I use Strava heatmaps only as a "referential" source, i.e. seeing
potentially missing or badly misaligned paths and then taking a walk
that way. In addition to other comments about using them directly, I'd
also wonder whether Strava copyright allows it but have not explicitly
analysed.
In Sweden, I have found them a great referential source, but then we
have "all man's right" and off-path walking is not generally an issue so
there are many useful informal paths.
Mike
On 2023-02-26 22:10, Adam Horan wrote:
My view is also that Strava heatmaps are insufficient on their own to
prove a track. They do show that a reasonable number of people have
passed along a particular route in recent times. They don't prove a
path or track, and they give no indication of permissions.
However I did look for details of way 963735356 in the Strava heatmap,
and there's very little in Strava in that area. It's possible the user
did have the heatmap open in iD but didn't trace all the routes from
there. Some might be 'local knowledge'.
I do make use of the strava heatmaps frequently to refine the route of
known tracks, especially if there's lots of tree cover and you can't
see the tracks too well in imagery.
10s or 100s of averaged GPS tracks is better than a single GPS track
which you might record yourself.
Adam
On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 at 18:24, Tom Brennan <webs...@ozultimate.com> wrote:
Do people have a view on the armchair mapping of tracks from Strava
heatmaps?
I can see a bunch of tracks in Kanangra-Boyd NP that have been
mapped by
an overseas mapper off Strava heatmap.
They almost certainly don't exist on the ground. They are known
bushwalking routes (off track), but would be very unlikely to have a
track even in good times, let along after the fires and 3 years of
La Nina!
Example:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/952248376
cheers
Tom
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