Searching & filtering POIs¶

Categories¶

By default, each map shows shops (supermarkets, convenience stores, bakeries, ice cream shops, kiosks, beverage stores), amenities (drinking water, fuel, fast food, cafes, toilets, vending machines), cemeteries and springs.

More categories are available, but they are off by default. Under Additional categories on the form (see Getting started), you can select seven of them: Mountain Huts, Bicycle Service, Camping Sites, E-Bike Charging, Hotels / Guesthouses, Restaurants and Shelters. Each one contains some related OpenStreetMap types. For example, Mountain Huts contains alpine huts with staff and wilderness huts without staff. Restaurants also contains pubs and beer gardens that serve food. E-Bike Charging shows only charging stations that OpenStreetMap marks as usable for bicycles. Select these categories before you create the map, for example for a trip of many days with overnight stops.

Sometimes OpenStreetMap has more than one entry for the same place. OnRouteMap finds these duplicates and shows the place only once.

Search bar¶

The magnifier button in the toolbar opens Search POIs. Type a name or a POI type, and the list shows the matching POIs. On route maps, the From and To sliders limit the search to one section of the route, in kilometers.

Each result shows the icon, the name, the type and the distance (or the route kilometer). The star button adds the POI directly to your favorites. Click a different part of the result, and the map moves to the POI and opens its popup. The list shows a maximum of 30 results. A line below the list tells you how many more results it does not show.

Legend¶

The i button at the bottom right opens the Icon Legend. It lists each icon on the current map, in groups by category. Click the header of the legend to close it again.

Filtering by opening hours¶

The clock button in the toolbar opens Filter by opening hours. Select a day and a time, then click Apply. The map then hides the POIs that are closed at that time. A line in the panel tells you how many POIs are hidden and how many have no opening-hours data. A red dot on the clock button shows that the filter is active. Reset shows all POIs again.