- Time of past OR future Camino
- Francés and routes in Andalucia
I just noticed (although maybe someone else has reported it here before, and I missed it...?) that Wikiloc now has a feature called "Plan your trail". It allows you to plot out points on a map and then, drawing on its database of more than 59 million tracks, it plots out a possible route for you. You can change the route by dragging points, etc. It seems like it would be useful for Wikiloc-using forum members who want to take a side trip off a camino route to see a nearby historic feature, etc. It could plot out a track to the feature and then a return to some point on the camino without backtracking. I just tried it out and was impressed with the results. After it was done generating my route, it told me it had drawn on the data of 48 other members to map out my route; it also did an accuracy check after the route was drawn.
Clearly, no-one would need it to generate a standard camino route since there are already many sources for those, but for anyone wanting to devise an alternative for some reason (say, to avoid a stretch of walking on a busy road), it could be useful.
Similar results can be achieved by using "Search by passing area", but "Plan your trail" surveys all the tracks in the database in less than a second, so it is faster - but not as personalized. Both features seem enormously helpful.
The "Plan your trail" feature is available on both the web and the app.
On the web, find the words "Plan your trail" on the homepage, upper right. (See photo below.)
On the app:
Clearly, no-one would need it to generate a standard camino route since there are already many sources for those, but for anyone wanting to devise an alternative for some reason (say, to avoid a stretch of walking on a busy road), it could be useful.
Similar results can be achieved by using "Search by passing area", but "Plan your trail" surveys all the tracks in the database in less than a second, so it is faster - but not as personalized. Both features seem enormously helpful.
The "Plan your trail" feature is available on both the web and the app.
On the web, find the words "Plan your trail" on the homepage, upper right. (See photo below.)
On the app:
- From Explore: Access the route planner from Explore > View Map > Plan Trail.
- From your profile: Go to the Planned trails tab and press the Plan Trail button.