Routepunt

Routepunt is a term used in navigation and route planning to designate a specific point along a route that serves as a reference for distance, timing, or decision-making. A routepunt marks where the route changes direction, where a segment ends, or where an action is required, such as a turn or a waypoint for re-routing.

In practical use, routepunten appear in transportation planning, logistics, hiking, and driving navigation. They can be predefined in a route plan to optimize efficiency, control pacing, or support geofencing and progress tracking. In logistics, a sequence of routepunten defines a delivery path and can feed constraints to routing software.

In digital mapping and path planning, routepunten often correspond to nodes or waypoints in a road network. Algorithms may treat routepunten as targets to reach, computing the shortest or fastest routes between them. In autonomous vehicles and robotics, routepunten are used for path following, sensor checks, and control decisions.

Etymology and usage: the term is from Dutch route and punt (point). In English, similar concepts include waypoint, path point, or node, though routepunt is typically used in Dutch-language contexts or in software that adopts Dutch terminology.

See also: waypoint, route planning, geofencing, milestone, road network, graph theory.