Autumn is the season for hiking! Navigation apps like Google Maps help you get from A to B as quickly and efficiently as possible. Straight to your goal, along endlessly boring or busy roads. If you walk for the walk that is of course not what you want. Fortunately, you can also design a personal walking route for Google Maps yourself. You can do this via the free Google service My Maps. You take the very first steps on your Mac, the route eventually also appears in Google Maps on your iPhone. We help you on your way!
1. New card
Open My Maps in Safari, via mymaps.google.com. Make sure you are signed in with your Google account. Click on the “Create new card” button in the top left corner.
2. To the start
At the top left it says “Unnamed card”. Click on it and give your route a meaningful name. Enter the address of the starting point via the search field at the top and press enter. This is marked by a pin.
3. Add walking route
Under the search field, click the “Draw a line” button and “Add walking route”. Click on the map near the starting point. You can now run a blue line exactly on the desired route …
4. Blue line
… Or you move the cursor directly to a point where you want to go. Then Google will sign the way there. If you are satisfied with a section of the route, click to confirm it.
5. End point
Fill in your route bit by bit. You can undo mistakes with the arrow to the left under the search bar. When you are back at the starting point, double-click there to complete your route.
6. Refreshments
You can also sign in some pause moments on your route, such as a restaurant or attraction. If you don’t want that, you can skip this and the next step. Do you want it? Tap “Add layer” in the sidebar and give the layer a meaningful name.
7. Marking
Make sure the layer is highlighted – it will have a blue line in front of it. Now click on “Marker” under the search field and put the pin in the right place. Also give the point a logical name.
8. On the iPhone
You can find the route on your iPhone, via the Google Maps app – log in with the same account. Tap “Saved” at the bottom and then “Maps”. There is your self-mapped route!