The Iowa Adventure Course Creator is designed to transform how cyclists plan their rides by offering a more customizable and accurate route-mapping experience. Cyclists—whether road, mountain, gravel, or adventure riders—often face challenges with existing mapping applications like Komoot, Strava, and Google Maps, which fail to reliably identify road surfaces or accommodate individual riding preferences.

Our application addresses this gap by using data from OpenStreetMap to accurately classify road surfaces, including paved roads, gravel, and rugged Level B roads. Additionally, it allows users to cuztomize their routes even further by adding stops, setting a destination, and adjusting their route based on personal preferences such as traffic levels, road types, and ride difficulty. This ensures that cyclists can find the best routes tailored to their specific riding preferences.

Key features of the Iowa Adventure Course Creator include:

• Interactive route creation that allows users to set a destination, add stops, and customize their route based on preferences such as, road types, bike types, and ride difficulty.
• Ability to share favorite rides with friends, through our export feature.
• Route export functionality in standard formats for use with devices like Garmin Edge.
• Ability to save routes to allow users to come back and export them later.