Turn a GPX or KML file into a route-shaped stop

Most stops are a point. A hike, a ride or a paddle is a line, and a point does not tell you how long it takes. Import the GPX or KML file your watch or app recorded, and Treader turns it into a stop shaped like the actual trail, with a duration built from distance and climb instead of a flat guess.

Import a route

1. 1 In the itinerary panel, open Add stop and choose Import a route.
2. 2 Pick a GPX or KML file (up to 10 MB). Treader reads it in your browser, so the file itself never leaves your device: only a simplified line is saved with the trip.
3. 3 A new stop appears on the day you are viewing, pinned at the route's starting point and named after the name inside the file, or the file name when there is none.
4. 4 The trail draws on the map as a dotted line, distinct from the solid routed legs between stops.

Attach or remove a route on an existing stop

A stop you already added can carry a route too, as long as it is not a travel leg. Open the stop and use + Attach a route in its detail view to add a GPX or KML file to it. Once a route is attached, Remove sits beside its name: it drops the route and keeps the stop as a plain point.

• The stop shows the route distance and, when the file has climb, the ascent and descent, right under the route name.
• Only GPX and KML files parse. A file with no track points, or fewer than two, shows an error instead of a broken stop.

Where the duration comes from

The stop's duration is Naismith's rule: 12 minutes per kilometre plus 1 minute per 10 metres of climb, rounded to the nearest 5 minutes. It scales with the pace in Settings under Map, Walking pace: Relaxed adds 25 percent, Brisk takes off 20 percent, and Steady is the default. That estimate is set once, when you import or attach the file, so changing your pace later never rewrites a stop you already have.