Route map for WordPress – along roads or by hand

What it does

Every kind of way, on your map

Along real roads

From address to address, on foot, by bike or by car. If you drag one of the lettered stops, the route finds its way again.

Drawn by hand

Click point by point, either in straight lines or along the paths for walking, cycling or driving. Good for trails no router knows.

Start, finish, length

A flag at the start, a chequered flag at the finish, and the length for visitors who click the line.

Connect your places

Pick several places and “Connect with a route”. Move a place later, and the route follows.

Set it up

Three steps, no API key

Pick the route tool. “Plan along streets” for a route from address to address, or “Draw by hand” to click it point by point.
Set the stops. Start, destination and stops on the way, each one an address or one of your places. Choose on foot, by bike or by car, then “Draw the route”.
Finish the look. In the route’s panel you set a name, “Start and finish”, “Show the length to visitors” and a colour. Under “More options” you’ll find the line width and the choice of solid, dashed or dotted.

The “Plan a route” panel in Map Studio with three stops, “On foot” chosen and the route drawn along the streets behind it

In use

Several routes, one map

Three courier routes and a same-day zone in the Map Studio editor, each route with its number of stops in the list — In the studio: three courier tours and their zone, each in its own colour.

The same courier routes on a website, tilted with 3D buildings: solid, dashed and dotted lines with start and finish flags — On the website: solid, dashed and dotted, tilted with 3D buildings.

Good to know

Questions people ask

Do I need a key for routes along roads?

No. By default they come from the free OpenStreetMap routing of FOSSGIS. If you prefer openrouteservice or GraphHopper (with your own key) or your own OSRM or Valhalla server, choose it under Map Studio → Settings.

Does the route service see my visitors?

No. The route is planned once while you make the map and saved with it. Visitors only see the finished line, and their browser never asks a route service.

Can visitors find their own way to my place?

Each popup can have “Get directions”, which opens Google Maps, Apple Maps or OpenStreetMap. With Map Studio Pro, “How do I get there?” plans the way right on your map.

I have the route as a GPX file.

Pro imports it and shows its climbs as an elevation profile below the map. With “Ride along”, Pro can also fly the camera along any route.

Is it free?

Yes. Routes along real roads, routes drawn by hand, start and finish flags and the length are part of the free plugin.

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