Last updated on April 14, 2026

Finding Directions

You can use the Directions Directions tool icon tool to determine a driving route between two or more locations* on your map. You can define a start point, an end point, and any number of intermediate stops, then choose whether to find the fastest or shortest route and optionally let Maptitude Online determine the most efficient stop order or to use an order that you specified.

To find directions you specify the stops, choose whether to visit them in order or to optimize the order based on drive-time or distance, and choose whether or not to return to the starting location. Maptitude Online determines a route based on the choices that you made, adds it to the map, along with new point layers for the stops and for the route directions. It also displays a dataview of the route directions.

Map with directions to multiple stops and returning to the start

To Find Directions

  1. Click Directions tool icon Directions on the Sidebar.
  2. Choose your stops as follows:
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    Choose an origin by clicking on the map Click Add Pin icon and click on one or more locations on the map. Maptitude Online displays a pin icon at each origin location.
    Choose an origin from features in a point layer If your map contains a point layer, click Add Points from Layer icon and then choose a layer to use from the Layer drop-down and choose whether to use All Features or a selection set from the Using drop-down.
    Enter an address or landmark Click Add Address Icon, enter an address (or landmark such as "Empire State Building" or "Laguardia Airport", and click Add button icon.
    Remove a stop Click Remove Stop icon next to the stop you want to delete in the list of route stops or click  Delete Pin icon and click on location on the map .
    Manually set the order of stops Click Sort Stops icon next to a stop and drag it up or down in the list of route stops.
  3. Choose whether to find the fastest (minimize time) or shortest (minimize distance) route.
  4. Choose whether to visit the stops as ordered in the list of route stops or optimize the order to visit the stops to minimize travel time/distance.
  5. Check Round trip (return to start) if you want to return to the first stop after visiting all of the others.
  6. Click OK.

* The Maptitude Online route optimization tool supports unlimited routes (up to 20GB storage per account) with up to 100 stops per route 

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