Full Feature Overview

Written By Tobias Cichon

Last updated About 1 year ago

Welcome to AvoMap! This page provides a complete overview of all editor features, helping you understand how to build, style, and export your animated map videos. Whether you're visualizing a travel route, telling a story, or showcasing a project, AvoMap gives you complete creative control.

📥 Import & Route Creation

Import Your Tracks

You can import your existing journeys using standard geodata file formats. AvoMap supports:

  • GPX (commonly used for fitness trackers, hiking, and biking routes)

  • KML (frequently used for Google Earth and map visualizations)

Create Custom Routes

Design routes directly inside AvoMap without needing a GPS file. You can:

  • Mix segment types (fly, drive, cycle, walk) to match real-world travel

  • Add unlimited segments to tell long and complex stories

  • Insert pauses to highlight special locations — perfect for landmarks or key transitions

  • Split or merge segments to fine-tune timing and camera behavior

  • Add stopovers between waypoints to redirect the route naturally

  • Use autocompletion to find places (cities, countries, 7,695 airports)

  • Click on the map to preview or fine-tune location placement instantly

🕒 Timeline Editor

The timeline provides a clear visual structure of your animation, letting you adjust how long each part of your route appears in the final video.

  • Each segment appears as a block proportional to its video duration

  • Drag to change the length (duration) of segments

  • Add Fly-In and Fly-Out animations and see their timing directly in the timeline

  • Hover or click to edit camera settings, add stopovers, or delete segments

🎥 Camera Control

AvoMap calculates the camera flight path based on elevation data and the created or imported path instead of a fixed, flat path. This means the camera intelligently adjusts its route to maintain a smooth, natural flow over the terrain.

This feature makes every video feel cinematic and avoids issues like the track drifting off-screen or cutting into the terrain.

💡 Want more control? You can still override the default path with manual camera settings.

Dynamic Camera

Enable this to let AvoMap automatically calculate smooth movements along your route. Perfect for users who want cinematic results without manually adjusting each angle.

  • Automatically adapts tilt, zoom, and rotation as the route curves or changes direction

Manual Camera Settings

If you want full creative control, set camera values per segment:

  • Zoom level to show more or less map

  • Tilt to change viewing angle from top-down to horizon-level

  • Bearing to rotate the view direction

  • Smoothness to control how fluidly transitions happen

  • Offset the camera position manually (fine-tuning x/y direction)

Fly-In & Fly-Out

These effects animate the camera zooming in from above or out to a wide view, ideal for intros and outros. AvoMap auto-calculates the best elevation to show your entire route at a glance.

🛣 Track Styling

Per-Segment Styling

Make your route stand out visually with:

  • Custom width, opacity, and color for each segment

  • Consistent or unique styling to match the story being told

Track Bubble

Add a moving icon to the start of your track for extra flair:

  • Customize with your own icon (PNG, JPG, SVG, WEBP)

  • Adjust border, size, color, and whether it lays flat (3D) or faces the user (2D)

Distance Counter

Showcase total distance travelled by enabling a distance box overlay. The number updates as the route progresses — great for fitness recaps or event summaries.

Flight Mode

When using flying segments:

  • Show or hide the airplane icon

  • Show or hide the dashed or solid flight path line connecting locations

📍 Symbols & Points of Interest

Symbols are how you add titles, labels, or icons to your map — great for adding context, highlighting stops, or storytelling.

  • Add symbols via the timeline or by clicking on the map

  • AvoMap auto-fills geographic metadata: city, region, country

Symbol Customization

  • Add up to 3 lines of text: Title, Subtitle, and Sub-subtitle

  • Customize fonts, sizes, colors, and stroke outlines

  • Upload your own symbol icons or choose from 100+ presets in four categories

  • Edit icon placement, rotation, opacity, and anchor points

  • Duplicate symbols or copy/paste design settings for consistency

Symbol Timeline

  • Control symbol visibility over time — fade in, fade out

  • Set symbols to appear once or multiple times in your animation

📈 Elevation Chart

Visualize the elevation changes of your route. This is ideal for hikes, bike rides, or marathon recaps.

  • Automatically generated (except for flying segments)

  • Customize chart line thickness, height, color, and distance markers

  • A bubble shows current elevation as the video plays

  • Fine-tune X-axis labels: font, number, decimal points, color

  • Recalculate if the route is changed or extended

🌍 Map Layers & Terrain

Change how your map looks with a variety of base styles:

  • Choose from 10 map designs including street, satellite, and minimalist

  • Enable 3D terrain by default for added depth

  • Adjust terrain exaggeration to make hills and mountains more dramatic or flatter

🖼 Custom Logo & Branding

Personalize your video with your own branding:

  • By default, an AvoMap logo is shown

  • You can remove this for 2 render credits

  • Upload your logo in PNG, JPG, SVG, or WEBP

  • Resize and position it to fit your video format

📹 Video Export Options

Resolution

  • Full HD (1920×1080) is the standard for most platforms

  • 4K Ultra HD (3840×2160) for highest quality (adds 2 credits)

  • All exports render at a smooth 60 FPS

Aspect Ratios

  • Choose the best format depending on where you’ll share:

    • 16:9 for YouTube and landscape screens

    • 9:16 for TikTok, Instagram Stories, Reels

    • 1:1 for square posts and thumbnails

Social Platform Presets

Pick from optimized presets for:

  • YouTube (standard & Shorts)

  • TikTok

  • Instagram (Post, Reel, Story)

  • Facebook (Post, Video, Story)

  • LinkedIn

  • Snapchat

  • X (Twitter)

Additional Export Settings

  • Set total video length from 1 second up to 60 seconds

  • Choose distance units (kilometers/meters or miles/feet)

  • Pick between Light and Dark UI themes

  • Add internal descriptions to identify your project later

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

AvoMap includes keyboard shortcuts for faster editing:

Playback

  • ← / A: Go one frame backward

  • → / D: Go one frame forward

  • Space / S: Play or pause the video preview

Editor Navigation

  • 1–8: Jump directly to different tabs (Route, Camera, Track, Symbols, etc.)

  • I: Add a symbol to the current position

  • H: Show the shortcut list

🖥 Editor Toolbar

The top bar gives you quick access to project-wide settings:

  • Select video format, duration, and export quality

  • Open previous renders and download videos

  • View logs and export history

  • Report bugs or suggest new features

  • Start rendering your video:

    • See cost in credits before starting

    • Rendering time varies with resolution, length, and queue

    • You’ll get an in-app and email notification when it’s ready

    • Canceled or failed renders are refunded automatically