Manual
Read more about how Fietsknoop works.
Also watch our instruction videos in Dutch
- Creating routes without nodes
Fietsknoop is a digital planner for planning routes along the official nodes. Without an account, or with a basic account, only this network can be used. Anyone with a Fietsknoop[+]Plus account can create their own routes, as gpx tracks.
Go to the website and log in to your account. Click on the blue button 'Activiteiten' (= Activities) and choose 'Fietsen' (= Cycling) or 'Wandelen' (= Walking).
On the map, click with the mouse on the spot where you want to start the route. Click anywhere else and Fietsknoop will create the shortest route between the two points using the existing paths. Drag a point if you want to change the route.
Save the route and use it as an 'Activity'. As the route does not run through the nodes, no voice support is possible.
This feature is still under development.
- Sharing your own recorded route with others
An own recording of a route cannot be shared but you can create a GPX download of the recording and send it to others.
Log in with your Fietsknoop account on the website at www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard.
Choose the blue 'Trips' button.
Open the appropriate route.
On the route map, you'll find a download button.
Download the gpxtrack. Send it by e-mail.
NB: the website is only available in Dutch. With the help of your browser's automatic translation function, you may be able to translate the website.
- No connection possible
An internet connection is necessary for the proper functioning of Fietsknoop. Always give Fietsknoop permission for your location in the general settings of your phone.
NB. Your location is only known to Fietsknoop during the route. After finishing your route, all data used by Fietsknoop will be deleted.
If the app fails and doesn't seem to work properly, it can help to stop the app and remove it from your to-do list. Then restart it and see if Fietsknoop is now working properly.
If this still doesn't work, remove the Fietsknoop app from your device and reinstall it from the app store. Please log in again to gain access to your account.
- Download GPX file for use in bike computer
App:
Open the required route, click on the mail symbol, enter the appropriate email address and indicate that you would like to include a GPX file.
Website:
Log in and open the appropriate route. Click on the GPX download button.
- Read GPX file into Fietsknoop as 'activity'
Import a GPX file via your own dashboard in the Fietsknoop website (only for Fietsknoop[+]Plus users).
Log in to www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard/inloggen. Click on the blue button 'Activiteiten = Activities' and then on 'Lees GPX bestand in = Import GPX file'.
After importing, the GPX file automatically appears in the app, under 'Activities'. Open - in the 'Activities' screen - the imported route. Using the Fietsknoop GPS function, you can use the route again. No voice support is possible, however.
Sometimes a GPS route is saved as .bin Change this to .gpx and save the file.
- MTB and GPX routes
At www.fietsknoop.nl/gpxroutes, you will find GPX and MTB cycling and hiking routes created by Fietsknoop users.
Use the 'download' button on the map to download this route as a GPX file, or scan the QR code above the map.
- Reading GPX file into Mio cycle computer (website)
Plot and save a route on Fietsknoop.
Click on 'Download GPX'. Choose 'Bestand opslaan' (= Save file). The file will then end up in your default download folder.
Connect the Mio to your computer via the USB cable and switch it on.
Two drives will now normally appear on your computer: Mio_system and Mio_data.
Copy the GPX file you just downloaded to Mio_dataDodgeTracks.
Wait a moment to give the device time to synchronise.
Switch off the Mio and disconnect it from your computer.
Switch the Mio on again.
Go to 'Navigate' and then 'Tracks'. If done correctly, you can now see the Fietsknoop track in the list.
(Unfortunately, the Fietsknoop website is only available in Dutch. With the help of the automatic translation function in your web browser, you may be able to have the website translated).
- Reading GPX file into Garmin bike computer
Garmin bike computer users report the following procedure:
Download the gpx file of your Fietsknooproute on your computer.
Connect the Garmin to your computer via USB.
Put the gpx file in the 'Garmin/newfiles' folder and disconnect the Garmin from your computer.
Garmin will automatically create a course from the file. Look under Navigation->Courses->Saved Courses
- Share an Activity
You can share an Activity (a gpx route) with others. This GPX route then becomes visible on the GPX routes page on the Fietsknoop website, and in the list of GPX routes in the app.
Open the Activity. Click on the note icon. Set the Activity to share with 'everyone' and save.
- Read GPX file directly into Fietsknoop as Activity
(app version 5.4.1 or higher)
Only with Fietsknoop[+]Plus
Do you have a GPX file on your phone or tablet and would you like to read it directly into Fietsknoop as Activity?
The first time you may need to perform several steps, after that a new GPX file will probably be able to be opened and read directly by Fietsknoop as an Activity. The instruction below is a rough guide and may vary slightly by type of phone/tablet.
For Android: Long click on the relevant GPX file. Open the multi-choice menu on the screen and click 'Open with'. Click on the Fietsknoop 01 logo and the GPX file will be read as Activity.
For Apple: click on the relevant GPX file. Choose 'share'. Click on the Fietsknoop 01 logo and the GPX file will be read as Activity.
