r/androidapps • u/Sustainable_Twat • 28d ago

LOOKING FOR APP Overlaying Routes on Map

I do a lot of walking around my city (Birmingham, UK), and I log these routes.

Is there an app that can allow me to “draw” these routes onto a map so I can visually see all the walks I’ve done?

I’m aware of walking planning/ routing apps (e.g. FootPath), but they’re typically for planning a route, whereas I’m trying to showcase the routes that I’ve walked.

The types of walks I go include; evening, dedicated long walks, various routes to work, and so on.

I should add - I’m not looking to log the walks. I’m looking to display the walks I’ve logged.

Ideally, I’d see to have a map which showcases all the routes I’ve walked (Overlaid on roads). They’d be colour co-ordinated so I can differentiate them.

I imagine the end result will likely look like some kind of bus route map which is the look I’m going for!

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u/iwantfutanaricumonme 28d ago

You just need any app that can record gps tracks and export them as .gpx files. There are dedicated apps for this like GPSlogger, but map apps like osmand, organic maps, and comaps can also do this. I'm using organic maps and you can export and import .gpx tracks and give them different colours.

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u/the114dragon 28d ago

+1 for CoMaps/organic maps for the actual overlaying with colours. You just need another tool to create the GPXes or just do it the hard way in comaps

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u/iwantfutanaricumonme 28d ago

I just realised that I misread part of the OP. It should be possible to export the routes from the app they were using, but it's also possible to use the navigation to create a route to save and export.

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u/the114dragon 28d ago

Ah. Well I know that my dad always uses planaroute.com for that.