Yandex Maps learned how to build optimal routes from several points

The new feature will allow you to stop by a couple of stores, pick up a package from the post office and have a snack without wasting time.

Daria Gromova

Lifehacker Author

The web version of Yandex Maps and the mobile application now have a feature for optimizing complex routes. The service will tell you how to consistently visit 4-10 places without riding from one end of the city to another.

To do this, you need to specify the starting point and then add all destinations in random order. Click “Optimize” – and the program itself will create a route with which to get around or go around all the places will be faster. In addition to the location of points, traffic congestion is also taken into account.

You can optimize routes for pedestrians, cars and public transport. It is noted that the new feature will be useful for situations when you need to have time to do a bunch of things as quickly as possible or want to visit as many places as possible in a new city.

Cover: Yandex