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I think this is a very lightweight solution to use the plotaroute routes on a mobile device with voice navigation.

It would be great if there is a feature to generate a Google Maps url with the Waypoints as desinations in the url.

Example:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/52.1335876,5.2057188/52.1028518,5.3031884/52.0115637,5.2721093/52.036118,5.174983/52.1335876,5.2057188/

When opening this URL on a mobile phone it is possible to navigate it with the Google Maps app. Voice Navigation included. Great :-)

At the moment it is already possible to download a GPX file with just the Waypoints, suited for automatic navigation apps. I think (hope) that the basis/data from this feature can be reused for generating the url. A point of attention is the maximum number of destinations in the url.

I've seen, and used, this technique on a dutch website (http://www.routetour.nl) for generating routes based on strava (straight forward, it lacks top notch editing features like plotaroute...) and it works very well. 

n.b.

I've experimented a bit more with the referenced site (routetour.nl) and it seems it only exports 4 waypoints, including start and finish (just2 points on the route)

FOr example with this route of 200 km:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/52.1561113,5.3878266/52.3477478,5.7559882/51.9795862,5.9476246/51.7879497,5.5794631/52.1561113,5.3878266/

This rely strong on the calculating of Google and certainly will not be the same route as plotted but in general it's a good and quite simple workaround for low profile planning.

I suggest you use always 10 waypoints. Excluded start- and finish, the eight remaining evenly distributed over the route

Hi Jasper - this is on our Feature Requests list (number 40).   I don't think there is any way to import a detailed route to the Google Maps App at present, only a series of waypoints, which Google will then calculate its own route in between. If the waypoints are passed as a URL, like the example you gave, it would only be possible to send a small number of waypoints as there is a limit on URL lengths and Google may possibly impose its own limit on the number of waypoints too, so the result may not be the route expected. 

John

Thank you for the reply and nice to know it is on the Feature Request list.

I agree with the cons you mentioned.
That's exactly what I tried to say with 'This rely strong on the calculating of Google (..)quite simple workaround for low profile planning.'
That does not alter the fact that it can be a nifty feature, when presented with a disclaimer, it serves the 'light' users not looking for exact the same route as plotted. 

Besides, I understand there are a lot of other features with a higher prio screaming for your attention. 

Keep up the good work!