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Route Guess Editor

Draw and compare your theoretical ideal routes against reality.

The Route Guess Editor allows you to manually draw the route you intended to take, or the theoretical optimal route, directly onto the map. This drawn line is then mathematically compared against your actual GPS track.

Why use this?

Orienteering is about execution vs intent. By explicitly declaring your intended route, the AI Coach can calculate exactly how many meters you drifted off your planned line, and calculate time lost to poor compass work or drifting.

Drawing Mechanics

The editor is a precise vector-drawing tool built into the map view.

  • Add Points: Click anywhere on the map to drop a node. The route automatically connects nodes sequentially.
  • Edit Points: Click and drag any existing node to adjust its position.
  • Insert Points: A mid-point handle appears on the lines between nodes. Dragging this handle creates a new node, splitting the line.
  • Delete Points: Right-click (or long-press on touch devices) a node to remove it.

Analysis Integration

Once you save a Route Guess, it unlocks new data pipelines across the app:

  1. AI Coach - Off-Route Mistakes: The engine now knows what "correct" looks like. It continuously calculates the perpendicular distance from your GPS point to the nearest line segment of your guess. If this exceeds 30 meters, an Off-Route mistake is generated.
  2. Deviation Charts: A new chart appears in the Data panel, visualizing your error margin in meters over the duration of the leg. You can see if you slowly drifted away (compass error) or made a sudden 90-degree mistake.
  3. Visual Overlay: The guess is rendered as a semi-transparent or dashed cyan line (configurable in Global Settings) in both Full Course and Per-Leg modes.

Sprint Automation (Beta)

Drawing routes manually is powerful but tedious. If the event is classified as a Sprint, Routster can automatically generate the optimal route using the Theta* pathfinding algorithm. See the Sprint Features documentation for details on this advanced integration.