Directions from gpx
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Hello,
I imported a GPX trail via My Maps and synced it to the app. I can view the route, but is there a way to get directions to and along it? Or should I replan it using the Directions feature?
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Hello,
it is currently not possible to navigate along a GPX track in Mapy.com. This feature is planned for the future, but no timeline has been announced yet.To avoid having to manually replan the whole route, you can use the website gpxmapy.cz to convert the GPX path into a route.
Upload your GPX file there – the “Fast functions” button will turn red, then choose “Convert path to plan.”
You can select the number of points and send them to Mapy.com with one click (button "points to Mapy.cz as plan") – it will open in a new tab with the route already created.
Adjust the plan as needed and save it to one of your folders.The website gpxmapy.cz is available in English – just switch the language in the top menu. The website is for PC only.
One more note: the route planner can only follow existing roads and paths. So if the GPX track goes off-road (e.g. through the forest), the route will take a detour.
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@Jan-Buriánek thanks I lot! I will try it!
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@Jan-Buriánek Moc Vam dekuji za radu! Funguje to skvele! Velmi jste mi pomohl! Usetril jste mi mnoho casu pri manualnim prekreslovani Paths na Routes. Beham totiz dle https://www.svetbehu.cz/bezecke-trasy/ a tam jsou jenom GPX ve forme Paths. Jeste jednou diky!!
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@Jan-Buriánek I just discovered this tool thanks to your post, thank you soooo much for this info! This makes life way easier
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Hello,
it is currently not possible to navigate along a GPX track in Mapy.com. This feature is planned for the future, but no timeline has been announced yet.To avoid having to manually replan the whole route, you can use the website gpxmapy.cz to convert the GPX path into a route.
Upload your GPX file there – the “Fast functions” button will turn red, then choose “Convert path to plan.”
You can select the number of points and send them to Mapy.com with one click (button "points to Mapy.cz as plan") – it will open in a new tab with the route already created.
Adjust the plan as needed and save it to one of your folders.The website gpxmapy.cz is available in English – just switch the language in the top menu. The website is for PC only.
One more note: the route planner can only follow existing roads and paths. So if the GPX track goes off-road (e.g. through the forest), the route will take a detour.
Hello @jan-buriánek,
I have loaded a gpx file to https://gpxmapy.cz/ and converted it to a plan. After transfering the plan to mapy.com and exporting it I can load it to the Mapy.com APP on my Android device.
Unfortunatelly I can not use the navigation as the button in the APP is not there.
Have I missed anything ?
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@g.alexander
You upload the GPX track to gpxmapy and start the track-to-plan conversion. There you use the button for transfer to Mapy.com, which opens a new browser tab with the created route plan.You must be logged into your Mapy.com account in that browser (or log in after Mapy.com opens). Then save the planned route to My Maps (optionally into a folder).
After that, open the Mapy.com app on your phone, logged into the same account. The account content will synchronize automatically in My Maps. Then you can open the saved route in the app and start navigation.
The GPX-to-plan conversion only creates route points and inserts them into Mapy.com for you — as if you had manually planned the route yourself on the web. It works the same way: the planned route must first be saved to My Maps on the web so that it becomes available in the mobile app after synchronization.
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@Jan-Buriánek Thank you for your quick response @jan-buriánek.
I went to https://gpxmapy.cz/ and added my gpx track with the “load files” button. The route will be shown on the map.
Next I use “fast functions” to convert the track with “convert path to plan”.
Next step is using “points to Mapy.com as a plan choosing “on foot – hiking trails” for example which does open a new window in the browser showing the track on mapy.com
Next I use the Export button and save the file to my computer transferring it via USB to my phone (Anroid 16).
In the MAPY.COM App on my phone I choose “My Mapy” using the 3 dots on the top and choose “Import”. I navigate to the right folder on my phone and choose the file and finally I klick on “save”.
The track is shown in the App but I am not able to start the navigation as the button is not shown.
Does this just work with the synchronization to transfer the track directly ?
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@g.alexander
Yes, that is the problem. This way you only create and import a new GPX file again, and navigation cannot be started on an imported GPX track.The important step is different: after the route opens on Mapy.com in the browser, you must save the created plan to “My Maps” in your Mapy.com account. Do not export it again to GPX.
Then open the Mapy.com app on the phone while logged into the same account. The saved plan will synchronize automatically into My Maps, and when you open that synchronized plan in the app, the navigation button will be available.
So yes — for navigation it must work through account synchronization, not through exporting/importing the GPX file again.
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@g.alexander
I would also add that this is how it always works when a route is planned on the web in advance.If a route is created directly in the mobile app, navigation can be started immediately. But the transfer from gpxmapy works through a URL link, and that can only be opened in the Mapy.com web interface, not transferred directly into the mobile app.
So from that point on, it behaves exactly like any other route planned on the web — the transfer to the mobile app works only through synchronization via your Mapy.com account.
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@Jan-Buriánek Thank you very much @jan-buriánek for your help, that did it so the synchronisation must be used to transfer the track to the phone.
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