Map Tiles
| Service | What it's used for | Data sent |
|---|---|---|
| OpenStreetMap Terms | Privacy Policy | The default map tile provider - renders the base map imagery shown on route maps. | Map tile coordinates for the area being viewed, plus the visitor's IP address as part of the standard HTTP request. |
Geocoding
| Service | What it's used for | Data sent |
|---|---|---|
| Nominatim (OpenStreetMap) Terms | Privacy Policy | Used for address lookups when adding destinations/points of interest, and - for visitors - when searching for routes near a place using the "Near a Place" route filter, the Route Finder Location/Location Preview blocks, or a location-based Route Shortcut. | The address, place name, or coordinates being searched for, and the visitor's IP address. |
Routing / Directions
| Service | What it's used for | Data sent |
|---|---|---|
| OSRM (project-osrm.org public demo server) Terms | Used to generate turn-by-turn cycling directions text for a route's prompt card. | The route's GPX coordinates, sent server-side when a route's directions text is generated (not on every page view). |
| OpenRouteService (by HeiGIT) Terms | Privacy Policy | Powers the optional "route to me" point-to-point directions feature and a road-reachability check used when matching nearby destinations to a route. Requires an API key. | The visitor's chosen starting point and the route's coordinates, plus the site's OpenRouteService API key. |
Weather
| Service | What it's used for | Data sent |
|---|---|---|
| OpenWeatherMap Terms | Privacy Policy | Displays weather forecasts and conditions along routes. Requires an API key. | Geographic coordinates for the route being viewed, and the site's OpenWeatherMap API key. |
POI Search
| Service | What it's used for | Data sent |
|---|---|---|
| Overpass API (OpenStreetMap) Terms | Free fallback for the on-map POI search when Google Places isn't configured, and used server-side to look up nearby named natural features (peaks, water, valleys) when generating a route's turn-by-turn directions text. | The map area being searched, or a route's GPX coordinates when generating directions text. |
Address / Street View Lookup
| Service | What it's used for | Data sent |
|---|---|---|
| Google Geocoding API Terms | Privacy Policy | Admin-only: looks up an address or resolves coordinates when reverse-geocoding a marker, or generating a Street View image for a destination/POI. | The destination's postal address text (or its stored coordinates, for reverse geocoding), plus the site's Google Maps/Street View API key. |
| Google Street View Metadata API Terms | Privacy Policy | Admin-only: checks Street View coverage near a destination before generating a Street View image for it. | Coordinates, a search radius, and the site's Google Maps/Street View API key. |
| Google Maps Embed Terms | Privacy Policy | Admin-only: loads a Google-hosted map iframe in the destination editor's Street View panel. No API key required. | The destination's coordinates. |
Route Export
| Service | What it's used for | Data sent |
|---|---|---|
| RideWithGPS Terms | Privacy Policy | Lets a visitor push a route's GPX into their own RideWithGPS account with one click via OAuth, once they choose to connect it - never happens without that explicit action. The connection itself is stored only in an encrypted cookie in the visitor's own browser, not on this site's server. | The route's GPX file and title, sent only when the visitor clicks "Send to RideWithGPS" and only to their own already-connected account. |