You can scroll around the map by dragging it with your mouse. Alternatively use the relevant parts of the grey cross in the corner of the map. You can zoom and in and out using your mouse wheel or the plus and minus buttons.
To go to a particular location enter a postcode, a place name (which can be just about any name on a 1:50,000 map, not just a town name e.g. 'Ben Nevis' or 'Blackrock Cottage'), or the full Ordnance Survey grid reference, including the two letter grid square code, into the box and press Enter.
If you click on a location on the map it will add a waypoint there. You will see its location shown in the "Your Route" box on the left hand side. Add more waypoints and they will joined by a blue line and the total distance will be shown at the bottom of the "Your Route" box.
You can move a waypoint you've already placed by dragging it.
You can insert a new waypoint between two existing waypoints by clicking marker midway between the two waypoints and dragging it to where you want the new waypoint to be.
You can delete a waypoint by clicking on the relevant "Delete" link in the waypoint list. So you can be sure you're deleting the right waypoint it changes colour when you hover over the link.
Similarly to name a waypoint enter its name in the waypoint list. Again so you can be sure you're naming the right waypoint it changes colour when you hover over the input box.
When you're ready to save your route then give it a name and then click on the "Download GPX file" link and the route will be sent to you as a GPX file. Most modern route planning software and GPSs understand GPX files.
You can load a route from a GPX file using the "Load GPX file" option and you can then edit it.
You can load tracks from your GPS into the software to see where you've been so long as it's in GPX format. Use the "Load GPX file" option.
If there's more than one track in the GPX file the software will let you choose which sections you want to display.
Once the track(s) are displayed you will see two sets of options.
This software was written by The Hug using the OSGB Web Map Tools API. The software is not Open Source and may not be copied without permission.
Please feel free to get in touch if you find any bugs or have suggestions for how the software could be enhanced or if you would like our help putting this software on your web site.
This software uses Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2000 and Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2000.
