How-to guide

How to plan a day's site visits by road with a run sheet

Select the stops, tell Map when you leave and how long you spend at each, and Map Pro works out the quickest order by road - with arrival and leaving times, the miles and minutes between stops, and a run sheet to print or send.

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What you need

Step by step

1

Select the stops

Ctrl+click the day's stops in the list - or filter the list and use all the locations shown.

Select the stops - Map
2

Open the route planner

Choose Analysis → Plan a route and run sheet.

Open the route planner - Map
3

Set the day

Start from home or the first stop, finish back at the start or at the last stop, set the leaving time and the minutes at each stop.

Set the day - Map
4

Plan it

Click Plan the route. Map finds the best order by road and draws the route, with the miles, the driving time and the finish time.

Plan it - Map
5

Check the run sheet

Each stop shows its arrival time and the distance and time from the last one.

Check the run sheet - Map
6

Print or export

Print run sheet gives a page with a tick box for each stop; CSV and GPX are there for a spreadsheet or a sat nav.

Print or export - Map

Tips

Frequently asked questions

Is it free?

The route planner and run sheet are part of Map Pro (£19.99 one-off, 7-day free trial). Map's quick straight-line route stays free.

Does it know about traffic?

No - times are typical driving times on OpenStreetMap's roads, not live traffic. Allow for rush hour.

Can I send it to a sat nav?

Export GPX and load it into a sat nav or a mapping app that takes GPX routes.

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