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Plan routes and places

Plan a new route, or save places you want to visit. More info on the Planner start screen shows examples.

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Plan a route

  1. Open Planner → Start a new plan.
  2. Choose Draw route, then a Travel mode: touring bike, road bike, mountain bike, hiking, or car.
  3. Click the map to add points. The route follows paths between them.
  4. Click Save.

Distance, climb, time, and an elevation profile update as you edit. Your recorded tracks and public trails are shown for reference only; the route follows your points and the travel mode.

Change the route

  • Move a point: drag it, or click it and choose Move to…, then click the new position.
  • More options: click a point to Remove point, Start route here, or End route here.
  • Tools: Reverse route or Clear route. Clearing the route keeps your saved places.
  • Undo and Redo work for all changes.

Keyboard: with the map focused, Alt+Left/Right selects route points and Enter opens their options.

Drag the panel down to see more of the map. More map shrinks it to the totals; Show tools brings the tools back.

Save places

Choose Points of interest to add named places with an icon and an optional note. A plan can contain a route, places, or both.

Open a saved plan

On the Planner start screen:

  • Continue your current plan returns to your unsaved draft.
  • Continue a saved plan opens a saved plan to edit it or export it as GPX.

Save copy saves your changes as a new plan and keeps the original.

GPX export contains only the route, not the places. Plans don't count in your activity statistics.

If routes don't finish, see route planning service.