Privacy
Last updated 16 October 2026
Route to 3D turns runs, rides and hikes into 3D models. This page explains what it stores about you, why, who helps run it, and how to see or delete your data.
Who is responsible
Route to 3D (routeto3d.com) is run by Phil Gartell, trading as Mags Vision, in the United Kingdom. I'm responsible for your data under UK data protection law (the UK GDPR). For any privacy question or request, email info@routeto3d.com.
Using Route to 3D without an account
You can elevate a route, try every setting and see the model without signing in. GPX files you open are read in your browser; they aren't uploaded to Route to 3D. Nothing about you is stored unless you sign in and save a design.
What's stored when you have an account
| What | Why | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Your email address, and if you sign in with Google, the name and picture Google shares | To sign you in and keep your designs in your account | To provide the service you've asked for |
| Designs you save: their name, the settings, a small preview picture and a simplified line of each route | So you can open them again, and share them or put them in Community if you choose | To provide the service you've asked for |
| Feature requests you send and which ideas you vote for | To run the public feature requests board | To provide the service you've asked for |
| Your account's plan and whether it's an admin account | To decide which features you can use | To provide the service you've asked for |
Routes can show where you live. Saved designs are private until you press Get a share link; anyone with that link can then open the design, including the route. A shared design also keeps a larger picture of it and its distance, climb and date, which apps such as WhatsApp and Messages show when the link is sent. Before saving, you can tick Hide the first and last 200 m of each route to leave out your start and finish.
Community. If you put a design in Community, anyone can see it on routeto3d.com and in the app, open it, including the route, and make their own copy. Your name and email aren't shown with it. The first and last 200 m are hidden unless you untick that, and a route from your Strava account only goes in when you tick the box to say that's fine. Presets you share in Community can be used by anyone. You can take a design or preset out of Community, or delete it, at any time. I may take out anything that shouldn't be there.
Feature requests. Ideas you suggest are shown on the public board (routeto3d.com/requests and in the app) without your name or email. Only the number of votes is shown, not who voted. You can delete your own ideas at any time, and I may hide any that shouldn't be there.
Other information
- Live visitor count: while a Route to 3D page is open, it joins an anonymous count that shows only the type of device. No name or account is attached, and nothing is kept once you leave.
- Security logs: the web host and the database keep short-lived technical logs, including IP addresses, to keep the service running and protect it from misuse (legitimate interests).
- Strava, once it's available: if you connect your Strava account, Route to 3D reads only the activities and routes you pick. The connection is kept in your browser, and you can disconnect at any time.
Who helps run Route to 3D
| Service | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Supabase | Accounts, sign-in and saved designs | London, UK |
| Resend | Sends sign-in codes to your email | Sent from Ireland (EU); Resend is a US company |
| Signs you in, if you choose Continue with Google | Google's own privacy policy applies | |
| Hostinger | Hosts the website | UK |
Where a service is outside the UK, your data is protected by the UK's adequacy regulations or by contract clauses approved for international transfers. None of these services may use your data for their own purposes.
Maps, imagery and other content
To build a model and show the page, your browser fetches map tiles and other content directly from these services: AWS Terrain Tiles (elevation), Esri World Imagery (satellite), OpenFreeMap and OpenStreetMap (maps and buildings), Poly Haven (rooms), jsDelivr (program code) and the Mags Vision kit (page design). Like any website, they see your IP address and the map area requested, but not your name, email or account.
Cookies and storage in your browser
Route to 3D doesn't use advertising or analytics cookies, or any tracking. It keeps a few things in your browser's own storage so the site works: your sign-in, light or dark mode, the panel layout and other display settings, and your last-used choices. Clearing your browser's site data removes them and signs you out.
How long it's kept
- Your account and saved designs are kept until you delete them or ask for your account to be deleted.
- A design you delete in My designs is removed straight away, and its share link stops working.
- Technical logs and email delivery records are kept by the services above for a short time only.
Your rights
You can ask to see the data held about you, have it corrected or deleted, receive a copy, or object to or limit how it's used. You can delete designs yourself in My designs. To delete your whole account, email info@routeto3d.com from the address you sign in with, and it'll be done within 30 days.
If you're unhappy with how your data is handled, please get in touch first. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Children
Route to 3D accounts aren't meant for children under 13.
Changes
If this page changes in a way that matters, the date at the top will change, and signed-in users will be told about significant changes.