Route Planning

The Route Planning tool allows you to create and edit routes by placing or moving anchor points on the map. Routes can follow roads using intelligent routing or connect points with straight lines.

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Settings

The tool panel contains settings to control routing behavior. You can minimize the panel by clicking the collapse button to save screen space.

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Routing Toggle

When routing is enabled, anchor points placed on the map will be connected by a route calculated on the OpenStreetMap road network. Disable routing to connect anchor points with straight lines. Keyboard shortcut: F5

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Activity Type

Select the activity type to tailor routes for your specific use case:

• Cycling - Prefers bike-friendly roads and paths
• Hiking - Prefers trails and footpaths
• Car - Standard road routing
• Motorcycle - Optimized for motorcycle touring on paved roads
• ADV Motorcycle - Routes through tracks, unpaved roads, and other off-road-accessible ways that Car and Motorcycle profiles avoid. With “Avoid motorways” on by default, it prefers scenic back roads and secondary highways.

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Avoid Toggles

Some profiles expose additional routing parameters as toggles. When you switch to a profile with toggles (currently ADV Motorcycle), the toggles appear automatically in the tool panel.

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Allow Private Roads

When enabled, the routing engine will consider private roads when computing routes.

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Creating Routes

Creating a route is simple - click on the map to place anchor points. Each new point extends your route.

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Plotting Points

1. Select the Route Planning tool from the left toolbar
2. Click on the map to place your first anchor point
3. Continue clicking to add more points
4. The route will automatically connect points based on your routing settings

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Editing Routes

You can modify existing routes in several ways:

• Move anchor points - Drag any anchor point to reroute the segment connecting it with adjacent points
• Insert new points - Hover over a segment to reveal a midpoint marker, then drag it to insert a new anchor point
• Delete points - Click on an anchor point and select Delete from the context menu

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Route Tools

The following tools automate common route modification operations:

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Reverse

Reverse the direction of the route, swapping the start and end points.

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Back to Start

Connect the last point of the route back to the starting point using your current routing settings. This creates an open loop.

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Round Trip

Return to the starting point by retracing the same route, effectively doubling the distance.

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Change Loop Start

When your route forms a loop (end point is close to the start), you can change where the loop begins. Click on any anchor point and select Start loop here from the context menu.

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Anchor Points

Anchor points are control points that define your route. When you create a route using the routing tool, anchor points mark the key locations the route passes through. The routing engine calculates the best path between these points based on your selected activity type (cycling, hiking, etc).

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Opening the Anchor Points Panel

1. Select the Routing tool from the toolbar
2. Enable “Use routing” if it is not already on
3. Click the Points button to open the Anchor Points panel

The panel displays all anchor points for your currently selected track or segment.

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Numbered Markers on the Map

When the Anchor Points panel is open, numbered blue markers appear on the map showing each anchor point in order:

• 1 marks the start of your route
• Intermediate numbers mark via points along the route
• The highest number marks the end of your route

These markers are positioned directly on the route path, not floating off to the side.

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Interacting with Anchor Points

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On the Map

• Drag a marker to move an anchor point to a new location
• Ctrl+click (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+click (Mac) on a marker to delete it
• Right-click on a marker to delete it

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In the Panel

Each anchor point row shows:

• A drag handle on the left
• The point number
• The point name (Start, End, or Via) and coordinates
• A navigation icon to fly to the location
• A trash icon to delete the point

Actions in the panel:

• Drag a row by the grip handle to reorder points
• Click a row to fly the map to that location
• Click the navigation icon to fly to the point
• Click the trash icon to delete the point

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How Routing Works When Points Change

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Moving a Point

When you drag an anchor point to a new location, the route is recalculated. The routing engine finds the best path from the previous anchor point through the new location to the next anchor point.

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Deleting a Point

When you delete an anchor point, the route is recalculated to connect the remaining points directly. For example, if you delete a via point between Start and End, the route will be recalculated to go directly from Start to End.

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Reordering Points

When you drag rows to change the order of anchor points, the entire route is recalculated in the new sequence. This lets you quickly reorganize your route without manually moving each point on the map.

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Control Point Snapping

When you place or move an anchor point, it automatically snaps to the nearest valid position on the calculated route. This ensures your control points always lie on the actual path rather than floating off to the side. The snapping happens after the routing engine calculates the path between points.

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Tips

• Use fewer anchor points for smoother routes that follow the routing engine’s preferred paths
• Add more anchor points when you need the route to pass through specific locations
• Reorder points in the panel when you want to visit the same locations in a different sequence
• Delete unnecessary via points to let the routing engine find more direct paths