Commercial Use & Licensing

Pro License for Commercial Rally Events

Pro Subscribers have the right to use the roadbooks you create in commercial events — events with paid entries and any commercial activity. The Premium tier is licensed for personal use only, not commercial events. Pro level is required once money is involved in the event.

Removes ‘Not for Commercial Use’

Roadbooks produced on the Premium tier carry a “Not for Commercial Use” marking in the PDF header. Pro removes it, so the PDFs and exports you hand to competitors and officials carry your event branding and nothing else.

Roadbook Branding & Print Output

Custom Roadbook Header Image

Select a custom header image at the top of every roadbook page with your own event artwork, series or sponsor banner.

Choosing a custom header image

Built-in crop tool for header image

Right-click the header to change or remove the image

Custom QR Code in Header & Waypoints

Place QR codes on the roadbook header and on individual waypoints. Competitors can scan them in the field to reach whatever URL you desire.

• Event information
• Hotel location
• Download a PDF
• Emergency contact

Import Custom Navigation Icons

Load your own navigation symbols alongside the built-in FIA and Dakar icon sets. Useful for national federations with their own symbol conventions, or for hazards and instructions the standard sets do not cover.

Add icons to the library from the Icons menu

Or add them straight from the My Icons tab

You can also copy an icon image from a web browser and paste it into a waypoint, then right-click it and choose Copy to My Icons to save it to your library.

Right-click a waypoint icon and choose Copy to My Icons

Multi-wide Moto Rolls

Print to PDF continuous motorcycle roadbook rolls in multiple copies per wide format sheet so the same route can be printed on a wide format printer and cut to width to produce multiple rolls from a single sheet of paper. Ask your commercial printer about the proper paper width and the max rolls available for that sheet size.

Download the sample — Moto Style Roll x 6, Cross Country Rally on 36″ paper (PDF)

Mapping & Route Data

Additional Map Sources

Unlocks additional base map and satellite imagery layers. Coverage and imagery may vary between providers, so having more to choose from may give you better options in your area.

Map sources available from the Map menu

Show Speed & Elevation on Map

Display speed limit and elevation information at the selected location on the map while planning your route.

Speed limit and elevation at the selected location

Show Track Color On Map

The track on the map will change color depending on special stage, transit stage, speed zone, neutralization, and neutralization with speed limit.

Show Track Color On Map

Elevation Profile & Data

Generate elevation profile for the route on screen and in PDF. Also includes elevation data in the OpenRallyGPX export.

Show Elevation Profile in the app

The same profile printed in the roadbook PDF

Street View Image to Roadbook

Add the current Street View image of a road section directly to the Roadbook notes box.

Street View Image to Text Box, from the Waypoint menu

GPS Roadbook Recorder LIVE

Record a Roadbook and save Waypoints LIVE from GPS location while you drive the route. Distances, headings and waypoints are captured in the field. You can do complete waypoint editing and details as you drive and come back with a Roadbook to refine at the desk rather than one to build from scratch.

This feature requires USB GPS input to your laptop computer. Tested for Mac and PC with the GlobalSat BU-353NC and the V-FAN UG-353. Rally Navigator connects over a standard USB serial connection, so other USB GPS receivers may also work; these two are the units we have tested. Not tested on Linux — it would be great if a Linux user could test and confirm.

The two USB GPS receivers tested with the recorder

Connecting Rally Navigator to GPS devices

1. Plug in the GPS pucks.
2. Wait about a minute for them to acquire signal and click the Connect button.
3. It may take 30 seconds to connect.
4. Once the GPS pucks are connected, you should see a green GPS light if you’re receiving good GPS signal. You should also see the blue dot on the map at your location.

GPS Roadbook Recorder, from the File menu

Now ready to start recording a roadbook.

Connected and ready to record

Waypoints & Editing

Waypoint Numbers & Control Icons on Map

Show waypoint numbers and control icons on the map. Checking a roadbook page against the map becomes direct, and the structure of the event stays visible while you plan the route.

Waypoint numbers and control icons shown on the map

Drag and Drop Smart Icons

Drag and drop QR code for latitude, longitude and elevation data into any waypoint.

Drag the ELEV and GPS smart icons into a waypoint

Hover Over Track Distance

Hovering over a track point will show the user:

• Distance from Start
• Distance from Previous Waypoint
• Distance to Finish

ET Distance Icon and CAP Options

Right-clicking on a subsequent track point gives the user the option to add distance to the next item, which is an icon of the user’s choice. The user selects this and drags and drops the selected icon into the notes box. It will automatically add itself to the ET distance display and become a single draggable, resizable object.

The Add ET Distance menu on a track point

Add an icon to the ET distance, then move or resize it as one object

User can also add ET Distance:

• CAP (compass heading immediately leaving this track point)
• CAPa (the average compass heading to the next waypoint)
• CAPc (machine calculated CAP heading to the next waypoint)

A second ET distance added with a CAP heading

Distances and CAP headings will recalculate automatically if the user moves the corresponding track points.

Move the track points and the values update

Export

KMZ and GPX Export with Route Details

Export the route as a KMZ file with details included for:

• Special stage
• Transit stage
• Speed zones
• Neutralizations, waypoints, control icons, etc.

Useful for rally planning, event monitoring, safety, dispatch, media, staff and asset location.

Users can quickly click and fly to any item on the list, with the included details visible.

Download the sample KMZ — Cross Country Rally

Download the sample GPX — Cross Country Rally route

Get Pro Rally

Pro Rally includes everything in the Premium tier plus all of the features above. Download Rally Navigator to try it, or see the subscription options for current pricing.