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====== Exchanging routes between Google Maps and Kurviger [WIP]====== | ====== Exchanging routes between Google Maps and Kurviger [WIP]====== | ||
- | //Work in progress: Version 01a | ||
- | All the following steps realized on an Android 6 smartphone | + | ---- |
- | (Users of GMaps' English version: Pls give hints if translations from German to English menue texts of GMaps are wrong.)// | + | **//- Work in progress: Version 01c - May 2018 -//** |
+ | //All the following steps has been realized on an Android 6 smartphone - pls try out and send any comments.// | ||
- | **A | + | //(Users of GMaps' English version: Pls give hints if translations from German to English menue texts of GMaps are wrong.)// |
- | 1. Create a route by GMaps. | + | ---- |
- | 2. Click "share route" in the "3 dots menue" in the upper right corner of GMaps. | + | |
- | 3. Click (= send the URL to) " | + | |
- | 4. Open (at example) [[mapstogpx.com]] in your smartphone browser. | + | |
- | 5. Insert here the " | + | |
- | 6. The GPX route will be opened in Kurviger. | + | |
+ | **A) | ||
- | **B | + | (__IMPORTANT: |
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+ | - Create a route with GMaps on your smartphone. | ||
+ | - Click "share route" in the "3 dots menue" in the upper right corner of GMaps. | ||
+ | - Click (= send the URL to) " | ||
+ | - Open (for example) https:// | ||
+ | - In MapsToGPX insert the " | ||
+ | - The GPX route will be opened in Kurviger. | ||
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+ | **B) Exporting Kurviger routes to GMaps (Google Maps)** | ||
To show a Kurviger route via GPX in GMaps for several purposes (like quickly getting to the starting point of a Kurviger route) follow the steps below. | To show a Kurviger route via GPX in GMaps for several purposes (like quickly getting to the starting point of a Kurviger route) follow the steps below. | ||
- | IMPORTANT: | + | __(IMPORTANT: |
- | 1. Export a Kurviger route as GPX. | + | - Export a Kurviger route as GPX. |
- | 2. Open Maps in a browser. | + | |
- | 3. Open Menue (3 bars in the upper left corner). | + | |
- | 4. Open "Your Places" | + | |
- | 5. Open " | + | |
- | 6. Open " | + | |
- | 7. Open " | + | |
- | 8. Import (by drag& | + | |
- | 9. Kurviger Route will be shown in GMaps. | + | |
+ | - Click on the starting point of the shown Kurviger route. | ||
+ | - Click on the " | ||
+ | - Enter your real starting point, for example your home address. | ||
+ | - Now GMaps shows you a fast route to the starting point of your Kurviger route. - //And you may still continue:// | ||
+ | - Your new "New Places Map" should now be shown in Android GMaps too, if both are linked with your account. | ||
+ | - You can long tap on the starting point of your Kurvinger route and GMaps will offer you one (or more) fast and direct routes to the starting point of your Kurvinger route (as in 13) (which indeed should be the same as shown in the browser version before, but perhaps completed with alternate routes like GMaps often does if possible). | ||
- | Now you may: | ||
- | 10. Click on the starting point of the shown Kurviger route. | ||
- | 11. Click on the " | ||
- | 12. Enter your real starting point, at example your home address. | ||
- | 13. Now GMaps shows you a fast route to the starting point of your Kurviger route. | ||
- | And you may still continue: | + | **C) A hint to store GMaps ready routes |
- | 14. Your new "New Places Map" should now be shown in Android GMaps too, if both are linked by your account. | + | |
- | You can long tap on the starting point of your Kurvinger route and GMaps will offer you one (or more) fast and direct navigation(s) to the starting point of your Kurvinger route (as in 13) (which indeed should be the same as shown in the browser version before, but perhaps completed with alternate | + | |
+ | - In Navigation mode open the menue (3 bars in the upper right corner). | ||
+ | - Click on "Add route to desktop" | ||
+ | - GMaps will confirm by a short screen message. | ||
+ | - Now a link symbol button to this specific route appears on the desktop, where it is to find again quickly everytime it is needed during travelling and a simple click on the symbol opens this route in GMaps directly and starts navigation mode - what can be done easily even while riding/ | ||
+ | - When finished the trip you may store all routes for later use by a symple drag& |