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Free Plugin by funkster v0.4

WP-Routes Plugin

Add Cycle Routes, Mountain Bike Trails, Running Tracks, Walking Routes and much more to your posts and pages.

WP-Routes Plugin

The facts

Active installs
100+
Price
Free
Last updated
28 Nov 2012
Added
May 2011
Requires WP
2.5
Tested up to
WP 3.4.2
Downloads
8,809

Our analysis

AI-assisted

WP-Routes Plugin is a WordPress plugin that allows you to embed interactive routes into your posts and pages. It is designed for users such as cyclists, runners, hikers, and other outdoor enthusiasts who want to share or access routes, trails, and tracks on various terrains. The plugin integrates with the GPSies API, providing features like distance, elevation, and route characteristics.

The plugin supports a variety of downloadable formats for GPS devices and offers an interactive map with zoom capabilities, printable maps, and detailed altitude profiles. It is suitable for anyone looking to enhance their WordPress site with route information and interactive mapping features.

Best for: This plugin suits WordPress sites focused on outdoor activities and route sharing.

What it does well

  • Embeds interactive maps into posts and pages
  • Supports a wide range of downloadable file types for GPS devices
  • Provides detailed route information including distance and elevation
  • Ideal for outdoor enthusiasts and sports bloggers

Where it falls short

  • Last updated in November 2012
  • Not tested beyond WordPress version 3.4.2
  • Directory score indicates potential issues with quality or support

Verdict

WP-Routes Plugin offers useful features for embedding routes, but its age and lack of recent updates may limit its reliability and compatibility with newer WordPress versions.

From the developer

funkster's own description of WP-Routes Plugin, lightly tidied.

WP-Routes Plugin allows you to embed routes into wordpress posts and pages. It is ideal for WordPress Blogs dedicated to cyclists, mountain bikers, runners, joggers, walkers, hikers, swimmers, canoeists, sailers, motorbikers and anyone else looking for routes, trails or tracks, on roads, paths, trails or even on water.

WP-Routes

GPSies is an interactive service that lets you view, print or download routes, tracks and trails. These routes are available on-screen for those researching new tracks, printable for those who want to take a paper copy with them or downloadable to a wide variety of devices for those a little more tech savvy.

Routes are searchable by an interactive map and list details such as distance, elevation, route characteristics etc. It uses the GPSies API [http://www.gpsies.com/api/GPSiesAPI_en.pdf] and allows you to embed GPS maps direct into your wordpress blog.

Based on an original idea by Flavio Alberti [http://flavio.alicubi.net/gpsiesembed/] and further developed by Mark Taylor at Bikes.org.uk.

Map Features

The WP-Routes plugin feature rich and fully interactive maps. Key features include;

  • Interactive Map
  • Zoom In & Out
  • Highlighted Route
  • Route Distances in kilometers & miles
  • Altitudes in meters & feet
  • Dynamic Altitude Profile
  • Altitude Range (min & max altitudes)
  • Total Climb & Descents
  • Printable Map
  • Download to GPS Devices
  • Track Types
  • Locations (country, city, latitude, longitude)

One of the things that puts this GPS route finder ahead of other web services is that each route can be downloaded in a wide variety of file types, including downloads to all the leading GPS devices. This is the full range of downloadable options;

  • On-Screen via GPSies Website
  • Printable Routes
  • Google Earth .kml or .kmz file
  • GPX Route & Trail
  • CSV or MS Excel file
  • PCX5 Track
  • Garmin Course CRS & TCX
  • OVL (ASCII)
  • Fugawi
  • KOMPASS Verlag
  • GeoRSS Track
  • OziExplorer
  • MagicMaps IKT
  • JSON Track
  • PathAway
  • Navigon RTE 5.x & 6.x
  • Navigon Freshroute
  • TomTom ITN
  • Magellan Track
  • CompeGPS Track
  • qpeGPS Track
  • Garmin Logbook

Read the full description on the official page →

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