HeatMap - shows popular routes based on all saved activities by all users (who have Popularity Routing turned on, in Privacy Settings).
* Is available in many countries.
* Purple color intensity match popularity: dark=more, bright=less (visible after map zoom).
* The HeatMap bases on routes from the OpenStreetMap and only routes from the OpenStreetMap can get popularity indication. Any route not visible on the OSM will never gets popular.
Thats why you can know perfect forest path with zero popularity, and wonder why nearby car road without pavement is more popular for running. That's because that forest path is not added to the OpenStreetMap. The same way some popular paths strangely ends in the middle of the forest, again that's because path is not complete on the OSM. Same for known shortcuts, a lot won't be visible.
If you want to make some path popular - first check if that path is on the OSM.
* The HeatMap alone opens in same random location. To open the HeatMap on your location by default:
. 1. save some Course in CoursesMap.
2. And tick Popularity Heatmap option on the right.
3. And click on Created by You tab on the left.
Those settings will be saved. This way the CoursesMap opens centered on your courses locations and also shows heat.
Segments - show on the Map choosen parts of your saved activities.
* The SegmentMap shows only 200 segments at 1 time. Zoom in, to show others segments in areas with many of them.
* You can create as many segments as you want. But Your Segments tab will show only 200 earliest. To see more of your segments, select Favorites tab and navigate with the Map. The same as you would search for Nearby Segments.
* To create a segment, open some Activity and choose Segments tab (below activity map and diagrams). Then click on +Create segment.
If you want to create few segments form one activity - just copy the URL you see during creation - like: [FONT=courier new]/modern/segment/createFromActivity/ACTIVITY-ID[/FONT] After saving one segment, paste the URL, to create another. This way you can quickly create many segments.
* Creating segment, you choose Start and Stop points. There is the bug with Stop point which cut one last fragment of a segment. You can easily see that on segments which ends by long straight, which will be shortened after saving.
To make segment ends at desired place - add 1 more fragment at the end (click on the arrow which moves Stop point). Example: you want stop exactly at the end of straight, then set Stop point - one click after turn (which will be cut after saving the segment).
* If you plan to make a segment - when you run - turn left or right and continue, or run a little to the side then return to your path - at the place where the segment should starts or ends.
This way you force some GPS points and during creation of segment you can choose them. If you run long straight without turns, you often won't get enought GPS points, the Map makes long straight as 1 indivisible fragment.
* Every segment has two statistics:
. 1. the Details tab on the bottom - example: "60 people crossed this segment 260 times since it was created on 31 Dec, 2018. Edited on 31 Dec, 2018."
[INDENT=2]- The information is not really accurate:
- This counts users even before the segment was created - it's number of users who ever crossed this path.
- Details counts only first run in one activity. If you run same segment 2 times or more at one activity, the Details counts only 1 your run.[/INDENT]
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2. Another statistic is at the Leaderboard tab. You can choose Me Only and then you can see all your runs. Leaderboard counts all runs.
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Example: Thats why Leaderboard can shows, for the same segment: "you run 10 times", but, at the same time, Details shows "2 people crossed 5 times" - that's because some segment runs where in one activity.
* The SegmentMap reset every time you open it... location and activity type reset...
To make it easier, save bookmark with javascript, then click on the bookmark you created, to auto fill filters.
It needs to be one line to save it as bookmark on your browser.
Example - this will set the Map on the city named "CityName" and select Activity Type: Running.
[FONT=courier new]javascript:{var d=document; d.getElementsByTagName("input")[0].value="CityName"; d.getElementsByName("1")[1].click(); d.getElementsByClassName("icon-search")[0].click();}[/FONT]
Other filters (change or add to the javascript above):
. - location, change CityName to yours:
[FONT=courier new]d.getElementsByTagName("input")[0].value="CityName";[/FONT]
- Activity Type: [0]-any, [1]-running, [2]-cycling:
[FONT=courier new]d.getElementsByName("1")[1].click();[/FONT]
- Segment Type: [0]-any, [1]-sprint, [2]-hills, [3]-downhill, [4]-hill, [5]-other:
[FONT=courier new]d.getElementsByName("2")[5].click();[/FONT]
- Surface: [0]-any, [1]-gravel/unpaved, [2]-dirt, [3]-mixed, [4]-paved:
[FONT=courier new]d.getElementsByName("3")[4].click();[/FONT]
- This will click search, activating filters, must be last:
[FONT=courier new]d.getElementsByClassName("icon-search")[0].click();[/FONT]