Kurviger URL (.url)
A Kurviger URL .url file is a Windows Internet Shortcut whose one URL line encodes a route as a list of waypoints for Kurviger, a motorcycle route planner that favours twisty roads over the fastest way.
At a glance
| Extension | .url |
| Encoding | text |
History
Kurviger is a motorcycle-focused route planner and navigation app, run by a team based in Germany and Austria; no verifiable founding date is published. Its original domain, kurviger.de, now redirects permanently to kurviger.com.
Where it is used
Kurviger builds shareable route links from its route-planning UI; opening or saving one of these links as a .url file lets other software, RouteConverter included, pick up the same list of waypoints.
Structure
A .url file is a plain-text Windows Internet Shortcut: an [InternetShortcut] header followed by one URL= line. That URL is a kurviger.de/?... (or kurviger.com/?...) query string of repeated point=latitude,longitude parameters, one per waypoint, joined with &.
How widespread
Kurviger is a live, actively used motorcycle route planner (its own site cites more than 500,000 users and over 50 million planned routes as of this writing), with web, iOS and Android versions.
RouteConverter support
| Reads | Kurviger URL |
| Writes | Kurviger URL |
RouteConverter reads and writes Kurviger URLs, capped by default at 100 waypoints per file (configurable via a Java preference).
Specifications and documentation
FAQ
What is a .url file?
A Kurviger URL .url file is a Windows Internet Shortcut whose one URL line encodes a route as a list of waypoints for Kurviger, a motorcycle route planner that favours twisty roads over the fastest way.
How do I open a .url file?
RouteConverter, the free converter for Windows, macOS and Linux, opens Kurviger URL files: start the app, load the file, then view it on the map or save it in another format.
What can I convert .url to?
RouteConverter opens .url files and saves them as GPX, KML or any other format it can write. More: GPX, KML, all formats.