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Products that do what RouteScout – A bike routing app that lets you love or hate hills does

Hi HN, I’m a high school student in Seattle who loves riding hills. I found that route makers like Google Maps get you from point A to B on a bike, but they don’t give you fun routes. So i made my own RouteScout lets you: - Control the surfaces (never gravel or dirt with a road bike!) on the route - Indicate your preference for hills (I LOVE or HATE hills gives you different routes) - Prefer routes with bike lanes and cycling paths and roads made for bikes. - Filter types of roads (big roads gone!) - And when looping around it won’t take you back on the same exact road on the way back…

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    Hey guys, I built a route planner that is mostly focused on bike touring and using existing bike infrastructure. For each request you're shown what bike tracks/trails your route uses and can further explore them by showing them on map or going to the official trail route. The main idea for the app is to have a friendly and easy to use planner that would make heavy use of official bike trails data (mainly from OpenStreetMap) and make it easy to plan a longer trip using the best possible bike routes out there. Currently the app only works for the Euro region but I'm planning to add North…

    2024 · trailimap.com

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    Create random exercise routes, made by a 15 year old runner

    2018

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    Footpath194

    Plan exact travel routes with the trace of your finger 🗺️

    2018

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    Remap understands the environment around every road and brings the best together into a route that’s a joy to follow, safer by design and shaped around you.

    12d ago · remap.earth

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    Over the past week I built a project to let people self-host an entire maps stack so they don't have to send data to the big G. Right now it includes a base map, geocoder and directions server. Currently only bicycle directions are supported, and I'm only hosting tiles for Seattle because I'm unemployed and can't afford to host data for the whole planet. Check it out! https://maps.ellenhp.me/ https://github.com/ellenhp/headway Ultimately I'd like to really focus on transit routing (not implemented) but I'll probably throw a driving mode in there too.

    2022 · maps.ellenhp.me

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    Turn Google Maps URLs into stunning map animations.

    Jan 2026 · travelanimator.com

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    Hi HN! This is a trail companion web app (think AllTrails) I hacked together in a couple weeks time. I was inspired to create this project while training for an extended backpacking trip. My motivation was to create a UI tailored exactly to my liking, and to be able to track my progress along the trail without draining my battery. I also wanted to experiment with PWA technologies. I successfully used it on my five day adventure along the Knobstone Trail in southern Indiana, and even though it's web-based it hardly consumed any battery life on my old first-gen Pixel XL. It's set up currently…

    2022 · github.com

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    Bikemap187

    The world's largest cycle route collection 🚴

    2016

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    App and social platform for boosting cycling in cities

    2017

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    Manymap577

    Route planner for explorers with real-time collaboration

    2023

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    Hey HN, My co-founders and I have been building GridTravel, a free iOS app for planning and sharing travel routes with turn-by-turn GPS nav. We just launched yesterday after App Store approval. We're three 21-year-old cofounders and best friends since middle school. We built GridTravel after years of frustration navigating new cities on every trip we took together. The idea: most people either search Google for "top 10 places to visit in…" lists or go on social media to get inspiration on where to go. GridTravel is built around user-generated routes — actual paths someone walked, that you…

    May 2026 · gridtravel.app

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    Walk Mate328

    Discover new walk paths while staying active.

    Dec 2025

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    Advanced tools and features for Google Maps routes planning

    2024

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    I made TripGeeks, a website where you create and share travel itineraries. Would love to hear any feedback you might have. Thanks!

    2024 · tripgeeks.app

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    Spin235

    A station-less bikeshare. Pickup and drop off anywhere. 🚲

    2017

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    A simple way to share your travel recommendations

    2018

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    Explore a city through personal itineraries made by locals.

    2016

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    CycleHUD146

    A speedometer, dash cam, and route recorder for cycling

    2024

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    Plan your runs by drawing them on a map 🏃

    2019

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    Safer urban bike routes

    2022

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    TripScout148

    Self-guided city tours from local experts

    2017

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    Share your travels and connect with others

    2023

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