Exporting from your planner

MyRouteApp's two kinds of point do exactly the two jobs RouteHold cares about.

Export

Save as → GPX 1.1 or GPX 1.2. Both work: each carries the MyRouteApp track and your via points, and RouteHold follows the track and ignores shaping points either way.

What RouteHold does on import

• Follows the entire track as the exact line to ride, road for road.
• Turns each via point into a RouteHold waypoint.
• Ignores the shaping points: they have already shaped the line, and RouteHold follows the line directly.

On the ride

• Every waypoint except the last auto-skips: you ride past it without touching the phone, and the voice carries on. The last waypoint is your destination.
• Want to break somewhere? Mark that waypoint as a stop point and RouteHold holds you there, guiding you back until you choose to move on.

A worked example

RouteHold rides the exact black line. Waypoints 1, 2 and 4 pass automatically as you reach them; 13 is the destination. Mark The Bealach Cafe as a stop point if you want lunch.

1. Open your route and choose Export → GPX.
2. Select the Track option ("your device follows the exact route").

Tip: Track gives RouteHold your exact line: add any café or fuel stops in RouteHold afterwards. Prefer Route only if you'd rather bring your waypoints and let RouteHold rebuild the line.

1. Open your planned route in the web Trip Planner (or the app).
2. Export as GPX. (Export is a Calimoto Premium feature.)

Heads-up: Calimoto sends a dense set of route points rather than a track, so RouteHold lays your route onto the roads as you import. For long trips (~400 km+), split into day sections before exporting so the line stays true.

1. Open the route in the app.
2. Choose Export GPX and share it to RouteHold. (Scenic Premium.)

Why: Scenic's GPX includes the calculated line, which RouteHold follows road-for-road.

1. Open the ride on the rever.co website: the phone app can't export.
2. Choose Download / Export GPX (pick a Track if offered). Export needs REVER Pro.

Tip: On a phone, open rever.co in your browser rather than the app.

RouteHold imports Google Maps routes directly, with no converter needed.

1. In Google Maps, plan your route by adding your destinations.
2. Tap the Share / Copy link icon (or copy the URL from your browser).
3. In RouteHold, tap Paste Google Maps link, paste it, and import.

Note: a Google Maps link only contains the waypoints, not the road-by-road line, so this is the one case where RouteHold builds the route rather than following it faithfully. The line may differ slightly from Google's. For an exact line, import a GPX with its track instead.

1. Open your map in My Maps on a computer (the phone app can't export).
2. Build the route with Add directions or Draw a line, not just dropped pins.
3. Open the map's ⋮ menu → Export to KML/KMZ. The default KMZ is fine: RouteHold reads both.

Important: A map of only pins has no line. RouteHold will offer to build one, but for your exact roads use a directions or drawn-line layer.

1. Open the route on komoot.com or in the app.
2. Choose Export GPX.

Note: Komoot's file is your exact line but carries no stop points: add any stops in RouteHold after importing. Exporting may need the route's region unlocked in Komoot.

1. Open the route and choose Export.
2. Pick GPX Track, not GPX Route.
3. Optional: tick Include POI as waypoints to bring your stops across.

Why: "GPX Route" sends only cue points that get recalculated. Always choose "GPX Track". Saving/exporting needs a paid RideWithGPS plan.

1. Open the route or track.
2. Choose Export → GPX.

Nice: Gaia keeps both the line and your waypoints: one of the cleanest files for RouteHold.

1. Open your route or track and choose Export.
2. Choose GPX.

Why GPX: onX's KML export downgrades a track to a plain line: GPX keeps the track intact.

1. Open the route (from Strava's route builder).
2. Choose Export GPX.

Note: Strava exports your exact line as a track with no stop points: add stops in RouteHold after. Building routes needs a subscription; public routes can be downloaded free.

1. In the app, open Library → your route.
2. Tap Share → GPX, choosing a Track for the exact line.

Tip: Share a Track object, not a Route: a Route carries Garmin's own routing that other apps recalculate.

1. Select your track (or right-click a route and convert it to a track).
2. File → Export, and save as GPX.

Why: Exporting a Track object locks the exact roads; a Route object gets recalculated on import.

1. Use the web planner at plan.tomtom.com: the phone app can't export.
2. Open your route → Save as → GPX.

Why GPX: A TomTom GPX imports as a track (your exact line). ITN files are treated as re-routable stops, so prefer GPX.

1. In the Windows app: File → Save As → GPX.
2. Enable Route Tracks and the newer GPX format option.

Why: "Route Tracks" writes the exact line, and the newer format keeps your via and shaping points.

1. On maps.harley-davidson.com (or the H-D app), open your ride.
2. Use Download GPX.

Tip: Turn Alternate Routes off before exporting so the file keeps the path you designed.

1. Export your route as GPX, choosing Track – Static Line (not Route – turn-by-turn).
2. From the bike's display you can also copy routes to a USB drive as GPX.

Why: "Static Line" keeps your exact roads; "turn-by-turn" gets recalculated by the receiving app.

1. BMW's app is built to receive routes, not export them: there's no reliable way to get a file out.
2. Plan in one of the tools above and export from there.

Tip: MyRouteApp, Kurviger and Google My Maps all export cleanly and take just a minute.