Blog - Tips, Stories & Updates

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Welcome to the PitStopper.net blog! Here you'll find tips for planning better routes, stories from the community, feature announcements, and guides to help you get the most out of your adventures. Whether you're bikepacking across continents or planning a local day hike, we've got something for you.

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  • Anvers or Antwerpen? The Map Now Speaks Your Language

    Anvers or Antwerpen? The Map Now Speaks Your Language

    September 5, 2026 5 min read
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    The same corner of Belgium, twice. On the left the map is set to French, on the right to Dutch, and almost every name has changed. PitStopper's map labels now follow the language you use the app in - and because place names and street names behave very differently, there is an override for people who want them apart.

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  • Share Project: Send Your Route as a Link, Not a File

    Share Project: Send Your Route as a Link, Not a File

    August 18, 2026 3 min read
    FeaturesProduct

    Sending a planned route to someone usually means exporting a file and hoping they open it in PitStopper. Share Project skips all of that: pick how long a link stays live, share it or the QR code, and anyone can open it straight in their browser - encrypted the whole way, and updatable later without sending a new link.

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  • Nudge Your Route Onto the Coffee Stop: Track Editing Arrives (Beta)

    Nudge Your Route Onto the Coffee Stop: Track Editing Arrives (Beta)

    July 20, 2026 3 min read
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    Your route is 95% right, but it misses the one cafe you actually wanted. Until now that meant re-opening a full route planner. New in PitStopper (Beta): tap the track, drag a point past the stop, and it snaps to the road - with the length and climb change shown live and the original kept as a dotted line for comparison.

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  • Your Route, Already Loaded

    Your Route, Already Loaded

    July 12, 2026 5 min read
    TechnicalProduct

    We built a quiet prefetch that runs while you're taking in the route. After about 2-3 seconds, all 70-odd built-in POI categories are fetched and cached at a 1km radius - turning a one-per-search network cost into a once-per-load cost, and the radius slider into a pure local control.

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