Reshape
Drag a point, click the line to add one, delete one, extend either end, and undo as you go.
Club guide
Your club runs its own map.
Who in your club can change what, how the map editor works, and what keeps a change from quietly breaking something.
Editing, importing, reviewing and the club page are free for every club.
Getting the keys
A club's map is edited only by people the club has let in. Three steps get a club there.
- An officer asks. Create a free account and fill in the club form. The club's name is enough to begin. Add each trail system with its activity, its towns and a GPX or KML file if you have one; all of that can come later.
- We set the club up. DynamicTrail creates the club, its trail systems (outlined from the towns you named) and the assignment between them, in one step, and marks the club participating. From then on the club's own Officers and Trail Masters decide what is official on its systems.
- Riders ask the club for standing. Anyone signed in can ask to join from the club's page in the app or from the website, saying which rank they want. Your Officers see the request and choose the rank, which need not be the one asked for. Until then a rider can still suggest, and nothing they suggest is published without you.
The roster is the club's
Officers answer join requests, assign board positions and set ranks here, in the app or on the website. A position on the board (President, Trail Master, Director and so on) decides the rank that goes with it, so the roster and the permissions never disagree.
Who can do what
Every club member holds one of three ranks. The club's Officers decide who holds which, and a rank only applies on the trail systems assigned to that club.
| What | Any signed-in rider | Member | Trail Master | Officer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suggest a trail, a correction, a marked stretch, a pin or a photo for the club to review | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Draw, reshape, split, join, reverse or delete the club's trails; add and move pins | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mark a stretch (closures, conditions, hazards), post trail restrictions, publish a pin | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Apply, adjust or decline what riders send | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Restore an earlier version of a trail from its history | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Edit the club's page: description, logo and pictures | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Manage the roster: answer join requests, assign positions and ranks | No | No | No | Yes |
- A position on the club's board (President, Trail Master, Director and so on) decides the rank that goes with it, so the roster and the permissions never disagree.
- A club always keeps at least one signed-in Officer. Removing or demoting the last one is refused.
- A new trail or pin drawn by a Member lands pending. A Trail Master or Officer publishes it.
- Anyone signed in can ask a club for standing. The club's Officers decide, and can grant a different rank than the one asked for.
Edit the map from a desk
Open Manage → Trail systems → Edit, or Edit this map on the trail system's page. Changes save straight to the map and go into each trail's history.
Split
Cut a trail anywhere on the line. Pins and marked stretches go with the half they sit on.
Join
Fuse two trails in the same system whose ends meet within 25 metres into one.
Reverse
Flip a trail's direction. One-way stretches on it flip with it, so they still point the right way.
Draw
Draw a new trail point by point. It lands pending until a Trail Master or Officer publishes it.
Pins and markings
Add, move and edit pins. Trail Masters and Officers also mark stretches and set postings like width limits.
Built for volunteers
An edit cannot quietly break something
- If someone else changed a trail after you opened it, your save is stopped rather than mixed with theirs. Reload, see their change, then make yours.
- A reshape that would leave a marked stretch off the line asks first, and names the stretches.
- A join that would combine conflicting restrictions is refused, with the reason.
- Every direct edit is kept in the trail's history, and a Trail Master or Officer can restore an earlier version.
The same tools in the app
On the phone, pick a trail on the map and one card opens over it: Reshape, Split, Join, Reverse, Mark, Details and Delete. The trail stays highlighted until you are done, and the card offers only what your rank allows.
Trails, waypoints and markings
Open a trail system from More → Trail Systems and choose Trails, waypoints & markings. Tap the map and you get the smallest thing under your finger: a pin, a marking or a trail. ＋ Waypoint drops a new pin, which stays pending until a Trail Master or Officer publishes it.
Several markings from one sheet
Pick the stretch once and tick every marking that applies. Each carries its own number, direction or hours; the note, the days and the expiry are shared. What each marking does.
- Marking a stretch works with no signal. It is saved on the phone and sent when coverage returns.
- Splitting a trail needs a connection.
Reviewing what riders send
Riders do not change your map. They suggest, and the club decides.
A rider sends it
A new trail, a correction to a line, a marked stretch, a pin or a photo, with a note for the club.
It waits for the club
Members can read the queue. Nothing reaches the published map yet.
A Trail Master or Officer decides
See the proposed change beside the current one, then apply it, adjust it or decline it with a reason.
The decision is recorded
What was decided, and who decided it, stays with the trail.
Pending approval
New trails, pins and areas riders have sent, and imported archives, each waiting to be published or declined. On a system no club has taken yet, the same list shows what DynamicTrail published as Unofficial, so the club can vouch for it one row at a time.
Suggested changes
A rider's proposed edit to a trail already on the map, with their note and what would change. Apply it as sent, adjust it first, or decline it with a reason the rider can read.
Your club's page
Trail Masters and Officers can add a logo and up to twelve pictures at Manage → Clubs → Edit. They appear on the club's page on the website and in the app. JPEG, PNG, WebP and HEIC are accepted; a square picture works best for the logo.
Bringing in what you already have
Upload a GPX or KML file on the website, or open one in the app, and it opens as a map of its own: every trail and pin in the file, with the whole editor's tool set. Nothing in it is on any map, and nothing reaches the club until you press Send.
- Reshape, split, join, reverse, draw and delete the file's trails, and mark a stretch on any of them, before anybody else sees a line.
- Pins are typed by the category the file used and tied to the nearest trail; retype them, move them, or leave rows out and put them back.
- Send lands the rows in the club's pending queue. A Trail Master or Officer can also approve what they just sent, and it goes on the club's map now.
- The app keeps its staging on the phone, so an archive can be tidied with no signal.
In the app
Open the trail system, choose Import GPX / KML, pick the file, and the same map opens. Send everything, or approve it on the spot if you hold the rank.
Official, Unofficial, Pending
Every trail, pin and area says where it stands with the club. The wording is the same in the app, on the website and in the car.
- Approved by the club: a Trail Master or Officer of the club that holds the system approved it. Drawn solid, routed, and the source of every alert.
- Approved by DynamicTrail, not yet by a club: Unofficial. On a system no participating club holds, DynamicTrail reviews what riders send and publishes it, marked may not be accurate. When the club arrives, it vouches for these from its Pending approval list, and they become official.
- Awaiting review: Pending. Sent by a rider, not yet decided. Drawn dashed and faded, seen only by the rider who sent it and the club.
- Rejected by the club: declined, with a reason the rider can read.
Questions
What clubs ask.
Does any of this cost the club anything?
No. Editing the map, importing trail files, reviewing what riders send and the club page are free for every club. Contributing to the map is never paid.
Can a rider change our map?
Only by suggesting a change. A rider without standing in your club cannot edit its trails, and nothing they send is published until a Trail Master or Officer applies it.
What if our only officer steps down?
A club cannot be left without a signed-in Officer: the last one cannot be removed or demoted. Name a successor first, then step back.
Can we undo an edit?
Yes. Each trail keeps a history of direct edits, and a Trail Master or Officer can restore an earlier version from it.
How does somebody get standing in our club?
They ask from the club's page in the app or from the website, saying which rank they want and who they are. Your Officers see the request and decide.
What do the markings do for riders?
A marking the club posts is drawn on the map, read by every route a rider plans, and spoken on the ride before they reach it. A closure also reaches everybody watching the system. The map guide lists every marking and what it does.
Maine and New England clubs
Bring your club's map onboard.
Start with your club name. Trail files and towns can follow later.