Linje

Set your distance, choose your route type, generate in seconds

More ways to shape a ride

Forest edgeThe nearest ways into the forest, then a ride from one of them.

Several pointsPoints set on the map before the search, one route through them.

Lit trailsIts own clip, to come.

Surprise meOne tap and Linje picks the ride: a length, a shape, sometimes a cabin.

Tap the cabin

Find a place on the map and add it to the ride

Cabins, saunas, swimming spots and campsites sit on Linje's map as layers. Tap one to see what it is, then put it in the ride in two taps.

1
Tap the cabin
A 43 km loop from Røa, with the Cabins layer on. The purple dot just off its north-eastern corner is Ullevålseter Sportsstue.
2
Read its page
What OpenStreetMap and the cabin's own site say about it.
3
Add it to the ride
Linje rebuilds the loop to go through the cabin and says what it changed.

Plus the essentials, covered

Save routes
Schedule rides in a calendar
Import a GPX, matched to the roads
Export a GPX for your bike computer
Offline maps for saved routes
Turn-by-turn directions

Questions

Where does Linje work?

Norway and the UK. In Norway you get the terrain check, plus cabins, saunas and moose sightings on the map. In the UK you get swimming spots, campsites and pubs. The terrain check needs Norway's national snow and rain data, so it isn't in the UK yet.

Is it on iPhone?

Not yet. Android comes first. The web version works in any phone's browser in the meantime.

Will it send me down hiking trails?

No. Paths graded for walkers are left out, even when the map calls them paths.

Does it work without signal?

Yes. Make a saved route available offline and its map stays on your phone.

Can I use it with my bike computer?

Export any route as a GPX file, or import one of your own.

How does Linje make a route?

It draws a shape with three to five corners around your start, routes it on OpenStreetMap, measures what comes back and reshapes it until the distance is right. Then every ride is checked: close to the distance you asked for, no doubling back, no ferries, and it keeps off hiking trails. Only the ones that pass are shown.

Where does the data come from?

OpenStreetMap for the roads, trails and places. MET Norway for the hour-by-hour forecast. NVE's snow and rain history for the terrain check in Norway. Kartverket and OpenStreetMap for the lit trails, and GBIF for moose sightings. Every source is named in the app.

Where to ride, when to leave, and which way round.