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Here you'll find some additional tools you may find useful when creating your walking (or other) map

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Here you'll find some additional tools you may find useful when creating your walking (or other) map

Optional: editing, converting and saving routes

Use mobile apps to record (map) a route

OPTIONAL: Walk the route while using your mobile phone to track your trail.
There are many apps that do this. Here are a few you might like to try - for their relative ease of use and that can be used for free.

Strava

Strava have free and premium (pro) versions of their app. Both allow you to map your route and share the track log.

Get started by downloading the app and creating an account: https://www.strava.com/mobile

Record your walk using the mobile app, then view the activity by logging into your account on the web, behind the 'three dots' icon (upper left), you can 'download gpx'.

Map My Walk

Free app, need to create an account.

Get started by downloading the app and creating an account:
https://www.mapmywalk.com/

Record your walk using the mobile app, then view the activity by logging into your account on the web, view the route details, and using 'more' you can choose to 'download gpx'.

The web view also allows you to edit or create a route, which you can also export (save) as a gpx file.

Fitbit

If you have the fitbit mobile app, you can use it to record a route using your phone's location services.

See a step-by-step guide for creating and sharing your track via the Fitbit mobile app here.

Other

There are many other options for creating a tracklog using your mobile device as you walk.

Let us know if you have another app in mind or would like help to choose one (or to use the map you recorded on it).

Use a GPS device to map a route

If you have questions about creating or using a tracklog from your gps on your map, please get in touch.
GPs devices enable you to export a gpx or kml file of your route that can be used either directly on walkingmaps.com.au or with Google 'My Maps'.

If you need to edit your route (map), you may like to try the suggestions below.

Optional: editing, converting and saving routes

Editing routes

To change the route of a map/trail you have recorded, you can use an editor to add, edit or remove parts of your route.

Here's one suggestion - GPX editor (windows download)

Or view a long list of options on this Open Street Maps page

Some mobile apps also have this capability (see above) - although some also only offer it for paid accounts.

Converting file formats

If you have saved a map (route) in a format that is not compatible with google maps and/or walkingmaps.com.au, you can convert it.

For example, some apps export your route as a 'tcx' file and you'll want to convert it to gpx for use in walkingmaps.com.au or google my maps.

Two options (again, there are many) include:

Alltrails.com - easy to use, requires you to create a (free) account
GPSVisualizer.com - multiple functions, no account required

Save a 'Google My Map' route for use on walkingmaps.com.au

If you have mapped your route in google my maps, you can export it so that you can add it directly to walkingmaps, not have to "draw" it in again.

As walkingmaps only accepts gpx files, this is a 2-step process:

Download the route from google my maps

Click the 'three dots' menu next to the map title or the layer containing the route
Select 'Export data or export to kml'

Convert the downloaded kml file to gpx

See two suggestions above, right

Contact Karen if you'd like a hand choosing or using any of these tools

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