CROSS COUNTRY RALLY ROADBOOKS

Choose Your Format

• Start with File > New Cross Country, or File > New Cross Country FIA Dakar for the FIA layout with a wider tulip box and MODIF / NEW NOTE markers. The Dakar layout is available to every user.
• Changed your mind? Roadbook > Change Roadbook Format converts a saved roadbook between Cross Country, Road Rally and FIA Dakar.

Create a Roadbook by Drawing on the Map

Double Click the Map & Create Your First Waypoint

• Enter Route Name, Description, Start and Finish Location in Header
• Click along route on Map to create Track Handles and red track.
• Double Click Track handle again to create all Waypoints along Route to Finish
• Carefully place 1st Track Handle after Waypoint to set direction of path leaving Waypoint, it’s used to automatically draw simple Tulip

Mapbox – Snap to Roads – See the Power of Rally Navigator

• Snap to Roads. Rally Navigator will quickly trace roads shown on the Map
  • PC: Ctrl + Click Road on Map
  • Mac: Cmd + Click Road on Map
• Snap to Roads with Text Navigation Added to Each Waypoint
  • PC: Ctrl + Alt + Click Road on Map
  • Mac: Cmd + Option + Click Road on Map
• Or turn on Map > Follow Roads and every click follows the road. Follow Roads works mid-route too.

Create a Roadbook from GPX, KML or KMZ Tracks

Import GPX, KML or KMZ tracks. For best results, use a single continuous path. RiverNotes 2 and Tulip roadbooks import too.

Import a GPX, KML or KMZ Track to Get Started

• Select File > Import > Import GPX/KML/KMZ File. Choose your roadbook format, then pick the import options: Remove Timestamps, Remove Extra Track Points, and Include Waypoints to turn the file’s waypoints into roadbook waypoints.
• You will see imported Tracks projected onto Main Map Screen.
• Big GPS recordings are simplified automatically on import, so the app stays fast. Clean up a track any time with File > Remove Extra Track Points – it shows the points you have now, the points you’ll keep and the reduction before it runs.
• You can Insert Additional Tracks at the Start or End of the Track using File, Insert Track
• Enter Route Name, Description, Start and Finish Location in Header

Fine Tune Track and Create Waypoints Along the Route

• Mouse over the red Track and Click to create a track handle. Place handle carefully along track on Map to align track along your intended route. The Track is used to measure distance and must be accurate.
• Double Click a Track Handle to create a Waypoint at each intersection or POI along the route. Rally Navigator will automatically capture segment and total distance, generate tulip, GPS coordinates.
• Select the Road Type of the Main Tulip Arrow by clicking on Tulip road and then clicking on desired road type in the drawing tools bar. Changing a road type with change subsequent tulips also.

Add Waypoint Details: Roads, Icons Text

• Select a Waypoint by clicking in Roadbook.
• Drag desired “no go” road segments into Waypoint editor and shape road to create tulip, so curves in road and angles of roads at intersection exactly match.
• Drag and drop proper Navigation icons and signs into Tulip and Text Box. Rally Navigator utilizes full library of FIA Navigational Icons. Pro Users can add Custom Icons.
• Right Click in a box to Add Text Descriptions with turn info and navigational hints to each Waypoint.
• Right Click in Text box to Add a Background Image
• Continue along Route till you have fine tuned Track and created details for each Waypoint.

Print and Export

• Choose File > Print to PDF for A5, A4, Letter, Legal or a moto roll (multi-wide rolls are Pro), with the FIA lexicon pages if you need them.
• Use File > Export for OpenRally GPX, Plain GPX, KML or the TSD worksheet.
• File > Export > Export To Rally Device has ready-made profiles for Stella, RallySafe, TerraPirata, Sporttrax, YB Tracking and more. See all integrations