Share a route

This is where a ride enters the site. Two ways in, and the second exists because whoever rode the route does not always have the GPX file.

You have the GPX file: upload it together with the route details and you are done. It works without an account too: an email address is enough.
You do not have it: get it from a Google Maps itinerary or from a Google My Maps map, then decide whether to keep it or share it. Conversions need an account.

Every shared route is checked by an administrator before it goes public.

You already have the GPX file

If you recorded the track with a satnav, a phone or a smartwatch, the file is more accurate than any reconstruction: use this way whenever you can. Without an account you also need your email address: that is where the account comes from.

Your email

If this is your first time, you will receive an email to confirm it and choose a password. Your address is never published on the site.

Display name (optional)

This is the name your route will be signed with. Leave it empty and a pseudonym is used instead.

Route title

It also names the file: whoever downloads "Lake Como loop" gets lake-como-loop.gpx, whatever the file you upload is called.

You do not need to enter the area. It is derived from the coordinates in the GPX file: every province crossed if the route stays within one region, the regions themselves if it crosses more than one. Because of this check the upload may take a few seconds longer.

Difficulty level Surface type

Report difficulty and surface as you found them: they help other riders judge whether the route suits their motorcycle and their experience.

Description (optional) GPX file

Maximum size 15 MB.

By uploading the file you declare that you have the right to do so, that the information given reflects your personal experience, and that you accept the terms of use.
The route remains a suggestion: whoever downloads it rides it under their own responsibility.

No GPX file?

You can get one from a Google Maps itinerary or from a Google My Maps map. What you convert stays yours: download it and nothing else happens, or choose at the end to share it with the community.

From Google Maps to GPX

Paste the link of a Google Maps route: the itinerary is rebuilt road by road and becomes a GPX file for your navigator.

In Google Maps: Directions → build the route → Share → Copy link. Short maps.app.goo.gl links work too. It must be a route with at least two stops, not a single place. If you dragged the route to make it follow specific roads, those points are respected.

From a Google My Maps KML to GPX

If you drew the route on Google My Maps, export it as KML and upload it here: it is the most faithful import, because the KML already contains the track you drew, so there is no road to rebuild.

In My Maps: open the map, the three-dot menu next to the title, Export to KML/KMZ. Both .kml and .kmz are fine. If the map has several layers the longest route is taken and we tell you about the others.

Conversions need an account

Conversions run on our servers and query a route-calculation service: that is why they are for registered users. Sharing a GPX file, on the other hand, works without an account, with the form above. Registering is free and only needs an email address.

What happens to your data: nothing is published and nothing enters the route archive unless you choose to. The file sits in a temporary folder for one hour, then it is deleted.

Road routes are computed by openrouteservice, a free service based on OpenStreetMap data. The free plan we use allows 2,000 conversions a day for the whole site: when they run out, conversions switch to a slower backup service, and the next day it starts over.