When you're traveling, the way you move matters — whether you're hiking across Patagonia, cruising the Nile, or road-tripping through the Rockies. With Transport Mode, you can tell Polarsteps how you travelled each leg of your journey, making your Travel Tracker even more accurate and personal.
What is transport mode?
Transport mode lets you select how you travelled between steps. It shows up as an icon on your travel route and affects how the route is drawn on the map.
These are the current transport modes you can choose from:
How do I set the transport mode?
- Open your trip.
- Tap on a transport icon or on the route line between two steps.
- The selected route section will highlight, and the transport menu opens.
- Pick your preferred mode and tap 'Save' — done!
Note: Transport mode (used for tracked trips) is not the same as transport planner (used when planning future trips).
What if I had multiple modes of transport within my trip?
Want to update just a part of your route between two points? You can edit a subsection of your route like this:
- Tap on the line you want to change. The transport menu should now appear (see screenshot below).
- Tap 'From' and choose the location you wish to use as the starting point for this subsection (you can tap on the name of the location in blue and swipe in the menu to find the exact location)
- Tap "To" and select the location you wish to use as the ending point for this subsection (again, tap on the name of the location in blue and swipe in the menu)
- The subsection is now selected — choose your transportation mode from the transport menu.
- Tap 'Save'
To cancel or edit the selection, just tap on the subsection in your trip and it will open the transport menu for this specific subsection again.
What if I want to set a transport mode but I don’t see any transport mode icons to choose from?
Just tap on the route line between two steps and you will see the transport mode menu appear. You may need to zoom in to make sure you tap on the route.