A roadbook is the perfect guide for your trip: it combines detailed maps with a clear list of directions, so you can easily follow your route out in the field. You can download or print the roadbook. Check out all the print options.
Printing routes is available with a RouteYou Plus account.
- Go to the detail page of the route you want.
- Click the icon at the bottom of the left column
and then choose Roadbook.
- Click Download.
The roadbook is available starting from a Plus account. Additional print options are unlocked at higher account levels:
With a Plus account you get:
- print on standard A4 size or smaller
- choose the orientation of your map: portrait or landscape
- set the detail level of the map tiles: this controls the map scale. Higher detail means a larger scale and possibly more map pages. Note (!) there’s a minimum zoom level. The scale can be reduced until one side of the map is 1 km. For short routes, the difference between levels may be minimal.
- choose the output format: a PDF or an image (PNG)
- If available, you can print the route on a topographic background. Note (!) Topographic prints are for personal use only. For mass printing (e.g. events), royalties apply.
- Choose whether or not to show the locations of linked points of interest.
With a Premium account or higher, you can also:
- Print your route on a larger paper size than standard A4
- Change the style of your map to Contrast, Accent, Bright, Gray, or Retro
- For node-based routes, choose whether or not to display the nodes on the map
Map tiles
In the roadbook, the overview map is split into smaller map tiles with a higher level of detail. Once you're done with map 1, you move on to map 2, and so on.
The map tiles also indicate the steepness of climbs or descents.
Street names and instruction list
Below the map blocks, you'll find an instruction list. It has 6 columns:
- Total: shows the total distance covered along the route at that point.
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Type: symbol for start/end point, instruction, point of interest, or node.
> If POIs are close together, two in a row might have the same number. - Map number: refers to the number in the top-left corner of the map section. Helps you locate the POI, node, or instruction.
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Information: A short line of info about the item. Could be:
- Street name: with instruction
- POI title: name of the point of interest
- Node: from-to node info
- Timetable at 15 km/h: estimated total time to that point, assuming 15 km/h average speed. This varies by mode: walking, cycling, driving, etc.
- Next: distance to the next instruction.
Frequently Asked Questions
- When you or someone else creates a route, you can choose the routing.
Read all about the different routing options
The routing calculates the path based on the available road and path network. Because the route follows that network, instructions are also generated. These instructions include things like "slight right onto Stijn Streveulslaan". Almost all routing options do this, except for the 'manual' routing.
More about manual routing
In that case, you choose not to match the underlying network, and no instructions are generated. - You can also upload a route to RouteYou. If you choose not to match it to the network, you won't get instructions either. It's the same as drawing the route manually.
How to upload a GPX - No data available (e.g. street names).
Can you fix that?
Option 1: It's your own route
Yes! If it's your own route, you can edit it using the route planner.
How to edit a route
- Routing will be set to MANUAL
- Change it to OSM-shortest or another routing
- When asked "Where do you want to apply this routing?": A: "Entire route" or B: "Next changes", choose A. The full route will be matched to the network and instructions will be generated.
How to change routing
Option 2: It's someone else's route
- Download the GPX of the route
How to download a GPX - Upload the GPX and choose default options with "Recalculate on known roads where possible"
Recalculate a route on known roads
No, you can't. We use a fixed average per route type.