Hey guys,
Earlier this winter, I posted here asking for feedback on my bike route planner: https://trailimap.com/planner
The main idea was to create a route planner that prioritizes existing bike trails and quiet roads instead of just finding the fastest route between A and B. It also shows you exactly which trails your route uses.
You gave me tons of useful feedback and after implementing many of your suggestions I thought I'd share a quick update here.
Some things I've added since the last post:
- creating and saving routes in collections
- adding descriptions for collections/routes
- detailed surface type information (right-click → "Surface around")
- basic functionality like undo/redo, location search, and reordering waypoints
(link to the original post asking for feedback)
The app is completely free and you don't need to sign up to download GPX files of your routes. It's built on open-source tools: Graphhopper, OpenMapTiles, and OSM data.
Hope you find it useful! I'm always open to more feedback if you have any.
P.S. Only North America and Europe are working right now due to server migration. Other regions back will be back in a couple of days!
by allgood11111
5 Comments
This is nice but there’s mapy.com that already has all this and works!
Thanks for making this, I usually use a combination of [bikerouter.de](http://bikerouter.de) and Organic Maps bicycle routing, but I am gonna have a look at this.
Super nice! One small feature in Komoot that I really like is on the elevation plot to include % grade for any given point. Might be a nice addition to your app.
Looks fantastic! Thanks for creating and sharing!
Thank you for this tool. I’ve been promoting your app to new bike commuters who are apprehensive about road riding. One issue I’ve noticed, and it’s not unique to your app, is lack of consideration of elevation. If there are two route options and one is 0.1 miles shorter but goes up and over a steep hill, the shorter but hillier route is usually displayed.