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Places and Search
Places are the building blocks of your trip. You can add them by searching, pasting a URL, entering coordinates, or importing a file.
Adding a place
Click + Add Place at the top of the Places sidebar to open the Place form. You can also right-click anywhere on the map to create a place at that exact location — the address is reverse-geocoded and pre-filled automatically.
Searching for a place
Type in the search box at the top of the form. After 2 or more characters, with a 300 ms debounce, suggestions appear in a dropdown.
- Use ↑ / ↓ to navigate results, Enter to select, Esc to dismiss.
- Search results are biased toward the geographic center of your existing trip places. When those places span more than ~500 km, the bias is skipped.
With a Google Maps API key
Admin: A Google Maps API key is configured in User-Settings.
When a key is present, the autocomplete uses the Google Places API, which can return ratings, opening hours, photos, and phone numbers from Google's database.
API key restrictions: TREK calls the Google Places API from the server, not the browser. If you apply HTTP referrers restrictions to your key in Google Cloud Console, you must also set
APP_URLin your environment — TREK sends it as theRefererheader on every outbound Google API request. Without it, Google will reject all server-side calls withREQUEST_DENIED. For server-side deployments, IP address restrictions are simpler and require no extra configuration. See Troubleshooting if photos are missing after adding a key.
Without a Google Maps API key
TREK falls back to OpenStreetMap (Nominatim) automatically — no API key needed. A notice appears above the search box explaining that OpenStreetMap is in use and that photos, ratings, and opening hours are unavailable. Results include name, address, and coordinates.
Pasting a Google Maps URL
Paste a maps.app.goo.gl/…, goo.gl/maps/…, or maps.google.*/… URL directly into the search box and press the search button. TREK resolves it server-side and populates the name, address, and coordinates.
Entering coordinates manually
Type or paste a lat, lng pair (e.g. 48.8566, 2.3522) into the Latitude field. TREK detects the comma-separated pair and fills both coordinate fields at once.
Place fields
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| Name | Required |
| Description | Free text |
| Notes | Free text, max 2 000 characters |
| Address | Free text |
| Latitude / Longitude | Decimal degrees |
| Category | Pick an existing category or type a new name to create one inline (default color #6366f1, icon MapPin) |
| Start time / End time | Shown only when editing an existing place |
| Website | URL |
| File attachments | Images or PDFs — click the Paperclip icon or paste from the clipboard |
Two inline warnings are shown when editing times: one if the end time is set to a value before or equal to the start time, and one if the times overlap with another place already assigned to the same day.
Custom place image
By default a place's thumbnail is fetched automatically (from Google/OpenStreetMap when the place was imported or matched, otherwise a category icon). To use your own photo instead, open the place's detail panel and click its round thumbnail — pick an image and it becomes that place's thumbnail everywhere (list, map marker, itinerary, PDF export and shared trips). A small remove button on the thumbnail clears the custom image and restores the automatic default. Accepted formats are JPG, PNG, GIF and WebP (HEIC is converted automatically), up to 20 MB.
The same control is available on saved places in Collections.
Importing multiple places
Drag a .gpx, .kml, or .kmz file onto the Places sidebar to import all waypoints or features at once. You can also import a saved-list share URL using the Import list button in the sidebar header — both Google Maps and Naver Maps list URLs are supported.
Imported tracks each get their own line colour so multiple routes stay apart on the map; you can override it per track from the place details. See Map Features for the details.
Admin: Google Maps API key is set in User-Settings. Without it, OSM search is used automatically.
See also: Day-Plans-and-Notes · Map-Features · Tags-and-Categories