Frequently asked questions

You need an account to draw routes and keep them. A shared link opens without signing in. Saving that plan into your own library is the step that asks you to sign in.

A free account can plan on the map: up to 5 routes, 1 trip, and 10 waypoints on any route. Pro is $5 a month. It removes the route and trip caps, raises the waypoint limit, and adds GPX import, GPX export, and share links. The pricing page lists what each plan includes. Signed in, open Upgrade in the header, or go to Billing.

Sign in and open Plan a ride. In Library, choose New route and give it a name. The map opens empty. Search for the start, or click the map and add the dropped point as a stop.

Use the search box and pick a result, or click the map. That drops a preview, and you choose stop or via. Right-click the map to see the coordinates and add a stop or via directly. Drag a pin to move it.

A stop is a place you mean to be: the start, a gas stop, lunch, the end of the day. A via only pulls the line through a road and does not show up as its own destination. The waypoint menu can switch a point between stop and via.

In the waypoint list, drag the grip to change order. Open the waypoint menu to rename a point, delete it, or switch it between stop and via. Undo point takes back the last point you added. Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z on a Mac) takes back the last change on the map.

One-way ends at the last stop. Round-trip rides back to the start on its own line, so the loop can use different roads. There-and-back retraces the same pavement home. Change it with Route type. The line updates after you have at least two points.

Fastest is the least travel time. Twisty prefers winding roads even when a straighter road would be quicker. Under each waypoint, Fastest and Twisty apply to the stretch that leaves that point. All fastest and All twisty set every segment to the same choice.

Yes. Under each waypoint, the Fastest and Twisty buttons apply only to the stretch that leaves that point. All fastest and All twisty set every segment back to the same choice.

Open Avoid and check Highways, Tolls, Ferries, or Unpaved roads. The count on the button shows how many are on. Those choices apply to the whole route. Unpaved roads means gravel, dirt, and other surfaces tagged as unpaved.

A route is one line. A trip holds several routes in order, which is the right shape for a weekend or a multi-day ride. From Library, choose New trip, then add routes inside it. A standalone route can be added to a trip later from Add to a trip, or you can start a new trip that already includes it.

On a trip, a point of interest is a saved place you can drop into later routes. Save one from a waypoint’s menu, from a search result, or by right-clicking the map. It stays with the trip, not with a standalone route. Add it to the route you are editing from the list, or click its marker on the map.

Library folders sort routes and trips on the shelf. Inside a trip, folders group that trip’s routes so a long itinerary stays readable. Folders are optional. Deleting a trip keeps its routes; deleting a route removes that route.

Sharing is part of Pro. Open Share and create a link. The link is copied for you. Anyone with it can open the map and the plan while your subscription is active. Save to library, on that page, copies it into an account. Stop sharing from the same menu when the link should die.

Export GPX is part of Pro. It downloads a file your unit can follow. On a trip you can export the route you are editing, the entire trip as one file, or every route as its own GPX file. Import GPX, also part of Pro, brings in a track you already have and turns it into a route you can edit.

Use the mi / km control in the header. Distance, duration displays, and climb follow that choice, and the app remembers it.

On a one-way route, Reverse in the route menu flips the waypoint order so the ride runs the other way. You need at least two points. Duplicate copies the route if you want to keep the original and edit a second version.

The map control switches among Outdoors, Light, Dark, and Terrain. Satellite is there too, and it shows when Stadia Maps includes imagery on the current plan. The choice stays on this browser.