private NavigationFormat determineFormat(
      List<BaseRoute> routes, NavigationFormat preferredFormat) {
    NavigationFormat result = preferredFormat;
    for (BaseRoute route : routes) {
      // more than one route: the same result
      if (result.equals(route.getFormat())) continue;

      // result is capable of storing multiple routes
      if (result.isSupportsMultipleRoutes()) continue;

      // result from GPSBabel-based format which allows only one route but is represented by GPX 1.0
      if (result instanceof BabelFormat) continue;

      // default for multiple routes is GPX 1.1
      result = new Gpx11Format();
    }
    return result;
  }