46%
Water
Hugging the shoreline beats a passing glimpse of the bay. Proximity to coast and water is the single biggest factor.
iPhone · Apple Maps
The scenic route, by default.
Omvei finds drives that are about as quick as the fastest way — then quietly steers them toward water, winding roads, hills, and parks. Pick how pretty you want the trip; it does the rest.
Omvei — Norwegian for the long way round.
How Omvei thinks
Four steps, every time you tap a destination.
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Start fast
It asks Apple Maps for the quickest route and its alternates — the honest baseline.
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Detour through beauty
It looks for beaches, coastal parks, and overlooks in the corridor, then builds routes that pass through them.
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Score every option
Each candidate is measured for water, windiness, elevation, and greenery from real terrain.
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Rank with restraint
A gentle time penalty keeps things grounded: a few extra minutes are free, beyond that scenery has to earn it.
What makes a route scenic
Four signals, blended into one score. Water carries the most weight — by design.
22%
Winding roads
Canyon switchbacks and curving lanes over dead-straight arterials. Measured as degrees of turning per kilometre.
16%
Elevation
Climbs that earn you a view, blending sustained ascent with the height of the vista it buys.
16%
Parks & greenery
Open space and tree cover along the way, sampled from the terrain the route actually crosses.
Every trip, clearly labelled
Omvei shows a short, ranked line-up so you can choose at a glance.
Most Scenic
Scenic & Quick
Fastest
Alternative
The scenic pick only appears when it’s a reasonable detour. Much slower routes stay honestly labelled — Omvei nudges, it never hijacks.
Take the long way round.
Omvei is an iPhone app built on Apple Maps — private, on-device routing with no account required.
Currently in development.