Following a predefined trail that already exists on the map
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There are predefined trails with their defined names (think of, for example, the Pacific Crest Trail) that already exist on the public map in the application.
Is there a way to follow/navigate such a trail from its starting point to the end?
The app doesn't seem to offer such a feature but it feels so natural to want to follow a trail you found on the map without importing any gpx files or manually adding waypoints.
When I search for a specific trail, the app finds it and highlights it on the map (the trail becomes red). From there, I'd like to follow that trail from the start to the end using the navigation feature that gives me specific directions so I that I can stay on the trail. Is there any way to do this?
Thanks!
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Hello, unfortunately no such option exists, because the route planner needs a start, an end and there has to be a plannable route between those two points. By using your position it is possible to automatically have the starting point, but that is it. You will never be standing exactly at one end of the trail (you will probably not even be standing at the trail to begin with so your position would be useless anyway), so the app can't know which end point of the trail use as the end of your route and what is more - trails often are discrete and there are more than just two points to go to. For example here: https://mapy.com/s/huveracuga
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@Jakub-Kraft-0 It is already possible to save the searched track. It would be enough to enable it to be displayed permanently (it is already possible for points).
When starting navigation, a destination would be selected, which would determine the direction. It would start at the current position. A trip planner is not needed, it would navigate exactly along that track. -
It is a nice idea for a possible future feature. However a series of other features would have to be implemeneted before such a thing could even be considered. For example, at this point it is not possible to show geometries in such quantities and on all the zooms as users would do with the Always on map function without making the map unusable. Also the route planner and navigation can't plan a route along any arbitrary path drawn into the map, it uses a network of routable paths.