Import a route

Create a new story

Click Create your first story on the home page, or New Story in your stories list, and choose how it starts. Bring your route is the fastest path: a real track gives the camera something to follow from the first second.

• — Bring your route: a GPS file or a Google Maps link
• — Draw on map: click the path yourself when you have no file
• — Pick places: search or drop the places you visited, joined in order
• — The story name and style are optional; you can change both later in the editor
• — No account needed to try it. You'll be asked to sign up when you save, share or export

Upload a GPS file

Drop the file onto the dialog or click to browse. The route is processed in the background and opens in the editor when it's ready.

• — Supported: GPX, FIT, TCX, KML, KMZ and GeoJSON, up to 50 MB
• — The story name is filled in from the file name. Edit it or leave it
• — Named waypoints in the file help place your first moments
• — No file handy? Try one of the sample routes in the dialog
• — Already in the editor? Use the moments menu → Import GPX Route…

Get a GPX file from Strava

RouteTale doesn't connect to Strava directly. Export the activity as a file, then upload it.

• — Open strava.com in a browser and sign in. Exporting works on the website, not in the app
• — Open one of your activities
• — Click the ••• (more) menu next to the activity and choose Export GPX
• — Upload the downloaded .gpx file to RouteTale

Open strava.com

Get a file from Garmin Connect

Garmin gives you the original FIT file or a GPX. RouteTale reads both.

• — Open connect.garmin.com in a browser. Export isn't available in the mobile app
• — Go to Activities and open the activity
• — Click the gear icon at the top right of the activity
• — Choose Export Original (FIT) or Export to GPX
• — Upload the file to RouteTale

Open connect.garmin.com

Get a GPX file from Komoot

Download the tour as GPX from the Komoot website.

• — Open komoot.com in a browser and open the tour (one of yours, or a public tour)
• — Click the ••• menu next to Save and Navigate
• — Choose Download GPX
• — Upload the .gpx file to RouteTale

Open komoot.com

Get a GPX file from Wikiloc

Wikiloc offers several versions of the same trail. Take the original.

• — Open the trail page on wikiloc.com
• — Click Download, then choose the GPX file
• — Pick the original trail rather than the simplified 500-point version, so bends aren't cut
• — Upload the .gpx file to RouteTale

Open wikiloc.com

Get a GPX file from AllTrails

Export the trail's map file as GPX.

• — On alltrails.com, open the trail or map
• — Choose Export map file (in the app: ••• → Export route file)
• — Select GPX Track and export
• — Upload the .gpx file to RouteTale

Open alltrails.com

Get a GPX file from Ride with GPS

Export the route or ride as a file, then upload it.

• — On ridewithgps.com, open the route or ride
• — Click More in the left panel, then Export as File
• — Choose GPX Track and save it
• — In the mobile app: open the route, tap the ••• menu and choose Export GPX

Open ridewithgps.com

Paste a Google Maps link

Paste the link into the dialog instead of uploading a file. What you get depends on the kind of link.

• — My Maps link: the full drawn path comes in as your route
• — Directions link: each stop becomes a moment, in order. The line between them doesn't follow the roads Google suggested
• — Place link: that place becomes a moment
• — Short links (maps.app.goo.gl) work too
• — Already in the editor? Use the moments menu → Paste Google Map URL

Open google.com/maps