Reading the Map and Troubleshooting

Map markers

Every marker on the map is color-coded by category. Tap any marker to see a popup with its details.

• Blue line — your planned route.
• Green "▶ Start" and red "⬛ End" labels — the first and last points of your route.
• Numbered circles — the stops on a planned trip, in driving order.
• 🅿️ squares — parking near your stops on driving trips, marked FREE, PAID, or ? when the fee is unknown.
• Category-colored circles — points of interest: brown for geocaches, green for parks, amber for museums, blue-gray for historic sites, teal for viewpoints, and orange for trailheads.
• Gold circles with a thick border — places you've logged a visit to.
• Dark brown and gold circles — logged geocache finds.

Getting the best results

• Use well-known place names with a state, such as Denver, CO or Chicago, IL. Vague names can match the wrong place.
• Long routes (500+ miles) turn up the most points of interest along the way, because the search area is larger.
• Points of interest come from OpenStreetMap, so bigger cities have more results. Rural or remote areas may return few — or no — results for some categories.
• You can plan a route in the Route tab and a combined trip in Plan me a Trip at the same time; both appear on the map.

Troubleshooting

• "Could not find location" — check the spelling or try a more specific city name.
• No results for a category — the area may not have OpenStreetMap data for it. Try a larger nearby city or a different category.
• The route fails with an error — the routing service may be temporarily unavailable. Wait a few seconds and try again.
• The map is blank on the web — use a current version of Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari with JavaScript turned on.
• A yellow banner in the Log tab — your visits are being saved on your device only until the connection to the community map is restored.

Every error appears as a banner at the top of the panel or as a pop-up, so a tap never silently does nothing. Still stuck? Get in touch.

Your data and privacy

• Saved trips and app settings are stored only on your device.
• Your display name is linked only to a random anonymous ID — RoadTrippin doesn't require an account, email address, or password.
• Logged visits and geocache finds are shared on the community map so other travelers can see them.
• Group details, chat messages, and chat photos are visible only to members of that group.

The Privacy Policy has the full details.