Advanced GPX & POI management for bikepacking

[Marc Rollinde]

Hello Mapy team,

First of all, thank you for creating such a great application. I have tried many cycling apps over the years, and Mapy has become my favorite because of its excellent map, clean interface, offline capabilities, and overall simplicity.

I mainly use Mapy for multi-day bikepacking and cycling trips. During these trips, I often need to improvise based on weather, terrain, or unexpected situations. Your map is, in my opinion, one of the best available for cyclists.

There are a few features that would make Mapy almost perfect for this type of use:

• Display multiple GPX tracks simultaneously.
• Display multiple folders/layers of POIs at the same time.
• Display GPX tracks together with their waypoints/POIs on Android, as already possible on the web version.
• Convert an imported GPX track into a routable/navigation route.
• Allow imported tracks to be used as visible reference layers while creating a new route.

These features would be extremely valuable for bikepacking, where users often keep:

• a main route,
• alternative routes,
• escape routes,
• water points,
• campsites,
• shops,
• points of interest,

all visible together on the map.

I know that some of these requests have already been discussed on the forum, but I wanted to explain why they are so important from a real bikepacking perspective.

Mapy is already an excellent cycling application. Adding these features would make it one of the best outdoor navigation apps available.

Thank you for your work and for considering these suggestions.

[Ewelina]

@Marc-Rollinde Hi,

1. You can save multiple GPX files in a single folder in My Mapy and then display the entire folder on the map. Premium users can keep the folder permanently visible using the Display on the map feature: https://help.mapy.com/my-mapy/features/#display-on-the-map.
   In the mobile app, the icons are intentionally thinned out to keep the map readable. However, in the web version, they are displayed more densely and are easier to see.
2. The same applies here.
3. The main issue here is keeping the map readable and uncluttered.
4. Thank you for the suggestion. We'll see what we can do with it in the future.
5. I understand. I'll forward your feedback to the team.

[Marc Rollinde]

@Ewelina Thank you for your reply.

I think there may be a small misunderstanding.

I am a Premium subscriber, and I actually purchased Premium because of the "Display on map" feature.

Unfortunately, this feature only displays the saved items as icons on the map. It does not keep the GPX tracks themselves visible.

What I am looking for is the ability to display several complete GPX tracks simultaneously, just like transparent overlays, while also keeping POIs visible.

This is very useful for bikepacking, where I often want to compare a main route, alternative routes, previous rides, or escape routes directly on the map.

The current Premium feature is useful, but it does not solve this specific use case.