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Getting started

The form on the home page has three tabs. Create map finds POIs along a GPX route. Radius search finds POIs around one point. My maps lists the maps that you created or opened (see My Maps). The home page remembers the tab that you used last.

Screenshot: the three form tabs on the home page

Option 1: upload a GPX route

Use this option when you have a planned route, for example from a navigation or fitness app.

  1. Under Upload GPX file, choose a .gpx file. OnRouteMap reads the file in your browser and shows the route length and an estimated processing time. If the file is not valid GPX, or the route is longer than 1,000 km, the form tells you immediately.
  2. Set Maximum distance to the route. This is the search distance from the route, in meters (10 to 2,000, default 500).
  3. Choose the Map language. It sets the language of the labels in the generated map. It is not the same as the interface language of the website.
  4. Optional: open Additional categories and select more POI types. Searching & filtering POIs lists them. More categories make the processing time longer.
  5. Optional: open Hide POIs near start/end and enter a distance in kilometers for the start, the end or both. OnRouteMap then ignores POIs in these sections of the route. The default is 0, which keeps the full route.
  6. Click Create map. A processing screen with a time estimate stays open while OnRouteMap analyzes the route.

Screenshot: GPX upload form with the additional categories open

If your GPX file also contains waypoints, OnRouteMap keeps them. They show on the map as a separate layer, and the GPX and KML exports include them again.

Option 2: radius search around a point

Use this option when you have no GPX file and want to see what is near one place.

  1. Click a location on the small map, or use the locate button to go to your current position. You can also type the latitude and longitude.
  2. Set Maximum distance to the search point in meters (10 to 10,000, default 2,000). The range is larger than for a route, because the search covers only one point.
  3. Choose the map language and, if necessary, additional categories, as described above.
  4. Click Create map.

Screenshot: radius search tab with a point selected on the small map

What happens next

Both options open the generated map. The map view describes everything that you can do there. My Maps tells you how to find the map again later.