How can I change the setting from HEAT Tracking back to the standard Tracks.

I am using the F3b app to track my Field Hockey games. The app would always just use red tracks.

Back in August the tracking changes to HEAT maps.

i have spoken with Garmin help and they don’t know how to change the setting. Garmin has suggested I look at the lack of overlay options as being the problem. I sent the Garmin transcript to the app created. They also suggested that I send the attached you screenshots that show the map overlays in my activities using your app, and Garmin app. You can see from the pics the Garmin Map Setting has the option of a "Data Overlay", whereas the F3B app has nothing. Garmin seems to think because this information is missing, it is the reason why I cannot change back to the tracks.

i have since been in contact with the app creator and he suggested that I ask the question on here as there might be some super smart Garmin tech people here who can help me.

0 Garmin-Tracy 24 days ago

The heat map is the intended design now for activities under the Team Sports and Racket Sports activity types.

We've added heat maps for many different activity types (soccer/football, racket sports, etc) as these are common ways to track athlete position over time for those types of sports and is seen to provide more usable insight compared to a 'spiderweb' of lines.

At this time, we have no plans to reverse these changes.

We are currently tracking the customers who prefer the other view. Feel free to reply with your device serial number and your reasons for wanting it returned to the lines view and I would be happy to add your feedback to the tracking.

0 ange.mac 22 days ago in reply to Garmin-Tracy

Vivoactive 4S - Serial Number 61NI25565

My preference as noted above would be to go back to the red tracks. The heat maps show where I spend majority of my time. When playing field hockey, the quarters are 15 minutes and generally I am on a 4–5-minute rotation. According to the heat maps I spend most of my time on the bench not doing much at all. At least with red tracks I could see the areas I have ran and the area covered. Plus, it looks way better than blue clouds.

I am not looking at deleting this app - and it's the greatest tracking app I have had for field hockey. I will now just use the run option. I am hoping this will give me similar information to the F3-b app.

I would appreciate if Garmin could change my settings back to the original. Perhaps have the HEAT SETTING as an option? Give people the choice. Just a thought. But if you could change mine back - that would be appreciated a lot!

Thanks

0 Garmin-Tracy 21 days ago in reply to ange.mac

I have added your information to the tracking. You may also want to submit the idea of having the setting being option here - https://www.garmin.com/en-US/forms/ideas/