- How does one alter a roadtrip; I’m used to the blue line to have “dots” on it so I can click on them and drag the trip onto different routes.
- Thank you - appreciated
Which “mapping program” are you using, as there are heaps of them! 
Welcome! I’ll assume you’re using iD, the editor on the official OpenStreetMap website. Could you elaborate on what you mean by roadtrips specifically?
Uh . . . since this is the OpenStreetMap community forum it stands to reason that that is what I am posting about.
I would say they refer to routing user interface on OSM.org:
Whichever service is chosen, there is indeed no option to add midpoints, or to drag the route. What you get is what you get.
As far as I know, all of the routing services do support route midpoints on their “native” websites, so having this option would be nice on OSM.org as well.
The openstreetmap.org website is focused towards OSM editors/mappers instead of end users and intentionally doesn’t have a fully featured routing interface. Try using a dedicated router based on OSM data, they will have a more advanced user interface.
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See answer above. Thanks for the response.
Ah, I see! OpenStreetMap actually refers to the database of information that anyone can use to, for example, make a map. Us here at the forum are making the data, not the map apps themselves. The map at the osm.org website is just a nice visualization of the data we have, but not a practical tool for anything beyond that. If you want to use an app based on OpenStreetMap data, there’s for example, Apple Maps for iOS, OsmAnd for Android, and CoMaps for both. Not sure about desktop!
That’s the theory indeed, but I’m not sure I agree with the outcome. I suppose many newcomers such as the OP, curious about OSM, would play a bit with our website, note the comparable lack of features, and conclude “OSM sucks” and move on. I think that the main site should showcase a bit more of the best work in our ecosystem, in an easily discoverable manner. (I had no idea about the fine-print link to the router page in the footer).
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Simple solution: I’ve moved to Graphhopper – it does exactly what I need. Good luck on making OpenStreetMap user friendly for others.
I don’t really disagree that the osm.org website could do a lot more to clarify what it intends to be and to guide visitors towards more user-focused OSM based services.
I also use GraphHopper, it’s a good choice. As luck would have it, it too is based on OpenStreetMap data, so any map changes show up there combined with the great functionality of GraphHopper.