Desktop tools for custom waypoint-based planning of hiking&cycling routes

[Francesco Puccettone]

Since OsmAnd sadly does not have a desktop version (and none appears to be planned), and since openstreetmap.org does not at all allow customising navigation routes, what are some desktop (browser) tools that people use to plan hiking/cycling routes with custom waypoints, and later navigate them in OsmAnd by loading the GPX file?

A few that I've considered:

• the most obvious choice, Google Maps (MyMaps), is no good as it (still) doesn't know many footpaths etc.
• Komoot: its desktop interface is quite rudimentary:the autocomplete search is abysmal, and waypoints along the route often have their names lost (and replaced them "Waypoint 1, 2, ..") and are anyway not included in  the exported GPX file (as I explain in another post)
• Bikemap.net: no hiking, no lat/long search, few searchable POIs
  
• BRouter.de: very powerful, but couldnt find a way to define waypoints based on OSM POIs 
  
• Kurviger.de: again, VERY good tool, but only for motorbikes, not cycling/hikes
  
• cycle.travel: doesn't create waypoints lists, doesn't work well in Chrome
  
• GraphHopper.com: very buddy - sharing URL damages waypoints, no route drag&drop
  
• AllTrails: does not allow defining waypoints though search (only via lat/lon), nor dragging start&end points
  
• the desktop software Garmin BaseCamp seems to really be made for use with Garmin external devices, and in either requires payment to buy mapping.

Thanks any opinions on this!

[Peter B]

Routeconverter.de
very powerful.

[Francesco Puccettone]

Does look very promising, will check it out. Thanks!

On Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 5:46:27 PM UTC+2, Peter B wrote:

Routeconverter.de
very powerful.

[Bob Gambrel]

I have recently started using OSMAND+ with OSMAnd Live running in an emulator. (I run Windows 10 and am using the emulator BlueStacks)

I have not fully decided if this is the best approach, but so far I like it. One nice thing (once I figured out how to get it to recognize my OSMAnd Live subscription) is that I can update the map it uses to the very latest version of the live OSM database (within an hour). I have used it to make updates that look at the results in OSMAnd. I am going to try to use it to print maps, so I am playing with rendering options and phone emulation options. (e.g. resolution, DPI, ...)

For me I like the large PC screen, the ability to get live maps, the ability to tweak rendering.

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[Peer]

I use https://www.myrouteapp.com/routelab for creating routes. You can creates routes for motor, bike and walking. It works with an osm map and you can export routes to gpx files. Unfortunately the osm map is a little bit outdated.

You can use osm maps in garmin basecamp (and its predecessor mapsource). You can create osm maps on http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/.

[Francesco Puccettone]

Thank you both for sharing this, I'll look into these options