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Finding your location

Start by entering the basic location of the journey you would like to map by typing the city or place name in the 'New Location' box and press "Go". The map should jump to your selected location. The zoom level can either be selected at the same time in the box indicated or by using the + and - keys on the map itself. To move the map either use the cursor keys situated on the top left of the map or click and drag the mouse across the map as required. Before you map your run you may wish to change the settings depending on what calculations you require from the site. Choose these as follows;

Under ‘Run Info’

  • Choose whether you would like your distance to be calculated in miles or kilometres.

In the ‘Settings’ section you can alter the options as follows:

  • ‘Auto-Follow Roads’
    • When selected this will automatically tailor your route, as you enter it, to follow the layout of the road.
  • ‘Distance Markers’
    • When ticked, this will flag on the map, as you enter your route, the distance you have travelled (either miles or kilometres depending on your chosen settings).
  • ‘Auto-Scroll Map’
    • This, when selected, will automatically re-centre the map around each point of the run as it is entered to give you a wider view of each step’s surrounding area.

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Mapping Your Route

When you have entered your preferred settings and are ready to map your route, go to the ‘Controls’ panel:

  • ‘Start’ When you click on ‘start’ the button will change to say ‘Recording’. Once you have selected this, click on the map where your journey begins. This point will be marked with a green flag. To continue mapping your route, simply click once on the map to indicate each point of your journey. Your route will be marked with a red line.
  • ‘Stop’ Click on this when you have finished mapping your route.
  • ‘Undo’ This will remove your last action and can be done several times if you need to remove more than one step.
  • ‘Clear All’ Selecting this will remove all entries made on the current recording. However recording will continue unless you click the ‘Stop button’.
  • ‘Close Loop' Clicking this at any point during the mapping of your route will return you to your start point. However recording does not automatically stop so you can continue mapping beyond this point.
  • ‘Out and Back’ When clicked this will alter the distance information to display that of both the outward and return trip assuming your return route retraces your outward journey.
  • ‘Altitude' When this is clicked a box will appear at the bottom of the screen showing the altitude. The altitude is either measured in feet or metres depending on whether you are measuring the route in miles or kilometres.
  • ‘Edit’ & ‘Draw’ If you press the Edit button small squares will appear on your route. You can move these squares around the screen to change your route. Pressing ‘Draw’ returns to mapping mode.

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Saving Your Route

After you have pressed 'Stop' press the Save Button. If you haven't previously logged into the site it you will be taken to a login screen where you will be asked to register. Registration only takes a few seconds and you will be asked for an email address and a password. Once you have registered you will be taken to a new screen asking you for the route name and description. Pressing the Save Route button will take you to a list of your saved routes. Setting up an account enables you to share routes, print and export them. You can also import new routes to your account (See below)

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My Account Features

Once you have set up an account you will see four tabs

My Routes

These functions are only available if you have previously saved routes.

  • Editing Routes. Press the Edit button and you will be taken to the Mapping your route page where you change previously saved routes. In order to save the changes you have be sure to press the Save Route button.
  • Cloning Routes. Pressing the Clone button saves a copy of the route in your list of routes.
  • Sharing Routes. Pressing the Share button takes you to a page which enables you to send an email message with a route link to your contacts (see ‘My Contacts’ below).
  • Deleting Routes. Pressing the Delete button removes the route from your list of routes.
  • Searchable. Check this box in order for your route to be viewable in the Search Engine

My Contacts

Press the ‘Add Contact’ button to add names and addresses to your contact list.

Training logs

You can log details for any routes you have saved. Select the appropriate route from the ‘Select route’ box, enter the date, the time you took to run / cycle / walk the route and the effort. You can also enter any comments. Press the log route button will create a new entry on your log. In order to see your training in the graph you will have to log more than one entry. You can also set a target time.

The route log includes the Date, Time (the time you took to travel the route), Mins (the minutes per mile), Effort and Comments.

My details

Here you can delete your account, change your user name, email address and password, country, language and newsletter preferences. Be sure to press the ‘Save’ button when you have made changes. You can also set a default location and zoom level and turn on and off settings, change your default sport, specify miles or kms, calories or joules. Press the ‘Save as Defaults’ button once you have made any changes.

Import GPX Data

Pressing this button enables you to import a GPX file from a Garmin or other navigational device.

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Viewing a route

Printing Routes

Once a route has been saved it can be printed. View the route and press the ‘Print’ Button.

Save in My Routes

If you are viewing a route that doesn’t already belong to you pressing ‘Save in My Routes’ will save the route in your account. Once viewed in your account you can go on to Edit it.

Export GPX

You can export a mapometer route and save it as a GPX file to transfer to your garmin, navigational device or other website. Routes, tracks and waypoints are supported.

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Search Engine

Centre the map on the area you are interested in, move the slider to the route distance band you are looking for, specify the route type (run, cycle, walk) and press the ‘New Search’ button. Mapometer will show up to five routes at a time. To view a particular routes in detail press the View Route button. Mapometer will only show routes that fall within the specified area. If you want to look at a different area move the map and press the ‘change search criteria’ button and ‘New Search’. By default we show the most viewed routes first but this can be changed to show the most saved or newest first.

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Advertising on Mapometer

To include your shop, gym, club or other establishment in our maps press the "Advertiser Info' link on the home page and then press 'Advertise Now' button. You will be asked to create an account or login. Please note that you will have to create a new advertiser account but you can use the same name and password and your standard user account. Once logged in a list will appear with your current ads. Press the 'Create New Advert' button to create a new advert.

  1. Navigate your way to your desired location on the map.
  2. Select the type of establishment you want to advertise from the drop down menu. An icon will appear in the centre of the map. Drag the icon to the desired location. We recommend that you view the map at the highest zoom level to ensure your location is accurate. Please note that we don't allow two icons to be located within 400 metres of each other.
  3. Press the 'Choose File' button to select your desired logo. Find the appropriate file on your computer. We accept .jpg, .png and .gif file formats. Once you have selected the file press the 'Upload File' button. If you don't want to include a logo skip this step - you can add one later.
  4. Enter your company name and address in the boxes. Enter the website name (i.e., www.nike.com) http://www.nike.com/running.html) in the appropriate boxes. Enter a description in the description box (150 characters or less).
  5. Read and accept our Terms and conditions.
  6. Press the Paypal button and follow the instructions.

If you have any problems please email info@mapometer.com

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Contact Us

Our email address is info@mapometer.com and our address is Mapometer.com, 5.12 The Paintworks, Bristol, BS4 3EH, United Kingdom.