Route Planning Tools

In the panel of your planned route, there are additional tools for working with the route.

Selection of Transportation Type

When planning a route, you can choose the type of transportation – by car, public transport (currently only on a computer), bike, on foot, on skis (worldwide) and by boat (only in the Czech Republic). For planned routes, only the types of transportation available for the specific route are displayed.

Below the transportation method selection, there is a button for refining transportation settings. You can refine planning through toll sections, prefer outdoor paths or routes suitable for road cycling. When traveling by car through multiple countries, you can choose whether to avoid toll roads in a particular country or not.

Planning Route by Car

When planning routes by car, you can use options to find the fastest route with traffic (reflects the current traffic situation, including current travel speeds on roads – in CZ, SK, PL, AU, DE, HU, SI, HR, IT). The fastest (without traffic data) and shortest route types reflect the average speed on those roads. You can also choose to avoid toll sections. For online planning, the route always avoids currently valid closures, while for offline planning it avoids regularly recurring closures.

In the Options dropdown menu, you can enable the “Avoid tolls” option, which allows you to plan a car route only through sections where it is not necessary to pay tolls or have the appropriate highway vignette. In countries where you want to use toll sections, the planner displays information about the length of toll sections from the total route length in the given country. Here you will also find a link to the official store where you can purchase the required motorway vignette. If you have Premium, you can also plan a route that only avoids highways and set a maximum vehicle speed, which will affect the estimated travel time.

Planning Route by Public Transport

Planning a trip by public transport is available both on the web and in the app (with minor differences in features). The user can choose the direction (departure or arrival), as well as the date and time of the journey. In the app, it is also possible to select the preferred type of transport and other connection parameters. You can find more detailed information here.

Planning Route on Foot

When planning routes, you can check the preference for hiking routes leading past points of interest over the shortest possible routes. As a Premium user, you can also use the option to plan an optimal route through via ferratas, with a sports stroller on a paved surface, or if you want to go jogging in nature. For online planning, the route always avoids currently valid closures. Regularly recurring closures are also avoided offline. For planning a walking route, a speed of 4 km/h is used, which changes according to the elevation profile. With a Premium membership, you can set the speed of all types of walking routes according to your own needs.

Planning Route by Bicycle

When planning routes by bicycle, you can use route options for bike touring, mountain or road biking. Bike touring prefers bike paths and bike routes, mountain biking plans the route on trails and forest roads in more challenging terrain, and road biking prefers bike routes and paved roads. If you are a Premium user, you can also plan a route optimized for gravel or trekking bikes on dirt and forest roads or less challenging terrain, or choose a special option for sport scooters that prefer bike paths and good surfaces. Online planning always avoids currently valid closures. Regularly recurring closures are avoided offline too. The planning speed is 18 km/h, which changes according to the elevation profile. As a Premium user, you have the option to set the speed for all types of bike routes according to your needs.

Planning Route on Skis

You can also plan a route on cross-country skis, and as a Premium user also for ski touring on ski and specialized ski touring routes. The planning speed is 6 km/h, which changes according to the elevation profile. As a Premium user, you have the option to set this speed according to your needs.

Planning Route by Boat

For planning routes on selected river sections in the Czech and Slovak Republics, no selectable options are generally available. The planning speed is 4 km/h. As a Premium user, you have the option to set this speed according to your needs.

User Speed Premium

If you have a Premium subscription, you can set your average user speeds for outdoor activities (walking, cycling, skiing, water sports) and their subcategories. This can be set in your account settings (on the computer at the top right under Profile/Settings, in the app in Menu Settings/Premium features). The average speed on flat terrain is always indicated. You can reset the set speed to default values at any time. If you don’t have an active subscription, you will see default average speeds for outdoor activities, but you cannot change them in any way.

Route Restrictions and Events

There are restrictions and events for different types of transportation.

Restrictions for cars:

  • Closure: Section is currently closed
  • No entry: Section in a restricted entry area (traffic sign or barrier)
  • Restricted entry area: Hospitals, etc. (section in a closed area. Entry may be limited or subject to a fee)
  • Pedestrian zone

Events for cars:

  • No winter maintenance: Road is not maintained in winter
  • Snow plowing: Section is maintained by plowing
  • Train transport: Section with vehicle transport by train
  • Ferry: Section with ferry transport
  • Ford (water crossing): Section with a ford
  • Toll booth: Entry fee collection point
  • Temporarily toll-free: Section is temporarily free of charge
  • Toll-free: Section has no charge
  • Reduced drivability: Section with degraded road surface
  • Very poor drivability: Section with very poor road surface quality

Restrictions for bicycles and pedestrians:

  • Area with restricted entry/access: Section within a closed/private area. Entry/access may be restricted or subject to a fee
  • Prohibited bicycle/entry:
    • Section with restricted access for pedestrians/cyclists
    • Section in a military area
    • Inaccessible section in a game reserve
    • Section with restricted access due to nature protection
    • Section with restricted access due to water source protectio
    • Section with no entry allowed
  • Closure: Section closed to pedestrians/cyclists

Events for bicycles:

  • Train transport: Section with transport by train
  • Ferry: Section with ferry transport
  • Stairs: Section with stairs
  • Reduced rideability (road bike only): Section with degraded surface quality
  • Very poor rideability (road bike only): Section with poor surface quality
  • Difficult section: Section with increased technical difficulty (approximately corresponds to mtb:scale = 2)
  • Very difficult section: Section with high technical difficulty (corresponds to mtb:scale = 3 and higher)

The difficulty of cycling sections is based on OpenStreetMap data, specifically a combination of the mtb:scale and mtb:scale:imba tags.

Events for pedestrians:

  • Via ferrata: Section requiring ferrata equipment
  • Train transport: Section with transport by train
  • Ferry: Section with ferry transport
  • Reduced passability (stroller only): Section with degraded surface quality
  • Very poor passability (stroller only): Section with poor surface quality
  • Difficult section: More demanding mountain terrain (approximately corresponds to sac_scale = 4 – alpine hiking)
  • Very difficult section: Highly demanding to exposed terrain (corresponds to sac_scale = 5 and 6 – demanding to difficult alpine hiking)

The difficulty of pedestrian sections is based on the sac_scale classification in OpenStreetMap.

Planning a Future Route

When planning a route, you can select the date and time of departure or arrival. For fast routes with traffic, the planning takes into account the expected traffic situation at the chosen time. Other types of planning reflect road closures valid at that time. When navigation is started, the travel time is recalculated to the present situation.

Saving to My Mapy

The Save tool stores the planned route into My Mapy for later use on a computer or in the mobile app. Saving requires you to be logged in. You can edit, remove, and add new waypoints to your previously saved routes at any time, choose different transportation methods, etc.

Any change made to an already planned and edited route will turn the green Save option into a red Save option. The following options will appear:

  • Save changes: The changes made will be saved to the existing planned route and replace the original planned route
  • Save new: The changes made will be saved as a completely new route, leaving the original planned route unaffected. In the case of choosing Save New, the standard save route name and folder location menu will appear again

The Share tool generates a shortened link that leads to the map with the planned route just as you see it yourself. Simply copy the link and send it to someone. The shortened link is permanent, and its lifespan is not limited. You can also share the current screen on social media.

The route can also be shared using a QR code that you can download as an image in JPG (pixels) or SVG (vectors) formats on the web. You can further use the downloaded QR code in your printed materials.

Export of Planned Route to File

Under the Export option, there are links to download the route for uploading to GPS navigations. Exports in GPX format are supported. When exporting to *.gpx, two types of output are distinguished (route – only breakpoints, track – the entire route).

  • By car: Export to *.gpx = route and track
  • By bike, on foot, on skis: Export to *.gpx = track

Finding Accommodation at Destination

The Find accommodation at destination button redirects you to Booking.com, allowing you to easily book accommodation at your intended destination.

Weather on the Route

If you activate the weather display on the route, you can choose from three types of weather to track (temperature, precipitation, and wind) and the planned time and day of departure. The weather will be displayed for individual parts of the route on the map, including the estimated time of passing through the specified locations. Weather information is available for both routes and trips. In the bubbles on the route, besides the main information (icon, temperature, wind, precipitation), the time is also displayed. A forecast up to 5 days ahead is possible. Weather data is provided by Windy.com.

Elevation Profile

The elevation profile is available on the web and in the mobile app for all modes of transport except public transport. You can also find it in Nearby Trips, recorded activities, imported GPX routes, and when measuring distances manually.
Route statistics are displayed above the graph. Waypoints are numbered in the profile, while triangles mark the highest and lowest points along the route.

Using the elevation profile

Click or drag along the graph to view information about a specific point. Its location is also marked with a dot on the route on the map. Zooming in on the graph also zooms in on the corresponding section of the map.
In the mobile app, while the elevation profile is open, you can explore the graph, interact with the map, change the map layer, and open place details. To change the mode of transport, edit the route, or start navigation, return to the route planner. If you open and then close a place detail, you will return to the route planner rather than the elevation profile.

Gradients, surfaces, and road types

In the route planner and Nearby Trips, you can also view more detailed route information:

  • Gradients: colours indicate the gradient of individual uphill and downhill sections.
  • Surfaces: surface types are shown along the elevation profile curve.
  • Road types: these are shown on a horizontal line alongside the graph.

The extended view showing gradients, surfaces, and road types is included in Mapy.com Premium. Signed-in users without Premium can try it five times for free.

The elevation profile is calculated from a digital terrain model composed of multiple data sources:

  • In the territories of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the model obtained photogrammetrically from aerial survey images is used
  • Abroad, the SRTM model is used, supplemented with the Aster, NASA Earth Observatory model for the north and south

The stated ascent and descent values are approximate. For calculation, small terrain irregularities are ignored, but critical breakpoints are retained.

Itinerary

The itinerary is only available on a computer. By clicking the Itinerary button in the right panel under the planned route, you can view a detailed breakdown of the navigation. The list includes street names or road designations, segment lengths, and turning directions at intersections. Moving the mouse cursor over the itinerary will mark the current location on the displayed route with a circle.

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