Start a run and navigate

Start a run in the app, allow location, and get turn-by-turn directions to each stop in the built-in map, Apple Maps or Google Maps.

Driving a run happens in the PathPilot app. Build the route first (see Build and optimize a route).

Start the run

  1. Open the run on the Runs tab, or from the Dashboard.
  2. Tap Start run.
  3. The first time, PathPilot explains why it needs your location while you drive. Tap Allow location, then answer your phone's prompts. See Location and notifications.

Only one run can be in progress at a time. If another run is still going, PathPilot asks you to finish it first.

Navigate to the next stop

  1. Tap Navigate at the bottom of the run. It names the stop you're heading to.
  2. Under Navigate with..., choose:
    • Built-in map: turn-by-turn voice directions inside PathPilot that reroute as you drive.
    • Apple Maps or Google Maps: opens that app with directions to the stop.

While a run is going, the Dashboard shows it at the top. Tap Navigate there to jump straight back into directions.

In the built-in map

  • The card at the bottom shows the current stop, for example "Stop 2 of 5", and its tasks.
  • Complete stop marks the stop done and moves you on to the next one.
  • Skip stop skips it. Skipped stops are listed on the run summary.
  • End navigation closes the map. The run keeps going.
  • Map options changes the view, day and night, traffic, labels, units and roads to avoid.

When every stop is visited, you see All stops visited. Tap Finish run, or Back to run to check it first. See Arrivals and completing tasks.

Pause and resume

From the run's ⋯ menu, tap Pause. On a run your company assigned to you, choose a reason, like Break or Vehicle problem, so dispatch knows. Tap Resume run when you're back on the road.

Map and guidance settings

Open Settings, then Map and guidance under Navigation:

  • Map: View (3D, 2D or North up), Day and night, Traffic and Map labels.
  • Guidance: Speed limit, Distance units and Voice language.
  • Avoid: Tolls, Highways and Ferries.

These are saved on your phone and apply right away, even during a run. Avoid settings change the directions, not your stop order.

Company runs

When you drive a company run, your company can see where you are on its map while PathPilot is open on your screen. Sharing stops when you close the app or lock your phone, and when the run ends.