Documentation

How to use HelloDrifter

Everything you need to build a course and share it as a map. Work through it top to bottom, or jump straight to a guide.

New here? How HelloDrifter works

Two ideas cover almost everything you'll do:

Build your course

A Route is a single, private course. A Race is a course with a date that lives inside an Event — a group of one or more races that's publicly searchable. Each one holds your GPS line, elevation, and points of interest.

Share it as a map

An Embedded Map is how you present a course to the world — a fully customizable, shareable map built from any Route, Race, or Event, ready to embed on your website. Pro

Start here

New to HelloDrifter? Get the lay of the land first.

Getting started A quick introduction to HelloDrifter and how our core concepts fit together.

Build your course

Get your GPS line, elevation, and points of interest into HelloDrifter.

Creating a Route course Build a Route — a single course visible only to you and those you share it with. Creating Race courses Build an Event with one or more Races — a feature-rich, publicly searchable way to present a course. Points of interest edit page A dedicated tool for adding, editing, and deleting points of interest on a course.

Share it as a map Pro

Turn a course into a customizable map you can embed anywhere.

Creating an Embedded Map Turn any Route, Race, or Event into a customizable map you can embed on any website. Learn about map usage What a “map load” is, why we charge for usage, and what our users typically pay.

Still stuck?

Answers to common questions — and how to reach a human.

Frequently asked questions Answers to the questions we hear most often.

Can't find what you need?

We're a small team and happy to help — we'll even build your map for you if you're short on time.