navigation route
Way between points
A navigation route is a planned path from one location to another, typically generated by GPS or mapping software.
The route includes turn-by-turn directions and may factor in traffic, road conditions, or user preferences: The app calculated a navigation route that avoided toll roads.
In aviation and maritime contexts, navigation routes follow established corridors or waypoints.
- trailPath through wilderness
- beaten pathMuch-traveled route
- turnRotational movement
- waypointNavigation reference location
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
dead reckoning · shipping lane · course · canal · map · paper map · GPS · flight path · air traffic · bend · river channel · nautical mile · trajectory · great circle · bearing · portage · sextant · highway
- straitsBering Strait, Bosphorus, Bosporus, Gibraltar, Hormuz
- Volga regionVolga River, Volgograd, Stalingrad, Battle of Stalingrad
navigation routedrifting
Moving without purpose
meandering · roaming · rambling · wandering · wandering aimlessly
navigation routeuncharted territory
Unmapped, unexplored area
terra incognita · unmarked trail · wilderness · off the grid · maze
navigation routefixed position
Unchanging spatial placement
standstill · destination · point of origin · staying put · immobility