prefer Low —It is somewhat likely for the tool to include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
  • Prefer Medium —It is likely for the tool to include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.
  • Prefer High —It is highly likely for the tool to include in the route the roads that are associated with the restriction.

In most cases, you can use the default value, Prohibited , for the Restriction Usage parameter if the restriction is dependent on a vehicle characteristic such as vehicle height. In some cases, the value for Restriction Usage parameter depends on your routing preferences. For example, the Avoid Toll Roads restriction has the default value of Avoid Medium for the Restriction Usage parameter. This means that when the restriction is used, the tool attempts to route around toll roads when it can. Avoid Medium also indicates how important it is to avoid toll roads when finding the best route; it has a medium priority. Avoid Low puts lower importance on avoiding tolls; Avoid High gives a higher importance and makes it more acceptable for the service to generate longer routes to avoid tolls. Prohibited prohibits travel on toll roads, making it impossible for a route to travel on any portion of a toll road. Keep in mind that avoiding or prohibiting toll roads, and therefore avoiding toll payments, is the objective for some; in contrast, others prefer to drive on toll roads because avoiding traffic is more valuable than avoiding toll costs. If your interest is in avoiding traffic, you should choose Prefer Low , Prefer Medium , or Prefer High as the value for the Restriction Usage parameter. The higher the preference, the more focused travel mode is to travel on the roads associated with the restriction.

  • Reset travel modes

To reset the travel modes back to the defaults, click Reset or delete the last travel mode. This deletes all the travel modes defined for your organization and lists the default travel modes. You are now ready to reconfigure travel modes.

  • Travel mode language

In general, the language specified in a member's user settings determines the language in which travel mode information is displayed in the portal. For example, if an organization member sets their language to French, they see French travel mode information when using directions and routing capabilities.

If an organization administrator modifies or creates travel modes for the organization, the travel modes are displayed for all organization members in the current language of the administrator, overriding individual users' language settings. For example, if your language is set to English when you configure travel modes, the newly configured travel modes are displayed in English for all members, regardless of their individual language settings.

If you want to change the travel mode language after configuring travel modes for the organization—for example, to change the language back to French—you must update the language in your user settings and reset the travel modes to the defaults. You can then reconfigure the travel modes in the new language.

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Is it safe to travel to Haiti right now? What travelers should know

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The State Department is urging Americans not to travel to Haiti amid fresh gang violence in the country, which declared a state of emergency last week.

While neither the warnings nor violence are entirely new – Haiti has been a Level 4: Do Not Travel destination in State Department travel advisories since even before the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse – a spate of recent high-profile attacks, including an attempt by armed gangs to seize control of the country’s main international airport, has sparked renewed urgency. 

“The current security situation in Haiti is unpredictable and dangerous,” the U.S. Embassy in Haiti said in a security alert issued Sunday. “We are aware that there are few or no commercial options to depart Haiti safely at this time. As they become available, we urge U.S. citizens to take advantage of them. The U.S. Embassy’s ability to assist U.S. citizens is severely limited.” 

The U.S. military stepped in to airlift American personnel “into and out of the Embassy” to augment security, U.S. Southern Command said Sunday in a statement to USA TODAY. Meanwhile, U.S. citizens in Haiti can fill out crisis intake forms and enroll in the State Department’s Smart Traveler Enrollment Program program for updates. 

Here’s what airlines and cruise lines are doing about trips to Haiti:

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Are there direct flights to Haiti?

Three U.S. airlines typically operate direct flights to Haiti: American, JetBlue and Spirit. However, all three have temporarily suspended service and issued travel waivers for the Caribbean destination.

◾ American Airlines customers with flights scheduled to, through, or from Port-au-Prince (PAP) through March 15 may modify flights without paying change fees. Changes must be made by March 15 with the same origin and destination cities as the original booking.

◾ JetBlue Airways is waiving change and cancellation fees for travelers with flights scheduled to and from Port-au-Prince through March 22. Customers must rebook by March 27. 

◾ Spirit Airlines is waiving change fees and fare differences on travel to, from, or through Cap Haitien (CAP) and Port-au-Prince through April 15. Travelers should rebook by April 30. After that, the airline said change fees would still be waived, but fare differences may apply.

Do cruise ships still go to Haiti?

Royal Caribbean and its sister line Celebrity Cruises stop in Labadee, Haiti , a private destination about six hours away from Port-au-Prince by car. 

According to Celebrity’s website, it doesn’t look like the line has any sailings scheduled there until fall, but Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas, Explorer of the Seas, Independence of the Seas, Mariner of the Seas, Oasis of the Seas and Symphony of the Seas all have stops scheduled in Labadee over the next month. So far none have been canceled. 

“The safety of our guests and crew is our top priority,” a Royal Caribbean spokesperson said in a statement to USA TODAY. “Our global security teams are closely monitoring the situation in the area, and at all times, we remind guests to remain aware of their surroundings while ashore. Should any changes be required, guests will be notified directly.”

The cruise line is aware of the travel advisory and has private security in the area. Only employees and guests are allowed on site. Guests are not allowed to leave the resort, partly for their safety.

Eve Chen is a travel reporter  for USA TODAY based in Atlanta. You can reach her at [email protected].

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Roadmap Will Add Speedrun Mode, Boss Attack, and New Story DLC

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In the wake of a successful launch that saw it win acclaim from fans of the Metroidvania genre, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is set to get even more content as part of a roadmap extending through 2024

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's roadmap begins with a Speedrun Mode releasing on March 20.

Prince of Persia's new post-launch roadmap kicks off on March 20 with free Warrior's Path DLC, including a Speedrun Mode, Permadeath Mode, and new outfits for Sargon. From there Ubisoft will be adding the following content throughout the year.

  • Boss Attack - DLC featuring a Boss Rush mode and more Sargon outfits. It'll be out Spring 2024.
  • Divine Trials - New combat, platform, and puzzle challenges along with items.
  • A brand new story DLC - There's no additional info on this content, but it looks to expand on the main story and is expected to release later in 2024.

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Prince of Persia: The Lost Crow was released in January and won praise for its excellent platforming and combat. We awarded it an 8 in our review , writing, "Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown captures not only what made games such as The Sands of Time so good, but it irons out a lot of the little issues that plagued the 3D games in this series by opting for a 2D perspective – and owning it."

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is available now on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S. For more check out all the biggest games coming out in 2024 and beyond .

Kat Bailey is IGN's News Director as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.

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Escape From Tarkov Arena finally gets an unranked mode.

The latest set of patch notes for Escape From Tarkov Arena has finally added an unranked mode that allows you to play a more casual style with fewer restrictions.

The 1.5.1 update for Escape From Tarkov Arena , which is available now, makes some big changes to the game with the most notable being the addition of the unranked game mode. Now you can queue for a match using the unranked option, which was previously locked.

In unranked you can play both Team Fight and Shootout, with the 2x2 and 3x3 variations for the latter. You can also play on any map, with the restriction for selecting multiple maps removed, meaning if you only want to play a single map you can. The restriction of having no duplicate presets on the same team has also been removed, so you can all run around with exactly the same loadout if you wish. Cash rewards have also been scaled up, but you obviously won't be gaining any ARP for winning.

While there aren’t all that many differences between ranked and unranked, having a slightly less high-stakes experience that doesn’t punish experimentation quite as hard is certainly a positive. I expect many players to keep grinding ranked but having unranked will certainly help the new player experience as they learn the game, providing queue times are not super long.

Elsewhere in the patch, there are new punishments for anyone who is found to be team-killing. The amount of team kills required to get a warning has been reduced from four to three, which still seems high, while the number of team kills to be kicked has been reduced from six to four. If a player kills or damages a teammate before the start of a round or shortly after it starts the offender will be instantly killed and issued a warning. If they do it again they will be kicked and blocked from playing another match for 30 minutes. If they end up doing it again in another match that punishment can be increased.

While the warning system does still seem a bit generous, this should go some of the way to dealing with players who are griefing games, which has become a bit of a problem in Arena in recent weeks. While personally, I would like to see stricter rules and fewer chances I understand that it can be very easy to team kill someone in Arena . However, getting the chance to do that three times before any punishment seems a little generous.

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  1. Travel modes—ArcGIS Pro

    You can perform the following by clicking the Options button in the upper right corner of the dialog box. Note: The options below are only available when the travel modes are accessed through the network dataset properties dialog box. New (Ctrl+N) —Create a travel mode. Copy (Ctrl+Shift+N) —Create a copy of an existing travel mode.

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    However, you can do exactly what you said. Just do: tm = arcpy.nax.TravelMode() Then update the properties of the travel mode object, which are listed in the documentation. tm.name = "My awesome travel mode" # Auto-generated distance-based impedance attribute created by running # Create Network Dataset.

  3. Configure travel modes—ArcGIS Online Help

    Click Utility Services on the left side of the page. Click Configure Travel Modes. To create a travel mode, click Create Travel Mode and enter the following information: Enter a name and description for the travel mode. The name must be unique within the set of travel modes and can contain up to 30 characters. They are case insensitive.

  4. Create a network dataset—ArcGIS Pro

    Add travel modes. A travel mode is essentially a template consisting of a long list of travel settings that define the physical characteristics of a vehicle or pedestrian. These characteristics are considered when performing network analysis to define how the vehicle or pedestrian travels and where it can go. Having a predefined travel mode ...

  5. Create a travel mode—ArcGIS Pro

    When you add a travel mode to a network dataset, you specify values for a group of properties that describe the movement and behavior of a car, truck, pedestrian, or other travel mode. You can choose a preconfigured travel mode each time you perform a network analysis. Travel modes can be created by accessing the property page of a network ...

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    In ArcGIS Pro 1.4 or later, open the network dataset layer properties, and click the Travel Modes section on the bottom. To create a new travel mode, click the burger menu in the top right, and then New. You'll see some fields for your new travel mode in the dialog. Give the travel mode a name and description that will inform your workers ...

  7. Adding travel modes—ArcMap

    Click the Travel Modes tab. If any travel modes are present, they are listed in the Travel Modes drop-down list. Click the Add button . The Add New Travel Mode dialog box appears. Type the name of the travel mode you want to model. If other travel modes are already present, you can quickly create a new travel mode based on an old one.

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    If you have ArcMap, you might be able to add travel modes to the shapefile network there and then use them in Pro. I'm not really sure if that works, though. View solution in original post. Reply. 1 Kudo 13 Replies by DanPatterson. MVP Esteemed Contributor ‎07-09-2021 06:52 PM. Mark as New; Bookmark; Subscribe; Mute;

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  10. Travel modes—Portal for ArcGIS

    The administrator can also add new travel modes or remove travel modes that are not necessary for your organization. Driving time. Driving time models the movement of cars and other similar small automobiles, such as pickup trucks, and finds solutions that optimize travel time. This travel mode obeys one-way roads, avoids illegal turns, and ...

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  12. Retrieve travel modes—ArcGIS REST APIs

    Retrieve travel modes service is used to get the supported travel modes configured in your ArcGIS Online organization. A travel mode is essentially a template consisting of a long list of travel settings that define the physical characteristics of a vehicle or pedestrian. Those characteristics are considered when performing a network analysis ...

  13. Travel Modes in Directions

    Travel Modes in Directions Stay organized with collections Save and categorize content based on your preferences. This example demonstrates the use of the DirectionsService object to fetch directions for different travel modes.

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    Modeling a Travel Mode 1. Costs (impedance), distance attribute, and time attribute-What you want to minimize during the analysis.2. U-Turn Policy-Where to allow and not allow U-turns.3. Hierarchy on/off-On = prefer higher-order streets such as freeways.Solves faster.-Off = analysis considers all streets and doesn't prefer higher order streets.4. ...

  15. TravelMode

    A TravelMode is a set of characteristics that define how an object like a vehicle, bicycle, or pedestrian moves along a street network. Those characteristics are considered when finding directions to determine how the vehicle or pedestrian travels, and where they can go. To get a list of supported travel modes, find the default travel mode, and ...

  16. GetTravelModes tool—ArcGIS REST APIs

    The GetTravelModes tool is meant to be used by applications to display the name and, optionally, the description of the available travel modes in their user experience. An administrator of your organization can configure travel modes to change the properties of the default travel modes provided by ArcGIS Enterprise, add new travel modes that ...

  17. Travel modes—ArcGIS Pro

    Follow these steps to access the travel modes settings on the network analysis layer properties dialog box. On the Analysis tab, in the Tools group, click Network Analysis and select an analysis layer. The selected analysis layer is added to the Contents pane. Right-click the analysis layer in the Contents pane and click Properties.

  18. What is Travel Mode?

    Scroll to the Location section at the bottom and tap "Travel to…" Search the city you'd like to appear in and select it; To turn off Travel Mode: 1. Open your Bumble app Settings by selecting the gear icon. 2. Select the blue Travel button. 3. The top choice should read, "Current location" Please note, Travel Mode is not available ...

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  20. Use eSIM while traveling internationally with your iPhone

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  27. Configure travel modes

    Click Utility Services on the left side of the page. Click Configure Travel Modes. To create a travel mode, click Create Travel Mode and enter the following information: Enter a name and description for the travel mode. The name must be unique within the set of travel modes and can contain up to 30 characters. They are case insensitive.

  28. Haiti travel: What airlines, cruise lines are doing amid violence

    Three U.S. airlines typically operate direct flights to Haiti: American, JetBlue and Spirit. However, all three have temporarily suspended service and issued travel waivers for the Caribbean ...

  29. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Roadmap Will Add Speedrun Mode ...

    Prince of Persia's new post-launch roadmap kicks off on March 20 with free Warrior's Path DLC, including a Speedrun Mode, Permadeath Mode, and new outfits for Sargon.

  30. 'Escape From Tarkov Arena' Patch Notes Finally Add Unranked Mode

    The latest set of patch notes for Escape From Tarkov Arena has finally added an unranked mode that allows you to play a more casual style with fewer restrictions. The 1.5.1 update for Escape From ...