# INVIA Canonical Knowledge Base

> INVIA is the one tool that handles a ride from end to end. Build routes on
> real off-road data, edit any ride or track you own, send them to your GPS
> over the cable and pull the rides you recorded back the same way. Build
> custom map files and load those onto the device. Explore what other riders
> have ridden and pull any of it into your library. Then store, tag and
> catalogue all of it in one place.
> It is built for motorcycles: dirt bike, dual sport, adventure, enduro and
> single track. Forest Service, BLM, National Park and state data are unified
> on one map, and every road is drawn as what it is, in six classes running
> from single track up to pavement. The mapped network is 340,000 miles of
> dirt road and trail. Separately, 190 riding areas across 17 states have been
> gone through by hand, with 413 named single track trails so far: that is
> what has been checked, not the size of the map.
> Routes go to a Garmin from a browser tab, including the units that never
> appear as a drive on a computer. Free account, 14 days of Pro, no card
> required. INVIA is Latin: in- (without) + via (way). Pathless.

The INVIA Guide below is the manual: every screen of the web app, written
from the app itself and organized in the app's own order.

## About INVIA

The trail map that starts from a motorcycle.
Build and edit routes on real off-road data, send them to your GPS and pull your recorded rides back the same way, load custom map files, explore what other riders have ridden, and catalogue everything in one library.

- 340,000 miles of mapped dirt road and trail
- Public routes and rides from other riders, on the map and yours to import
- Every trail drawn as what it is, from single track to open fire road
- Routes go to a Garmin straight from the browser, over the cable
- The rides you record come back into your library on their own
- Free account with 14 days of Pro, no card required

- [About INVIA](https://inviagps.com/about/): Who builds INVIA, where the map data comes from, and why an off-road route planner starts from a motorcycle rather than from a car.

## Garmin and GPX

- [Garmin and GPX](https://inviagps.com/garmin/): How to send a GPX file to a Garmin from your browser, which folder it goes in on every model, and what to do when the device will not connect.
- [How to send a GPX file to a Garmin](https://inviagps.com/garmin/send-gpx-to-garmin/): Plug the Garmin in, connect it on the Device page in Chrome or Edge, then send. The GPX folder for every model, and the alternatives.
- [What is a GPX file?](https://inviagps.com/garmin/what-is-a-gpx-file/): A GPX file is a plain text list of coordinates. What tracks, routes and waypoints mean, how to open one, and how it gets onto a Garmin.
- [Why your track disappears after you send it](https://inviagps.com/garmin/where-garmin-keeps-your-tracks/): Use an SD card. Newer Garmins import a sent GPX and delete the file on the next boot, and a card solves that completely: the track imports and the file stays.
- [Send GPX to a Garmin Zumo XT, XT2 or XT3](https://inviagps.com/garmin/zumo-xt/): On an XT2 or XT3 use a memory card, because internal storage is wiped of the file on the next boot. On the original XT use internal.
- [Send GPX to a Garmin Tread](https://inviagps.com/garmin/tread/): GPX goes in Internal Storage/GPX on every Tread, including the SXS editions. No drive ever appears, so Chrome or Edge sends the file straight over.
- [Send GPX to a Garmin Montana](https://inviagps.com/garmin/montana/): Where GPX files go on a Montana 700, 710i, 760i, 610 and 680, which models mount as a drive, and how to transfer a route from your browser.
- [Send a GPX to a Garmin GPSMAP 67, 66 or 64](https://inviagps.com/garmin/gpsmap/): Where GPX files go on a GPSMAP 67, 67i, 66 series and 64 series, which models mount as a drive, and how to transfer a route straight from a browser tab.
- [Send GPX to a Garmin eTrex](https://inviagps.com/garmin/etrex/): Where GPX files go on an eTrex SE, Solar, 22x, 32x and Touch, why the SE never shows up as a drive, and how to send a route from a browser tab.
- [Send GPX to a Garmin Oregon](https://inviagps.com/garmin/oregon/): The GPX folder on a Garmin Oregon is Garmin/GPX. Plug the Oregon in, it mounts as a drive, and INVIA sends the file straight from a browser tab.
- [Send GPX to a Garmin Zumo 396 or 595LM](https://inviagps.com/garmin/zumo-396-595/): The GPX folder on a Zumo 396 or 595LM sits at the top level of the drive, not inside Garmin. Here is the folder, and how to get a route into it.
- [Garmin not connecting, or the GPX not showing up](https://inviagps.com/garmin/garmin-not-connecting/): Why no drive appears when you plug in a Garmin, how long file transfer takes to come up, and where a GPX file lands on each model.

## Guide

- [Contents](https://inviagps.com/guide/): The complete guide to the INVIA web app. Every page, every control and every feature, explained in plain language.

### Start here

- [Start here](https://inviagps.com/guide/start-here/): Accounts, signing in, onboarding, browsers and the nav bar: what to know before the first route.
- [What INVIA is](https://inviagps.com/guide/start-here/what-invia-is/): Build routes, edit rides, send and receive from your GPS, load map files, explore what other riders have ridden, and catalogue everything in one library.
- [Accounts and the Pro trial](https://inviagps.com/guide/start-here/account-and-trial/): Every account opens with 14 days of Pro, no card required. What Free includes, what the trial adds, what happens when it ends, and which browser you need.
- [Signing in](https://inviagps.com/guide/start-here/sign-in/): How to sign in or create an account: Continue with Apple, Continue with Google, or an emailed six-digit code. Passwords remain for older accounts only.
- [Browsers, units and the nav bar](https://inviagps.com/guide/start-here/browsers-units-and-the-nav-bar/): Which browsers INVIA supports, where the unit preference lives, and the nav bar tab by tab: Home, Collections, Plan, Explore, Events, Friends, Maps, Device, Profile, and the bell.

### Home

- [Home](https://inviagps.com/guide/home/): Home is your library: routes, rides, collections, tags and Smart Files, and the card and item page that every item shares.
- [Home overview](https://inviagps.com/guide/home/home-overview/): Home is your library: the stats header, the sidebar file tree, search and sort, cards, the item page, and how deleting works. Everything you build or import lives here.
- [Sidebar sections](https://inviagps.com/guide/home/sidebar-sections/): The Home sidebar top to bottom: Routes, Rides, Collections, Community Imports, Waypoints, All, Organize Library, Tags and Smart Files, with what each header click does.
- [Tags and Smart Files](https://inviagps.com/guide/home/tags-and-smart-files/): Create, apply, rename and delete tags, remove the Imported tag, filter the library by tag, and combine Region, Year, Ride type, Surface and Difficulty with the Pro Smart Files filters.
- [The card](https://inviagps.com/guide/home/the-card/): Every element of a route or ride card in the Home grid: thumbnail, visibility pill, badge, name and rename, meta, class chips, collection chip, tags, and the action row.
- [The item page](https://inviagps.com/guide/home/the-item-page/): The full view of a route or ride, top to bottom: header row, name and color, badges, stats, community panel, your rating, waypoints, tags, collections, the action row, and the map.

### Collections

- [Collections](https://inviagps.com/guide/collections/): Collections group routes, rides and their waypoints into one thing you can order, map, share, send and stow.
- [Collections overview](https://inviagps.com/guide/collections/collections-overview/): What a collection is, how to create one, Stowed and Listed, ordering and the cover, taking a route out, waypoints in a collection, Map View, sharing, sending to a Garmin, events and deleting.
- [New collection](https://inviagps.com/guide/collections/new-collection/): Create a collection in two steps: name it, then add routes and rides from your library or import GPX and KML files straight into it. Other ways a collection gets created.
- [Select modes and clean-up](https://inviagps.com/guide/collections/select-modes-and-clean-up/): The two select modes on the Collections page, routes inside one collection and several collections at once, their batch actions, and the Pro clean-up for duplicate collections.

### Plan

- [Plan](https://inviagps.com/guide/plan/): The route builder: Build, Edit, Display and Route tools, routing rules, off-road anchors, waypoints, saving and leaving.
- [Toolbox: Build](https://inviagps.com/guide/plan/toolbox-build/): The Build group of the route builder: Add Point, Explore, Add POI, Locate Me, the four routing modes, zoom-dependent snapping, orange off-road anchors, and what you see as you build.
- [Routing rules and off-road anchors](https://inviagps.com/guide/plan/routing-rules-and-off-road-anchors/): How a click becomes a segment: the road-then-trail-then-straight order in Auto, zoom-dependent snap tolerance, the off-road chain, orange anchors you can drag, and when road routing resumes.
- [Toolbox: Edit](https://inviagps.com/guide/plan/toolbox-edit/): The Edit group of the route builder: Detour in three clicks, Trim, Split and Join, Add Route, Reverse, delete, undo and redo, what can be dragged, and how to start over.
- [Save dialog, Route View and leaving](https://inviagps.com/guide/plan/save-dialog-route-view-and-leaving/): The Save Route dialog field by field, what is stored, Update Route and Save as New, the Route View panel, editing after saving, exporting, and what happens when you leave the Plan tab.

### Explore

- [Explore](https://inviagps.com/guide/explore/): Everyone else's riding: public routes, rides and collections on the map, with search, chips, heat and tap to identify.
- [Explore overview](https://inviagps.com/guide/explore/explore-overview/): Explore is everyone else's riding: every public route and ride on one map, heat glow zoomed out, individual routes zoomed in, three tabs, duplicate grouping, and tap any road for its details.
- [Tabs, search and chips](https://inviagps.com/guide/explore/tabs-search-and-chips/): The Explore sidebar: the Routes, Riders and Collections tabs with counts, Search a place, the Heatmap switch, the All, Routes and Rides chips, and the derived activity and difficulty facets.
- [Hover, select and open](https://inviagps.com/guide/explore/hover-select-and-open/): What happens when you hover a line on Explore, click to select it, open it, pin it to your profile, and how near-identical routes from different riders group into one row.
- [Pins, tap a road and layers](https://inviagps.com/guide/explore/pins-tap-a-road-and-layers/): Ride-area and trail pins on Explore, the zoom each one waits for, what the road card shows when you tap a base map line, and the Layers button with its basemap picker.

### Events

- [Events](https://inviagps.com/guide/events/): Casual meet-ups and organized events: the wizard, joining, the dashboard, riders, briefing, sharing and live tracking.
- [Events overview](https://inviagps.com/guide/events/events-overview/): The two shapes of an INVIA event, casual meet-ups and organized events, how riders join, what the organizer dashboard holds, what riders get, and how live tracking works. Beta.
- [Meet-ups](https://inviagps.com/guide/events/meet-ups/): Casual meet-ups: the one-screen form, Friends only or Public, attaching routes, Create and share, RSVP with I'm going or Interested, inviting friends, and the ride page. Beta.
- [The organized event wizard](https://inviagps.com/guide/events/organized-event-wizard/): The six steps of creating an organized event: what and when, where it starts, routes, the description and media, who can join, and review, plus drafts and Save and exit. Beta.
- [Joining and the participant page](https://inviagps.com/guide/events/joining-and-the-participant-page/): How riders join an event by link, six-letter code or Discover, the release of liability, approval states, and what the participant page shows: routes by day, who's going, documents, updates. Beta.
- [The dashboard](https://inviagps.com/guide/events/the-dashboard/): The organizer dashboard section by section: Overview and readiness, Riders, Routes and the download dial, Team, Share and promote, Briefing, Settings and the lifecycle, and the Organizer console. Beta.
- [Live tracking and the public page](https://inviagps.com/guide/events/live-tracking-and-the-public-page/): Organizer live tracking with SPOT and inReach trackers, the LIVE switch, problem chips, SOS, rider opt-in, who can see locations, the public tracking link, and the public event page. Beta.

### Friends

- [Friends](https://inviagps.com/guide/friends/): Friends, groups and location sharing between riders, and the Tracking tab where satellite feeds and shares live.

### Maps

- [Maps](https://inviagps.com/guide/maps/): The Garmin map builder: turn GPX tracks into .img map layers and send them to the device, plus the Map Library storage.
- [Map Library](https://inviagps.com/guide/maps/map-library/): The Maps tab: your saved Garmin map designs as cards with View on Map, Edit and Delete, the empty state, cloud save, and the Create New Map button that opens the builder.
- [Builder: layers and inputs](https://inviagps.com/guide/maps/builder-layers-and-inputs/): The Garmin map builder: one layer becomes one .img map file on the device, how tracks get in from files, the library and the device, waypoints, styling, options, outputs and the rules it enforces.
- [Builder: styling and options](https://inviagps.com/guide/maps/builder-styling-and-options/): Per-layer styling in the Garmin map builder: Arrows or Solid, Width, Fwd or Rev, the seven Garmin colors, bulk recolor with Select, Color priority, and the Pins on map and Device GPX options.
- [Builder: outputs and limits](https://inviagps.com/guide/maps/builder-outputs-and-limits/): Download .img or a .zip of layers, Send to Garmin with verification, Save Map, the 30 tracks per layer limit, unnamed layers, the map service and the unavailable card, and what is Pro.

### Device

- [Device](https://inviagps.com/guide/device/): Connect almost any Garmin from the browser, send routes and collections, bring recorded tracks back, and manage waypoints, maps and files.
- [Connect a Garmin to your browser](https://inviagps.com/guide/device/connecting/): Connect a Garmin to INVIA from the browser: File transfer (MTP) or USB drive, the one-time chooser, the file transfer wait, INVIA Bridge on Windows, and the three transports.
- [The Device page](https://inviagps.com/guide/device/the-device-page/): Every panel of the Device page: the status card, From INVIA and From computer, Save All Activities, On Device, Waypoints, Maps and the advanced device file browser.
- [Send a route to your Garmin](https://inviagps.com/guide/device/sending/): Send a route, ride or collection to a connected Garmin: from the builder, a library item or the Device page; the Send to device dialog, arrows, nearby waypoints, and what lands on the unit.
- [Get recorded tracks off your Garmin](https://inviagps.com/guide/device/importing-tracks-and-activities/): Get recorded tracks and .fit activities off a Garmin in the browser: everything drawn on a map, save all or select, verified before anything is cleared from the device.
- [Waypoints on the device](https://inviagps.com/guide/device/waypoints-on-the-device/): The Waypoints panel on the Device page: the device's saved places by source file, Import all or a selection, the 15 meter duplicate skip, automatic region, and waypoint-only files.
- [IMG maps and the file browser](https://inviagps.com/guide/device/img-maps-and-the-file-browser/): Load custom Garmin .img maps onto the device, list and delete the maps already there, and use the advanced device file browser to import, download, upload and delete any file. Pro.
- [Supported devices and troubleshooting](https://inviagps.com/guide/device/supported-devices-and-troubleshooting/): Which Garmin devices work with INVIA and how each one connects, GPX folder paths, microSD behavior, and fixes for every common connection problem.

### Profile

- [Profile](https://inviagps.com/guide/profile/): Your rider profile: stats, garage, settings, subscription, the Tracking tab and how account deletion works.
- [Subscription](https://inviagps.com/guide/profile/subscription/): The Subscription card on the Profile tab in every state, what a failed payment does to the date, checkout, the monthly to annual switch and the billing links.

### Sharing

- [Sharing](https://inviagps.com/guide/sharing/): Share links, download permission, community imports and the public route, ride, collection and event pages.
- [Share links and Allow downloads](https://inviagps.com/guide/sharing/share-links-and-allow-downloads/): Private, Friends and Public per item, share links for routes, rides and collections, the Allow downloads switch, saving another rider's route, the collection download rule, and your public profile.
- [Community imports](https://inviagps.com/guide/sharing/community-imports/): What happens when you save another rider's public route or ride: the private copy, the Imported tag, the Community Imports section, provenance on the item page, and why export is not offered.
- [Public pages](https://inviagps.com/guide/sharing/public-pages/): What a visitor sees at a shared link: the public route, ride and collection pages, Open in INVIA, the download buttons that appear only when downloads are allowed, the public profile, and the public event page.

### The map

- [The map](https://inviagps.com/guide/base-map/): The INVIA Base Map: seven datasets, six vehicle classes, tap to identify, pins, basemaps, land boundaries and heat.
- [Base map and road classes](https://inviagps.com/guide/base-map/base-map-and-road-classes/): The INVIA Base Map: Forest Service, BLM, NPS and state OHV data unified and drawn in six vehicle-access classes, what feeds it, difficulty casings, the legend, and what is Pro.
- [Tap to identify and pins](https://inviagps.com/guide/base-map/tap-to-identify-and-pins/): What the road card shows for each data source when you tap a line, the difficulty chips, boundary cards, and the curated ride-area and trail pins with their categories and zoom behavior.
- [Basemaps, boundaries and heat](https://inviagps.com/guide/base-map/base-maps-boundaries-and-heat/): The seven basemaps and where each is the default, 3D and Labels in the builder, land boundaries as drawn, and the heat maps on Explore and in the builder, Global and Mine.

### Waypoints

- [Waypoints](https://inviagps.com/guide/waypoints/): Where waypoints live, how the waypoint library and clean-up work, and how waypoints travel with routes and collections.
- [Kinds and storage](https://inviagps.com/guide/waypoints/kinds-and-storage/): Route points, named waypoints and pins in the builder, what each one is for, how a waypoint is stored as a snapshot on each route, and the Waypoints section of the item page.
- [Waypoint library and clean-up](https://inviagps.com/guide/waypoints/waypoint-library-and-clean-up/): The waypoint map's two views, By container and Library, filing loose pins, rename everywhere, what deleting a waypoint touches, and the Pro clean-up for duplicates, orphans and files.
- [How waypoints travel](https://inviagps.com/guide/waypoints/how-waypoints-travel/): What happens to waypoints when a route is saved, filed into a collection, downloaded as GPX, or sent to a Garmin: the package set, the 50 meter fold, the 500 waypoint soft cap, and device import.

### Import and export

- [Import and export](https://inviagps.com/guide/import-export/): File formats INVIA reads and writes, how imports are packaged, duplicate handling, bulk import and the export rules.
- [Formats and packaging](https://inviagps.com/guide/import-export/formats-and-packaging/): What INVIA imports (GPX, KML, FIT), how it decides whether a file is a route or a ride, how multi-track files become one collection, and how waypoints are filed per file.
- [Duplicates and bulk import](https://inviagps.com/guide/import-export/duplicates-and-bulk-import/): How INVIA catches duplicate imports, how re-imported route packs are adopted instead of copied, the Pro bulk importer for folders, and the clean-up tools for routes and collections.
- [Export rules](https://inviagps.com/guide/import-export/export-rules/): When Export GPX is offered and when it is not: your own routes and rides always, community imports never, collections only when every member is yours, and what a download contains.
- [GPX files explained](https://inviagps.com/guide/import-export/gpx-files/): Tracks, routes and waypoints in a GPX file, how Garmin reads route color through the DisplayColor extension, direction arrows, cue-point cleanup, and where GPX files live on each Garmin.

### Plans

- [Plans](https://inviagps.com/guide/plans/): Free, Pro and Organizer: what each includes, the 14-day trial, caps, and how gating behaves in the app today.
- [Free, Pro and Organizer](https://inviagps.com/guide/plans/free-pro-organizer/): What each INVIA plan includes: Free, Pro at $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year, Organizer at $79.99 a year, the 14-day trial, what is never gated, and how upgrading and billing work.

### Reference

- [Reference](https://inviagps.com/guide/reference/): Troubleshooting index, keyboard shortcuts and appendixes on legacy pages and on features that are not shipped.

## Reference

- [FAQ](https://inviagps.com/faq/): Short answers, one section per part of the guide.
- [Glossary](https://inviagps.com/glossary/): Every INVIA term defined.
- [Full text](https://inviagps.com/llms-full.txt): The whole guide as one markdown file.

## Optional

- [Open INVIA](https://inviagps.com): The app. Free account, 14 days of Pro, no card.
- [Support](https://inviagps.com/support): support@inviagps.com