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The File menu contains essential file operations for managing your GPX files and folders.

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New File

Create a new empty GPX file. Keyboard shortcut: Cmd+N (Mac) / Ctrl+N (Windows)

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Open Files…

Open files from your computer. Keyboard shortcut: Cmd+O (Mac) / Ctrl+O (Windows)
You can also drag and drop files directly from your file system into the Rendzo window.

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New Folder

Create a new folder to organize your files. Folders help you keep related routes and tracks grouped together in your workspace.

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Import Google URL…

Paste a Google Maps directions URL and Rendzo builds a new GPX file from it. Each stop in the directions becomes a waypoint, and the routing tool computes a path between them along roads or trails — so the result is a real GPX track, not just a list of points.

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How It Works

  1. In Google Maps, plan a route with at least two stops (e.g., “Albuquerque → Santa Fe → Taos”).
  2. Click Share in Google Maps and copy the URL — make sure it’s the full URL, not a shortened share link (see Limitations below).
  3. In Rendzo, choose File → Import Google URL….
  4. Paste the URL into the dialog. The dialog parses it live:
    • ”✓ N waypoints · Google travel mode: drive” means the URL parsed successfully.
    • A red error message means the URL is unsupported or empty.
  5. The Routing profile dropdown is automatically set based on Google’s travel mode:
    • Drive → Car
    • Bike → Bike
    • Walk / Transit → Run/hike
    You can override this — for example, switch to Gravel bike or ADV Motorcycle if you’d rather route on different terrain than Google’s default.
  6. Click Import. A new GPX file appears in your File Tree with the routed track and the waypoints.
Press Cmd+Enter (Mac) or Ctrl+Enter (Windows) inside the URL textarea to submit without clicking Import.

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Limitations

  • Short URLs are not supported. Links like goo.gl/maps/... or maps.app.goo.gl/... only resolve through Google’s servers; they don’t contain the route data Rendzo needs. Open the short link in your browser first to expand it to the full URL, then paste that.
  • The URL must have at least 2 resolved stops. A URL with only an origin (no destination) can’t become a route.
  • Coordinates must already be in the URL. Most directions URLs include them automatically. If yours doesn’t, open the route in Google Maps and the URL should refresh with coordinates embedded.

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What You Get

The resulting file:
  • Contains one waypoint per stop in the Google directions, named with the place label from Google when available.
  • Contains a single routed track connecting the waypoints along the network for your chosen profile.
  • Is saved to the root of your File Tree — you can drag it into a folder afterward.
The route is computed by Rendzo’s routing engine using OpenStreetMap data, not by Google. If you want a different routing engine’s path or you don’t want the route computed at all (just the waypoints), use the regular Route Planning tool with the same coordinates.

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Duplicate

Create a copy of the currently selected files. Keyboard shortcut: Cmd+D (Mac) / Ctrl+D (Windows)
This option is only available when one or more files are selected.

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Export…

Open the export dialog to save the currently selected files to your computer. Keyboard shortcut: Option+Cmd+S (Mac) / Alt+Ctrl+S (Windows)
This option is only available when one or more files are selected.

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Export All…

Open the export dialog to save all open files to your computer. Keyboard shortcut: Shift+Cmd+S (Mac) / Shift+Ctrl+S (Windows)
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