diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/AreaReader.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/AreaReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b302eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/AreaReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+package btools.router;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import btools.codec.DataBuffers;
+import btools.codec.MicroCache;
+import btools.expressions.BExpressionContextWay;
+import btools.mapaccess.NodesCache;
+import btools.mapaccess.OsmFile;
+import btools.mapaccess.OsmLink;
+import btools.mapaccess.OsmNode;
+import btools.mapaccess.OsmNodesMap;
+import btools.mapaccess.PhysicalFile;
+
+public class AreaReader {
+
+  File segmentFolder;
+
+  public void getDirectAllData(File folder, RoutingContext rc, OsmNodeNamed wp, int maxscale, BExpressionContextWay expctxWay, OsmNogoPolygon searchRect, List<AreaInfo> ais) {
+    this.segmentFolder = folder;
+
+    int cellsize = 1000000 / 32;
+    int scale = maxscale;
+    int count = 0;
+    int used = 0;
+    for (int idxLat = -scale; idxLat <= scale; idxLat++) {
+      for (int idxLon = -scale; idxLon <= scale; idxLon++) {
+        int tmplon = wp.ilon + cellsize * idxLon;
+        int tmplat = wp.ilat + cellsize * idxLat;
+        if (getDirectData(tmplon, tmplat, rc, expctxWay, searchRect, ais)) used++;
+        count++;
+      }
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  public boolean getDirectData(int inlon, int inlat, RoutingContext rc, BExpressionContextWay expctxWay, OsmNogoPolygon searchRect, List<AreaInfo> ais) {
+    int lonDegree = inlon / 1000000;
+    int latDegree = inlat / 1000000;
+    int lonMod5 = (int) lonDegree % 5;
+    int latMod5 = (int) latDegree % 5;
+
+    int lon = (int) lonDegree - 180 - lonMod5;
+    String slon = lon < 0 ? "W" + (-lon) : "E" + lon;
+
+    int lat = (int) latDegree - 90 - latMod5;
+    String slat = lat < 0 ? "S" + (-lat) : "N" + lat;
+    lon = 180000000 + (int) (lon * 1000000 + 0.5);
+    lat = 90000000 + (int) (lat * 1000000 + 0.5);
+
+    String filenameBase = slon + "_" + slat;
+
+    File file = new File(segmentFolder, filenameBase + ".rd5");
+    PhysicalFile pf = null;
+
+    long maxmem = rc.memoryclass * 1024L * 1024L; // in MB
+    NodesCache nodesCache = new NodesCache(segmentFolder, expctxWay, rc.forceSecondaryData, maxmem, null, false);
+
+    OsmNodesMap nodesMap = new OsmNodesMap();
+
+    try {
+
+      DataBuffers dataBuffers = new DataBuffers();
+      pf = new PhysicalFile(file, dataBuffers, -1, -1);
+      int div = pf.divisor;
+
+      OsmFile osmf = new OsmFile(pf, lonDegree, latDegree, dataBuffers);
+      if (osmf.hasData()) {
+        int cellsize = 1000000 / div;
+        int tmplon = inlon; // + cellsize * idxLon;
+        int tmplat = inlat; // + cellsize * idxLat;
+        int lonIdx = tmplon / cellsize;
+        int latIdx = tmplat / cellsize;
+        int subIdx = (latIdx - div * latDegree) * div + (lonIdx - div * lonDegree);
+
+        int subLonIdx = (lonIdx - div * lonDegree);
+        int subLatIdx = (latIdx - div * latDegree);
+
+        OsmNogoPolygon dataRect = new OsmNogoPolygon(true);
+        lon = lonDegree * 1000000;
+        lat = latDegree * 1000000;
+        int tmplon2 = lon + cellsize * (subLonIdx);
+        int tmplat2 = lat + cellsize * (subLatIdx);
+        dataRect.addVertex(tmplon2, tmplat2);
+
+        tmplon2 = lon + cellsize * (subLonIdx + 1);
+        tmplat2 = lat + cellsize * (subLatIdx);
+        dataRect.addVertex(tmplon2, tmplat2);
+
+        tmplon2 = lon + cellsize * (subLonIdx + 1);
+        tmplat2 = lat + cellsize * (subLatIdx + 1);
+        dataRect.addVertex(tmplon2, tmplat2);
+
+        tmplon2 = lon + cellsize * (subLonIdx);
+        tmplat2 = lat + cellsize * (subLatIdx + 1);
+        dataRect.addVertex(tmplon2, tmplat2);
+
+        boolean intersects = searchRect.intersects(dataRect.points.get(0).x, dataRect.points.get(0).y, dataRect.points.get(2).x, dataRect.points.get(2).y);
+        if (!intersects)
+          intersects = searchRect.intersects(dataRect.points.get(1).x, dataRect.points.get(1).y, dataRect.points.get(3).x, dataRect.points.get(3).y);
+        if (!intersects)
+          intersects = containsRect(searchRect, dataRect.points.get(0).x, dataRect.points.get(0).y, dataRect.points.get(2).x, dataRect.points.get(2).y);
+
+        if (!intersects) {
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        MicroCache segment = osmf.createMicroCache(lonIdx, latIdx, dataBuffers, expctxWay, null, true, null);
+
+        if (segment != null /*&& segment.getDataSize()>0*/) {
+          int size = segment.getSize();
+          for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            long id = segment.getIdForIndex(i);
+            OsmNode node = new OsmNode(id);
+            if (segment.getAndClear(id)) {
+              node.parseNodeBody(segment, nodesMap, expctxWay);
+              if (node.firstlink instanceof OsmLink) {
+                for (OsmLink link = node.firstlink; link != null; link = link.getNext(node)) {
+                  OsmNode nextNode = link.getTarget(node);
+                  if (nextNode.firstlink == null)
+                    continue; // don't care about dead ends
+                  if (nextNode.firstlink.descriptionBitmap == null)
+                    continue;
+
+                  for (AreaInfo ai : ais) {
+                    if (ai.polygon.isWithin(node.ilon, node.ilat)) {
+                      ai.checkAreaInfo(expctxWay, node.getElev(), nextNode.firstlink.descriptionBitmap);
+                      break;
+                    }
+                  }
+                  break;
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        return true;
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+    } finally {
+      if (pf != null)
+        try {
+          pf.close();
+        } catch (Exception ee) {
+        }
+      nodesCache.close();
+      nodesCache = null;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  /*
+    in this case the polygon is 'only' a rectangle
+  */
+  boolean containsRect(OsmNogoPolygon searchRect, int p1x, int p1y, int p2x, int p2y) {
+    return searchRect.isWithin((long) p1x, (long) p1y) &&
+      searchRect.isWithin(p2x, p2y);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/RoutingEngine.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/RoutingEngine.java
index 4dbee89..1996488 100644
--- a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/RoutingEngine.java
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/RoutingEngine.java
@@ -485,15 +485,13 @@ public class RoutingEngine extends Thread {
   public void doRoundTrip() {
     try {
       long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-      MatchedWaypoint wpt1 = new MatchedWaypoint();
-      wpt1.waypoint = waypoints.get(0);
-      wpt1.name = "roundtrip";
 
       routingContext.useDynamicDistance = true;
-      double searchRadius = (routingContext.roundTripDistance == null ? 1500 : routingContext.roundTripDistance);
-      double direction = (routingContext.startDirection == null ? -1 : routingContext.startDirection);
-      double directionAdd = (routingContext.roundTripDirectionAdd == null ? ROUNDTRIP_DEFAULT_DIRECTIONADD : routingContext.roundTripDirectionAdd);
-      if (direction == -1) direction = getRandomDirectionByRouting(waypoints.get(0), searchRadius);
+      double searchRadius = (routingContext.roundTripDistance == null ? 1500 :routingContext.roundTripDistance);
+      double direction = (routingContext.startDirection == null ? -1 :routingContext.startDirection);
+      double directionAdd = (routingContext.roundTripDirectionAdd == null ? ROUNDTRIP_DEFAULT_DIRECTIONADD :routingContext.roundTripDirectionAdd);
+      //if (direction == -1) direction = getRandomDirectionFromRouting(waypoints.get(0), searchRadius);
+      if (direction == -1) direction = getRandomDirectionFromData(waypoints.get(0), searchRadius);
 
       if (routingContext.allowSamewayback) {
         int[] pos = CheapRuler.destination(waypoints.get(0).ilon, waypoints.get(0).ilat, searchRadius, direction);
@@ -565,7 +563,141 @@ public class RoutingEngine extends Thread {
     waypoints.add(onn);
   }
 
-  int getRandomDirectionByRouting(OsmNodeNamed wp, double searchRadius) {
+  int getRandomDirectionFromData(OsmNodeNamed wp, double searchRadius) {
+
+    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+    int preferredRandomType = 0;
+    boolean consider_elevation = routingContext.expctxWay.getVariableValue("consider_elevation", 0f) == 1f;
+    boolean consider_forest = routingContext.expctxWay.getVariableValue("consider_forest", 0f) == 1f;
+    boolean consider_river = routingContext.expctxWay.getVariableValue("consider_river", 0f) == 1f;
+    if (consider_elevation) {
+      preferredRandomType = AreaInfo.RESULT_TYPE_ELEV50;
+    } else if (consider_forest) {
+      preferredRandomType = AreaInfo.RESULT_TYPE_GREEN;
+    } else if (consider_river) {
+      preferredRandomType = AreaInfo.RESULT_TYPE_RIVER;
+    } else {
+      return (int) (Math.random()*360);
+    }
+
+    MatchedWaypoint wpt1 = new MatchedWaypoint();
+    wpt1.waypoint = wp;
+    wpt1.name = "start_info";
+    List<MatchedWaypoint> listStart = new ArrayList<>();
+    listStart.add(wpt1);
+
+    List<OsmNodeNamed> wpliststart = new ArrayList<>();
+    wpliststart.add(wp);
+
+    List<OsmNodeNamed> listOne = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    for (int a = 45; a < 360; a +=90) {
+      int[] pos = CheapRuler.destination(wp.ilon, wp.ilat, searchRadius * 1.5, a);
+      OsmNodeNamed onn = new OsmNodeNamed(new OsmNode(pos[0], pos[1]));
+      onn.name = "via" + a;
+      listOne.add(onn);
+
+      MatchedWaypoint wpt = new MatchedWaypoint();
+      wpt.waypoint = onn;
+      wpt.name = onn.name;
+      listStart.add(wpt);
+    }
+
+    RoutingEngine re = null;
+    RoutingContext rc = new RoutingContext();
+    rc.localFunction = "dummy";
+
+    re = new RoutingEngine(null, null, segmentDir, wpliststart, rc, BROUTER_ENGINEMODE_ROUNDTRIP);
+    rc.useDynamicDistance = true;
+    re.matchWaypointsToNodes(listStart);
+    re.resetCache(true);
+
+    int numForest = rc.expctxWay.getLookupKey("estimated_forest_class");
+    int numRiver = rc.expctxWay.getLookupKey("estimated_river_class");
+
+    OsmNode start1 = re.nodesCache.getStartNode(listStart.get(0).node1.getIdFromPos());
+
+    double elev = (start1 == null ? 0 : start1.getElev()); // listOne.get(0).crosspoint.getElev();
+
+    List<AreaInfo> ais = new ArrayList<>();
+    int maxlon = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+    int minlon = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+    int maxlat = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+    int minlat = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (OsmNodeNamed on: listOne) {
+      maxlon = Math.max(on.ilon, maxlon);
+      minlon = Math.min(on.ilon, minlon);
+      maxlat = Math.max(on.ilat, maxlat);
+      minlat = Math.min(on.ilat, minlat);
+    }
+    OsmNogoPolygon searchRect = new OsmNogoPolygon(true);
+    searchRect.addVertex(maxlon, maxlat);
+    searchRect.addVertex(maxlon, minlat);
+    searchRect.addVertex(minlon, minlat);
+    searchRect.addVertex(minlon, maxlat);
+
+    for (int a = 0; a < 4; a++) {
+      rc.ai = new AreaInfo(a * 90 +90);
+      rc.ai.elevStart = elev;
+      rc.ai.numForest = numForest;
+      rc.ai.numRiver = numRiver;
+
+      rc.ai.polygon = new OsmNogoPolygon(true);
+      rc.ai.polygon.addVertex(wp.ilon, wp.ilat);
+      rc.ai.polygon.addVertex(listOne.get(a).ilon, listOne.get(a).ilat);
+      if (a==3)
+        rc.ai.polygon.addVertex(listOne.get(0).ilon, listOne.get(0).ilat);
+      else
+        rc.ai.polygon.addVertex(listOne.get(a+1).ilon, listOne.get(a+1).ilat);
+
+      ais.add(rc.ai);
+    }
+
+    int maxscale = Math.abs(searchRect.points.get(2).x -  searchRect.points.get(0).x);
+    maxscale = Math.max(1, Math.round(maxscale/31250f/2)+1);
+
+    new AreaReader().getDirectAllData(segmentDir, rc, wp, maxscale, rc.expctxWay, searchRect, ais);
+
+    logInfo("round trip execution time = " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start) / 1000. + " seconds");
+
+    //for (AreaInfo ai: ais) {
+    //  System.out.println("\n" + ai.toString());
+    //}
+
+    switch (preferredRandomType) {
+      case AreaInfo.RESULT_TYPE_ELEV50:
+        Collections.sort(ais, new Comparator<>() {
+          public int compare(AreaInfo o1, AreaInfo o2) {
+            return o2.getElev50Weight() - o1.getElev50Weight();
+          }
+        });
+        break;
+      case AreaInfo.RESULT_TYPE_GREEN:
+        Collections.sort(ais, new Comparator<>() {
+          public int compare(AreaInfo o1, AreaInfo o2) {
+            return o2.getGreen() - o1.getGreen();
+          }
+        });
+        break;
+      case AreaInfo.RESULT_TYPE_RIVER:
+        Collections.sort(ais, new Comparator<>() {
+          public int compare(AreaInfo o1, AreaInfo o2) {
+            return o2.getRiver() - o1.getRiver();
+          }
+        });
+        break;
+      default:
+        return (int) (Math.random()*360);
+    }
+
+    rc.ai = null;
+
+    int angle = ais.get(0).direction;
+    return angle - 45 + (int) (Math.random()*90);
+  }
+
+  int getRandomDirectionFromRouting(OsmNodeNamed wp, double searchRadius) {
 
     long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
@@ -698,6 +830,8 @@ public class RoutingEngine extends Thread {
     return angle - 45 + (int) (Math.random()*90);
   }
 
+
+
   private void postElevationCheck(OsmTrack track) {
     OsmPathElement lastPt = null;
     OsmPathElement startPt = null;
diff --git a/brouter-mapaccess/src/main/java/btools/mapaccess/OsmFile.java b/brouter-mapaccess/src/main/java/btools/mapaccess/OsmFile.java
index 9b5724b..2df3844 100644
--- a/brouter-mapaccess/src/main/java/btools/mapaccess/OsmFile.java
+++ b/brouter-mapaccess/src/main/java/btools/mapaccess/OsmFile.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import btools.codec.WaypointMatcher;
 import btools.util.ByteDataReader;
 import btools.util.Crc32;
 
-final class OsmFile {
+final public class OsmFile {
   private RandomAccessFile is = null;
   private long fileOffset;
 
diff --git a/brouter-mapaccess/src/main/java/btools/mapaccess/PhysicalFile.java b/brouter-mapaccess/src/main/java/btools/mapaccess/PhysicalFile.java
index e61f469..0ea3af7 100644
--- a/brouter-mapaccess/src/main/java/btools/mapaccess/PhysicalFile.java
+++ b/brouter-mapaccess/src/main/java/btools/mapaccess/PhysicalFile.java
@@ -143,4 +143,14 @@ final public class PhysicalFile {
       elevationType = dis.readByte();
     } catch (Exception e) {}
   }
+
+  public void close(){
+    if (ra != null) {
+      try {
+        ra.close();
+      } catch (Exception ee) {
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
 }