What it does

Pick a place, a shape and how far you want to go: ride, run or walk, from 2 to 200 km. The generator reads the street network around that spot and looks for a route through real roads that draws the shape. Then it hands you a GPX file or a Garmin course to follow. It is free, and there is no account.

Not a line drawn on top of a map. A route along streets that exist, which is the only kind you can actually ride.

Six shapes, or your own drawing

Square, triangle, circle, heart, house and star. They are simple on purpose: a shape with few, clear corners is one a street grid can actually carry. Show me what's possible tries all six and tells you which one your neighbourhood draws best.

Anything else (a letter, a number, an animal) you can sketch yourself. Draw it yourself lets you click the outline on the map, and Route my drawing puts it on the nearest streets you are allowed to use.

The match percentage is honest. A medieval town centre will not give you a crisp square, and the tool says so rather than handing you a blob.

How it finds the route

The generator works on the real street network around you, from OpenStreetMap, filtered for your sport: no motorways for anyone, no steps on a bike, no private roads. It tries the shape in many positions, sizes and angles, keeps the routes that follow it most closely, and shows you the best few with a match score.

The method, and why some towns draw some shapes better than others, is in how to make Strava art.

What it does not do

It does not put the drawing on your Strava profile. Nothing can: Strava art is a recording, so the shape appears once you have been there. The generator's job ends at a file your watch can follow.

Ridden it? Print the recording

The planned route cannot be printed. It is traced out of OpenStreetMap, and a route taken from OpenStreetMap carries its licence onto anything printed from it. Your recording does not: it is your own measurement, made by your own watch.

So ride it, then bring the file back. Connect Strava or upload the file and the shape is drawn as one clean line or on a real map, with the distance and the date under it. Strava art prints shows how it looks on paper.

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