Print a route
Table of contents
- The different print options
- Print options
- Print Branding
- Professional prints
- Frequently asked questons
With each route you will find a print button: 
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The different print options
Overview
The overview map provides the route on one map sheet. The overview is intended to give the user an indication of the entire route.
This map is ideal to offer during events. In some cases the overview is also useful to complete the route. For example if it is a short route of 5 to 10 km or if it is printed on A1 or A0 size as a Poster print.
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Roadbook
Contrary to the overview map, the roadbook is constructed in such a way that you can easily take it with you to navigate. The map is split into smaller and more detailed maps. In addition, a street name and instruction list is included.
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Guide
The guide is a presentation of a route via an extensive brochure, packed with information. All information about the places of interest that are linked to the route is included. This way you have all information at hand for an optimal experience of your route.
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Node strip
The node strip is a simplified version of the instruction list you will find in the roadbook.
If the route was planned in whole or in part with a node routing, you can print the very compact node strip.
Please note (!) if you changed the routing while planning, the distances stated at the nodes my no longer be correct.
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Warning
Although a node strip is a beautiful and compact form to travel your route, it is prone to problems as mentioned in this testimonial:
"In the field we missed one node. Was it not there or did we not see it, we don't know. After the roundabout of Poelkapelle (Guynemer, stork). Near the Polygon Wood we saw that 2 nodes were switched and on the way from Nieuwpoort to Veurne they had node 66 look like 99. (the rascals)"
That is why we advise you to always bring a map print along with the node list.
Topomap Poster print
>> Available for free from a Premium account or higher. If you don't have a Premium account or higher, you can also purchase this poster print individually.
This is a digital map that shows the selected route on a topographic map background. It is intented for printing on a large format (A0/A1). The resolution (detail) is optimized for this purpose.
Besides the paper size you can also make choices regarding orientation , layout and output format .
Download an example here (16.2MB).
A complete overview of the possibilities and conditions of this print form can be found on this page .
RouteYou Poster print
>> Available for free from a Premium account or higher. If you don't have a Premium account or higher, you can also purchase this poster print individually.
This digital map shows your selected route on a RouteYou map background and is intended to be able to make a print yourself (A0 or smaller). The resolution (detail) has been optimized in such a way that the quality is suitable for a A0, A1, A2 map.
Besides the paper size [/ help] you can also make choices regarding [help=47#orientation] orientation , design, place name size and output format .
The map is available in three color schemes:
- Grey: the map is in shades of gray and the route is in color, excellent for drawing attention to your route. DOWNLOAD an example here.
- Semi-grey: the map is gray with light pastel colors and the route is in color. DOWNLOAD an example here.
- Colour: the map is in color and so is the route. DOWNLOAD an example here.
A complete overview of the possibilities and conditions of this print form can be found on this page .
RouteYou Royalty free Routemap
>> Available for free from a Premium account. If you don't have a Premium account or higher, you can also purchase this poster print individually.
It is a digital map that shows your route with a RouteYou background map. It is intented for publishing on print (e.g. book, magazine, brochures, ...) or online (digital). The resolution has been modified for these purposes at A4 size.
When you purchase this map you get our permission to use this product Royalty Free.
Please note (!), this says nothing about the copyright of the route. In other words you may not use this product for a route for which you do not have the rights!
Besides the paper size you can also make choices regarding orientation , design, place name size and output format .
A complete overview of the possibilities and conditions of this print form can be found on this page .
Print options
Basic options
Paper size
With this option you can choose the size of the print.
- Anyone can print sizes A4 or smaller.
- Sizes A0 to A3 (Poster sizes) can be selected with a Premium account or higher.
- The sizes A0 to A3 (Poster sizes) can be purchased individually.
The resolution, detail of labels and icons are automatically adjusted according to your choice of paper size
Tip: If you don't have a plotter yourself, you can rely on services such as Vistaprint where you can upload your PDF or PNG.
Orientation
Depending on the shape and orientation of your route, it is better to print in landscape or portrait orientation.
Output format
There are two options here:
- image (PNG)
Advanced options
There are a lot of extra options under the "More option" link.
Detail level
This option is only available with the roadbook and determines the scale of your map. The higher the level of detail, te larger the map scale ande the more map tiles will be displayed.
Note (!): there is also such a thing as a minimum zoom level. The scale level can maximally be reduced till one side of the map tile is 1 km. For a short route, there may therefore be little to no difference between the different detail levels.
Map tiles per page
This function determines the number of map tiles displayed per page. you can choose between one, two, four, six or eight map tiles. By default, this is set to six tiles per pages.
>> From a Plus account or higher you can let the number of map tiles per page deviate from the standard.
Map
This option is only shown if there is a Topo map available for the location of the route.
- The base map is based on OpenStreetMap
- If the route is in BEL, NLD or FR you can also select the topo map as background
>> from a Plus account or higher
Style
RouteYou developed multiple styles in which you can print your map. Each with a different color palette.
>> Available for free from a Premium account or higher . If you do not have a Premium account or higher, you can also purchase a print in a specific style individually.
- The standard style differs from the other styles by the colors of the roads. This way you can recognize the road type at a glance. A distinction is made between highways (green), major roads (yellow tint) and local roads (white tint).
>> click for an example of the standard style.
- The contrast style uses the same background colors, but omits the distinguishing colors for road classifications. This way your route stands out more.
>> click for an example of the contrast style.
- The accent style and bright style use the same logic as the contrast style, but with a different color palette.
>> click for an example of the accent style.
>> click for an example of the bright style.
- The grey style converts the background map into shades of grey.
>> click for an example of the grey style.
- The retro style has a more stylized look with accents that give it a retro look.
>> click for an example of the retro style.
Show places of interest
You can choose not to show the places of interest on the overview map or map in the roadbook.
>> From a Plus account or higher .
Layout
You can leave out a few things in the print:
>> From a Premium account or higher .
- title
- profile
- kilometer markers
- street names
- nodes
Place name size
This option affects the size of the labels on the map.
>> From a Premium account or higher .
Usage
There are two options:
- Personal: prints for personal use or in a limited group (as a rule we alow a maximum of 10 prints)
- Royalty free: printing on large quantities as maps, booklets, printing in magazines, books, ... (> 10 prints)
- May be offered for free or for a fee
- This is an option that can be used unlimited and for free from a Pro account or higher
- This option can also be bought per map
Print Branding
>> From a Premium account or higher .
With Print branding you can easily brand the overview map with your corporate identity.
This means that you can add a promo logo and/or banner to these print form. Every overview print that is made of your routes will be provided with your logo and/or banner.
TIP: You can also use the promo banner to display the logos of your sponsors.
Upload your promo logo and promo banner
- navigate to your Profile and then Public data.
- under Avatar, Logo and Header, which you can use to personalize your own MyRouteYou channel, you will find Promo logo and Promo banner.
Upload the desired files here and then click 'Confirm' at the bottom of the page.
Custom Print Branding
Do you want even more than this? Then you can also opt for Custom Print Branding. In that case we will start up a process with you to integrate your own corporate identity even more: your own colors, font, ...
For more information onCustom Print Branding click here or contact [email protected] right away.
Examples:
Professional prints
Do you want to edit your prints even more?
RouteYou offers professional cartographic services (more information here).
Of course you can also get creative yourself. The map prints in PDF format are structured in layers so that you can easily edit them further in programs such as Adobe Illustator, SVG-Edit and the like. This way you can make a custom map yourself.
Frequently asked questons
The printout of a route does not work, I see a blank page. How did that happen?
For long routes (several hundred kilometers), the print usually does not work because the calculations to display all instructions and maps take to long. A better method is to map out the route in several stages. This way you can generate a separate print for each stage.