http://cycling.lonvia.de (http://cycling.lonvia.de) have route overlays for different outdoor activities.
Terms of use: http://cycling.lonvia.de/en/help/copyright (http://cycling.lonvia.de/en/help/copyright)
Don't overuse it. Before you go doing your activity, you should go on the website, get the gpx for the route (you can download it there), put it in locus and just directly use the gpx and/or only download the tiles along this gpx path.
if it does not exist, create a /sdcard/locus/mapsOnline/custom/provider.xml and insert this text, or download the attached version (rename from providers.xml.txt to providers.xml):
If it already exist edit it and just insert the <provider*> ... </provider> stuff inside the <providers> ... </providers> xml tags.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<providers>
<provider id="10401" type="0" visible="true" required="false" background="-1">
<name>Lonvia route layers</name>
<mode>Cycleroutes overlay</mode>
<area></area>
<url><![CDATA[http://tile.lonvia.de/cycling/{z}/{x}/{y}.png]]></url>
<zoomPart>{z}-8</zoomPart>
<zoomMin>8</zoomMin>
<zoomMax>26</zoomMax>
<tileSize>256</tileSize>
<attribution>Overlay from cycling.lonvia.de, Terms of Use: http://cycling.lonvia.de/en/copyright</attribution>
</provider>
<provider id="10402" type="0" visible="true" required="false" background="-1">
<name>Lonvia route layers</name>
<mode>Hikingroutes overlay</mode>
<area></area>
<url><![CDATA[http://tile.lonvia.de/hiking/{z}/{x}/{y}.png]]></url>
<zoomPart>{z}-8</zoomPart>
<zoomMin>8</zoomMin>
<zoomMax>26</zoomMax>
<tileSize>256</tileSize>
<attribution>Overlay from hiking.lonvia.de, Terms of Use: http://hiking.lonvia.de/en/copyright</attribution>
</provider>
<provider id="10403" type="0" visible="true" required="false" background="-1">
<name>Lonvia route layers</name>
<mode>MTBroutes overlay</mode>
<area></area>
<url><![CDATA[http://tile.lonvia.de/mtb/{z}/{x}/{y}.png]]></url>
<zoomPart>{z}-8</zoomPart>
<zoomMin>8</zoomMin>
<zoomMax>26</zoomMax>
<tileSize>256</tileSize>
<attribution>Overlay from mtb.lonvia.de, Terms of Use: http://mtb.lonvia.de/en/copyright</attribution>
</provider>
<provider id="10404" type="0" visible="true" required="false" background="-1">
<name>Lonvia route layers</name>
<mode>Skating overlay</mode>
<area></area>
<url><![CDATA[http://tile.lonvia.de/skating/{z}/{x}/{y}.png]]></url>
<zoomPart>{z}-8</zoomPart>
<zoomMin>8</zoomMin>
<zoomMax>26</zoomMax>
<tileSize>256</tileSize>
<attribution>Overlay from skating.lonvia.de, Terms of Use: http://skating.lonvia.de/en/copyright</attribution>
</provider>
</providers>
Now you have new maps you can use as overlays in 2.3.X (Main menu / Functions / Map overlays), you can add this function to the right toolbar for quicker use...
URL and Name changed to Waymarked Trails.
Maps looks like the same.
Terms of use: http://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/en/help/legal (http://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/en/help/legal)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<providers>
<provider id="11401" type="0" visible="true" required="false" background="-1">
<name>Overlays</name>
<mode>Waymarked Trails Cycleroutes</mode>
<area></area>
<url><![CDATA[http://tile.waymarkedtrails.org/cycling/{z}/{x}/{y}.png]]></url>
<zoomPart>{z}-8</zoomPart>
<zoomMin>8</zoomMin>
<zoomMax>26</zoomMax>
<tileSize>256</tileSize>
<attribution>Overlay from cycling.waymarkedtrails.org, Terms of Use: http://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/en/help/legal</attribution>
</provider>
<provider id="11402" type="0" visible="true" required="false" background="-1">
<name>Overlays</name>
<mode>Waymarked Trails Hikingroutes</mode>
<area></area>
<url><![CDATA[http://tile.waymarkedtrails.org/hiking/{z}/{x}/{y}.png]]></url>
<zoomPart>{z}-8</zoomPart>
<zoomMin>8</zoomMin>
<zoomMax>26</zoomMax>
<tileSize>256</tileSize>
<attribution>Overlay from hiking.waymarkedtrails.org, Terms of Use: http://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/en/help/legal</attribution>
</provider>
<provider id="11403" type="0" visible="true" required="false" background="-1">
<name>Overlays</name>
<mode>Waymarked Trails MTBroutes</mode>
<area></area>
<url><![CDATA[http://tile.waymarkedtrails.org/mtb/{z}/{x}/{y}.png]]></url>
<zoomPart>{z}-8</zoomPart>
<zoomMin>8</zoomMin>
<zoomMax>26</zoomMax>
<tileSize>256</tileSize>
<attribution>Overlay from mtb.waymarkedtrails.org, Terms of Use: http://mtb.waymarkedtrails.org/en/help/legal</attribution>
</provider>
<provider id="11404" type="0" visible="true" required="false" background="-1">
<name>Overlays</name>
<mode>Waymarked Trails Skating</mode>
<area></area>
<url><![CDATA[http://tile.waymarkedtrails.org/skating/{z}/{x}/{y}.png]]></url>
<zoomPart>{z}-8</zoomPart>
<zoomMin>8</zoomMin>
<zoomMax>26</zoomMax>
<tileSize>256</tileSize>
<attribution>Overlay from skating.waymarkedtrails.org, Terms of Use: http://skating.waymarkedtrails.org/en/help/legal</attribution>
</provider>
</providers>
By the way, this website is just great.
Not only on Desktop.
You have to try it on smartphone!
http://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org (http://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org)
http://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org (http://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org)
http://mtb.waymarkedtrails.org (http://mtb.waymarkedtrails.org)
http://skating.waymarkedtrails.org (http://skating.waymarkedtrails.org)
(//http://www.brotbuexe.de/pics/android/waymarked/Screenshot_2013-05-05-09-28-01.png)
You can use the location feature of your smartphone to jump directly to your current position.
It shows you the routes in the area.
You can configure the layers:
(//http://www.brotbuexe.de/pics/android/waymarked/Screenshot_2013-05-05-09-28-09.png)
You have a search for routes and POIs.
(//http://www.brotbuexe.de/pics/android/waymarked/Screenshot_2013-05-05-09-29-46.png)
For some routes it shows you the evelation profile
(//http://www.brotbuexe.de/pics/android/waymarked/Screenshot_2013-05-05-09-30-18.png)
It shows you website links that are in the metadata of the routes. It knows nested relations.
(//http://www.brotbuexe.de/pics/android/waymarked/Screenshot_2013-05-05-09-31-06.png)
And you can directly export the gpx from the routes window and import it in locus.
All this is usable on the desktop too...