Summary
Planning a trail becomes a conversation instead of a map session.
Naming the start and the finish is enough — it resolves both to coordinates, threads in whatever waypoints you add along the way, and hands back a GPX file that opens straight into a map or a GPS device.
What it is
A route planner in front of the OpenRouteService API, aimed at hiking and mountain biking. You give it place names or coordinates; it returns the route as a GPX file you can open on a map.
What you get
- Ten candidate coordinate pairs for a place name, each with enough description to tell which one you meant
- The addresses and landmarks nearest a longitude and latitude, when you have numbers rather than a name
- A route from a start to a destination, with optional waypoints in between
- Four ways to travel: foot-hiking, cycling-mountain, cycling-regular and driving-car
- The route itself as a GPX resource, loadable in a map viewer such as gpx.studio
Requirements
Python, and network access — every answer is a live call to OpenRouteService. The author's own caution travels with the output: check any generated route against official maps and current conditions before you set out.
Setup effort
One command plus a key — uvx openroute-mcp, then supply credentials