Import guide

Exporting from your planner

RiderNav follows the exact line you give it. The best file to bring is a track: the full, road-by-road shape of your route, saved as GPX or KML/KMZ. Most planners can produce one. Here's how, app by app.

The one rule

When your planner offers a choice, pick Track (sometimes called "follow the exact route") over Route. A track carries your precise roads; a route carries only waypoints that get recalculated. If your file has only waypoints and no track, don't worry: RiderNav will offer to build a route through them on import.

Popular motorcycle planners
MyRouteApp Save as → GPX 1.1
  1. Open your route in the web Routeplanner.
  2. Choose Save as.
  3. Pick GPX 1.1 (route, track, POI).

Why: GPX 1.1 keeps the exact track and your via/shaping points. Avoid GPX 1.2: it silently hides shaping points.

Kurviger Export GPX → Track
  1. Open your route and choose ExportGPX.
  2. Select the Track option ("your device follows the exact route").

Tip: Track gives RiderNav your exact line: add any café or fuel stops in RiderNav afterwards. Prefer Route only if you'd rather bring your waypoints and let RiderNav rebuild the line.

Calimoto Export GPX (Premium)
  1. Open your planned route in the web Trip Planner (or the app).
  2. Export as GPX. (Export is a Calimoto Premium feature.)

Heads-up: Calimoto sends a dense set of route points rather than a track, so RiderNav lays your route onto the roads as you import. For long trips (~400 km+), split into day sections before exporting so the line stays true.

Scenic Export GPX (Premium)
  1. Open the route in the app.
  2. Choose Export GPX and share it to RiderNav. (Scenic Premium.)

Why: Scenic's GPX includes the calculated line, which RiderNav follows road-for-road.

REVER Website → Download GPX
  1. Open the ride on the rever.co website: the phone app can't export.
  2. Choose Download / Export GPX (pick a Track if offered). Export needs REVER Pro.

Tip: On a phone, open rever.co in your browser rather than the app.

Google
Google My Maps Export to KML/KMZ
  1. Open your map in My Maps on a computer (the phone app can't export).
  2. Build the route with Add directions or Draw a line, not just dropped pins.
  3. Open the map's menu → Export to KML/KMZ. The default KMZ is fine: RiderNav reads both.

Important: A map of only pins has no line. RiderNav will offer to build one, but for your exact roads use a directions or drawn-line layer.

Adventure & outdoor apps
Komoot Export GPX
  1. Open the route on komoot.com or in the app.
  2. Choose Export GPX.

Note: Komoot's file is your exact line but carries no stop points: add any stops in RiderNav after importing. Exporting may need the route's region unlocked in Komoot.

RideWithGPS GPX Track (not GPX Route)
  1. Open the route and choose Export.
  2. Pick GPX Track, not GPX Route.
  3. Optional: tick Include POI as waypoints to bring your stops across.

Why: "GPX Route" sends only cue points that get recalculated. Always choose "GPX Track". Saving/exporting needs a paid RideWithGPS plan.

Gaia GPS Export GPX
  1. Open the route or track.
  2. Choose ExportGPX.

Nice: Gaia keeps both the line and your waypoints: one of the cleanest files for RiderNav.

onX Offroad Export GPX (not KML)
  1. Open your route or track and choose Export.
  2. Choose GPX.

Why GPX: onX's KML export downgrades a track to a plain line: GPX keeps the track intact.

Strava Export GPX
  1. Open the route (from Strava's route builder).
  2. Choose Export GPX.

Note: Strava exports your exact line as a track with no stop points: add stops in RiderNav after. Building routes needs a subscription; public routes can be downloaded free.

Garmin, TomTom & desktop
Garmin Tread / Explore Share a Track as GPX
  1. In the app, open Library → your route.
  2. Tap ShareGPX, choosing a Track for the exact line.

Tip: Share a Track object, not a Route: a Route carries Garmin's own routing that other apps recalculate.

Garmin BaseCamp Export a Track → GPX
  1. Select your track (or right-click a route and convert it to a track).
  2. FileExport, and save as GPX.

Why: Exporting a Track object locks the exact roads; a Route object gets recalculated on import.

TomTom plan.tomtom.com → GPX
  1. Use the web planner at plan.tomtom.com: the phone app can't export.
  2. Open your route → Save asGPX.

Why GPX: A TomTom GPX imports as a track (your exact line). ITN files are treated as re-routable stops, so prefer GPX.

Tyre to Travel GPX + "Route Tracks"
  1. In the Windows app: FileSave AsGPX.
  2. Enable Route Tracks and the newer GPX format option.

Why: "Route Tracks" writes the exact line, and the newer format keeps your via and shaping points.

Manufacturer apps
Harley-Davidson Ride Planner Download GPX
  1. On maps.harley-davidson.com (or the H-D app), open your ride.
  2. Use Download GPX.

Tip: Turn Alternate Routes off before exporting so the file keeps the path you designed.

Indian Ride Command Track – Static Line
  1. Export your route as GPX, choosing Track – Static Line (not Route – turn-by-turn).
  2. From the bike's display you can also copy routes to a USB drive as GPX.

Why: "Static Line" keeps your exact roads; "turn-by-turn" gets recalculated by the receiving app.

BMW Motorrad Connected Plan elsewhere
  1. BMW's app is built to receive routes, not export them: there's no reliable way to get a file out.
  2. Plan in one of the tools above and export from there.

Tip: MyRouteApp, Kurviger and Google My Maps all export cleanly and take just a minute.

If a step looks different

Planner apps change their menus. The rule stays the same: export a GPX or KML/KMZ, and choose the Track (or "follow the exact route") option whenever you're offered one.

Still stuck getting a file out of your planner? Get in touch from the home page and we'll help you sort it.