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Turn-By-Turn Navigation

Experience guided outdoor adventures with TouchTrails’ turn-by-turn navigation — a feature available to premium users.

Activating Your Route

To start navigation, make sure the route you want to follow is active.
If your map contains only one route, it is activated automatically.
If you have multiple routes, use the arrow buttons in the top bar to switch between them.

Showing where to find the buttons to activate the next route and the previous route

Start Navigation

Tap the navigation start button in the top bar to begin your guided journey.

Shows where to find the button to start navigation

Navigation begins only when you are close enough to the route — about 200 meters (650 feet) or closer.
If you’re too far away, TouchTrails may suggest using a third-party app (like Google Maps) to guide you to the route’s starting point.

Dialog asking if third party app should be used to navigate to starting point of route

Intelligent Turn-by-Turn Guidance

TouchTrails analyzes your route and aligns it with nearby roads and trails whenever possible.
This allows the app to provide clear turn-by-turn instructions:

  • displayed in the navigation banner

  • spoken aloud through voice guidance

Navigation banner with turn-by-turn instructions

Compass Guidance

If your route cannot be aligned with known roads or trails, TouchTrails automatically switches to compass guidance.
The compass appears in the navigation banner and helps you stay on track.

Navigation banner with compass

Stop Navigation

To stop navigation at any time, tap the X in the navigation banner.

Shows where to find 'x' button to exit navigation

Map Control During Navigation

If you move the map while navigating, you can quickly return to your current position.
Tap the re-center button Re-center button at the bottom of the map to focus the view back on you.

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