Plan routes and measure distances

With Route you plan a route of up to 12 waypoints on the map, and with Measure you measure distances between any points. Both tools work in straight lines. There are no road routes, travel times or turn instructions, because there is no road network for Leonida that we are allowed to use.

Planning a route

1. Open Route in the tool bar. The planner carries the label Straight line.

2. Set the start and destination. Right-click the map (on a phone: long-press) and choose Start or Destination. Alternatively, use For the route in a place's panel, or Choose points on the map and then click the map.

3. Stop adds more points.

4. Change the order by dragging or with the arrows next to each point. Swap switches the start and destination.

5. The planner shows the Total distance and the length of each leg. Show route fits the view to the whole route.

While choosing points on the map, Use map centre places a point in the middle of the view, and Done ends the choosing. Escape first ends the choosing and then closes the planner.

Saving, sharing, clearing

• Save to My places stores the route under a name. More in Your places and favourites.

• Share creates a link with all waypoints. More in Sharing map places.

• Clear removes all waypoints. Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z on a Mac) undoes this.

Measuring distances

1. Open Measure in the tool bar, or right-click the map and choose Measure from here.

2. Click the map to set measuring points. On a phone, tap the map or use Map centre to set a point in the middle.

3. Points can be dragged. Undo removes the last point, Clear removes all of them.

You see the total length and each segment. You can set up to 50 measuring points. In both tools you can switch the unit between km and mi. The map remembers your choice on your device.

Why only straight lines?

There is no freely usable road network for Leonida. That's why the map connects the points with straight lines. Distances refer to the map scale. They show how far apart points are on the map, not how long a drive in the game would be.

Good to know

• A route has at most 12 waypoints, a measurement at most 50 points.

• You can only set points within the map.

• The route is also part of the address in your browser. After a reload it is still there.

See also: Using the map and Map data and unconfirmed places.