diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index 12de0912..95711dad 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ var config = {
     // from hostname. Must have a single grabbing block.
     ,user_from_host: '^(.*)\\.localhost'
 
+    // DEPRECATED: use routes property instead
+    // ---------------------------------------
     // Base URLs for the APIs
     //
     // See http://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/wiki/Unified-Map-API
@@ -26,6 +28,38 @@ var config = {
     // "tiles/layergroup" is for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
     ,base_url_detached: '(?:/api/v1/map|/user/:user/api/v1/map|/tiles/layergroup)'
 
+    // Base URLs for the APIs
+    //
+    // See https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/wiki/Unified-Map-API
+    ,routes: {
+        api: {
+            // "/tiles" is for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
+            paths: [
+                '/api/v1',
+                '/user/:user/api/v1',
+                '/tiles' // for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
+            ],
+            // Base url for the Detached Maps API
+            // "maps" is the the new API,
+            // "tiles/layergroup" is for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
+            map: {
+                paths: [
+                    '/map',
+                    '/layergroup'
+                ]
+            },
+            // Base url for the Templated Maps API
+            // "/api/v1/map/named" is the new API,
+            // "/tiles/template" is for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
+            template: {
+                paths: [
+                    '/map/named',
+                    '/template'
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // Resource URLs expose endpoints to request/retrieve metadata associated to Maps: dataviews, analysis node status.
     //
     // This URLs depend on how `base_url_detached` and `user_from_host` are configured: the application can be
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index beb9f15c..7b552507 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ var config = {
     // from hostname. Must have a single grabbing block.
     ,user_from_host: '^(.*)\\.cartodb\\.com$'
 
+    // DEPRECATED: use routes property instead
+    // ---------------------------------------
     // Base URLs for the APIs
     //
     // See http://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/wiki/Unified-Map-API
@@ -26,6 +28,38 @@ var config = {
     // "tiles/layergroup" is for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
     ,base_url_detached: '(?:/api/v1/map|/user/:user/api/v1/map|/tiles/layergroup)'
 
+    // Base URLs for the APIs
+    //
+    // See https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/wiki/Unified-Map-API
+    ,routes: {
+        api: {
+            // "/tiles" is for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
+            paths: [
+                '/api/v1',
+                '/user/:user/api/v1',
+                '/tiles' // for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
+            ],
+            // Base url for the Detached Maps API
+            // "maps" is the the new API,
+            // "tiles/layergroup" is for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
+            map: {
+                paths: [
+                    '/map',
+                    '/layergroup'
+                ]
+            },
+            // Base url for the Templated Maps API
+            // "/api/v1/map/named" is the new API,
+            // "/tiles/template" is for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
+            template: {
+                paths: [
+                    '/map/named',
+                    '/template'
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // Resource URLs expose endpoints to request/retrieve metadata associated to Maps: dataviews, analysis node status.
     //
     // This URLs depend on how `base_url_detached` and `user_from_host` are configured: the application can be
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index 40d3bb8b..29c15781 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ var config = {
     // from hostname. Must have a single grabbing block.
     ,user_from_host: '^(.*)\\.cartodb\\.com$'
 
+    // DEPRECATED: use routes property instead
+    // ---------------------------------------
     // Base URLs for the APIs
     //
     // See http://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/wiki/Unified-Map-API
@@ -26,6 +28,38 @@ var config = {
     // "/tiles/layergroup" is for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
     ,base_url_detached: '(?:/api/v1/map|/user/:user/api/v1/map|/tiles/layergroup)'
 
+    // Base URLs for the APIs
+    //
+    // See https://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb/wiki/Unified-Map-API
+    ,routes: {
+        api: {
+            // "/tiles" is for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
+            paths: [
+                '/api/v1',
+                '/user/:user/api/v1',
+                '/tiles' // for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
+            ],
+            // Base url for the Detached Maps API
+            // "maps" is the the new API,
+            // "tiles/layergroup" is for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
+            map: {
+                paths: [
+                    '/map',
+                    '/layergroup'
+                ]
+            },
+            // Base url for the Templated Maps API
+            // "/api/v1/map/named" is the new API,
+            // "/tiles/template" is for compatibility with versions up to 1.6.x
+            template: {
+                paths: [
+                    '/map/named',
+                    '/template'
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // Resource URLs expose endpoints to request/retrieve metadata associated to Maps: dataviews, analysis node status.
     //
     // This URLs depend on how `base_url_detached` and `user_from_host` are configured: the application can be