Other route settings

  1. Change the cursor
  2. Show turn hints in the corner of the screen
  3. Lock the map orientation north up
  4. Enable automatic map scaling
  5. Avoid toll roads
  6. Avoid bad and unpaved roads

Change the cursor

The cursor shows your location on the map. By default, it looks like this: .

Show turn hints in the corner of the screen

While driving, turn and traffic lane hints appear on the map along the route. To pin them to the corner of the screen:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Enable Show turn hints in the corner of the screen.

Lock the map orientation north up

To lock the map's orientation to always point north up while en route:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Enable the North is always up option.
Note. With this setting enabled, the map is displayed in 2D.

Enable automatic map scaling

To enable or disable automatic map scaling while traveling along a route:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Turn the Auto-zoom option on or off.

Avoid toll roads

To plot routes avoiding or including toll roads:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Turn the Avoid toll roads option on or off.
Yandex Navigator ignores this setting if:
  • The route can only be plotted with toll roads.
  • You're plotting the route in offline mode.
  • You're already on a toll road.

You can also configure the Avoid toll roads option when plotting a route.

Avoid bad and unpaved roads

To plot routes avoiding or including bad and unpaved roads:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Turn the Avoid bad and unpaved roads option on or off.
Note. If the route can only be plotted through bad or unpaved roads, Yandex Navigator will ignore this setting when building the route.

You can also configure the Avoid bad and unpaved roads option when plotting a route.