RB Editor - Roadbook System: Open Source Suite for 4x4 Navigation

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Roadbook Editor – Create digital roadbooks from GPX tracks
Welcome to Roadbook Editor, a tool designed to help organizers create collaborative, non-competitive off-road events, giving proper value to the role of the co-driver.

  • Focus on navigation: unlike speed-based competitions, roadbook-system celebrates technical skill and the teamwork between driver and navigator, making the navigator a key part of successfully completing the route.

  • Promotion of 4x4 events and rallies: it works as a platform for organizers and enthusiasts, helping promote events where adventure and sharing are more important than the ranking.

  • Philosophy: it promotes a 4x4 approach based on enjoyment, discovery of the territory and safety, far from the extremes of the stopwatch.

The roadbooks created can be used with Roadbook Reader, the dedicated digital navigation app.
I've prepared a short video showing you how to use Roadbook Editor (V.3+).
Take a few minutes and remember... you'll find the complete manual with further details in the program's Help menu.
If you think it is not working…
Warning: if you cannot insert a point or a note, in most cases it is not a malfunction. Many main functions use keyboard shortcuts and follow a precise sequence.
Downloads
New user? Read the instructions or watch the video.

Program for the organization:
Requirements:
  • Windows 10/11 PC, PDF reader; printer optional.

(Contains manuals + installer)
  • Current version 4.0.5 (November 01, 2026)
What's changed:
V4.0.5
  • Added Start track section correction to the map’s context menu. You can realign a section of a GPS track by dragging a control point between two fixed endpoints and preview the result before applying it.
  • Overlapping track sections travelled in opposite directions are drawn separately on the map, making their points easier to select. The original coordinates are preserved.
  • Updated the Italian, Spanish and English user guides with a section on the map’s context menu and instructions for correcting a track section.
V4.0.4
  • Added the option to enter a personal Mapbox token via Map → Personal Mapbox token….
  • The personal token is saved on your computer and used instead of the default token, which remains included in the program.
  • Leaving the field empty restores the default token.
  • The dialog is available in Italian, Spanish and English.
Restart RB Editor after changing the token

V4.0.3 — Compatibility with RB Explorer routes
Fixed GPX import for routes that follow the same section more than once, including circular routes and out-and-back sections. Waypoints with identical coordinates are now associated with their corresponding passage along the track.
V 4.0.2
  • Automatic removal from the JSON of references to deleted or renamed icons.
  • Improved consistency of saved and exported roadbook files.
V. 4.0.1
  • Compilation error (the audio-note conversion file was missing).
V. 4.0.0
  • Added direct import of GPX files containing waypoints, partially replacing GPXtoJSON.
  • For GPX files in which the track and waypoints are separated, it is still necessary to use GpxToJson.
  • Added import of voice notes recorded with RB Recorder.
  • Improved and expanded interface translations into Italian, Spanish, and English.

A Windows PC application that allows you to create a complete roadbook from a .gpx file, adding navigation notes along the track.
Notes can include icons, including customized ones, to represent driving and orientation situations (junctions, intersections, roundabouts, multiple detours, obstacles, landmarks).
It also supports GPX files with waypoints and voice notes (only if recorded with RB Recorder).

Using Ctrl+D, you can generate a digital package for use with RB Reader.
Using Ctrl+P, you can create and print the roadbook in PDF format.
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