Strava

Strava
Developer(s) Strava
Initial release 2009[1]
Stable release 4.6.1[2]
Operating system Android, iOS
Available in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian and Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain and Latin America) and Traditional Chinese
Type Fitness
License Proprietary
Website strava.com

Strava is a website and mobile app used to track athletic activity via GPS. Its headquarters are located in San Francisco, California. The most popular activities tracked using the software are cycling and running.

Features

There are a number of features available which include the ability to search the database for routes and athletes.

The site has aspects similar to other sites like MapMyRide or Ride With GPS. The basic service is free but an optional pay component allows access to additional statistical detail. Members include both amateur and professional athletes.[3]

As of March 2015, there are over 1 million active users and around 200 thousand premium users.[4]

Segments

The site software provides a ranking of times on route segments, including top male and female performance. The current top male and female athletes for each section are awarded King of the Mountain (KOM) or Queen of the Mountain (QOM) respectively. There is ability to comment on, and give accolades on, performances. However, activities can be kept private and therefore kept unseen by other members. Depending on map zoom level, the most popular segments will be displayed on geographical search.

Recordable activities

As of July 2014 the list of activity designations include:[5]

Challenges

There are additional features including periodic challenges which usually challenge a member to run or ride a certain distance in a certain number of days. If the challenge is successfully completed, the member will receive a badge that can be displayed on their profile page. Some challenges also offer the ability to purchase special prizes upon completion.[6] Strava also offers members the ability to suggest new features.[7]

Premium features

Strava Premium features include "suffer scores", powermeter data, filtered leaderboards, the ability to set goals, and see live where the athlete stands in relation to the King or Queen of the Mountain on a specific segment.[8]

Data

Various aspects of logged activity include:


Performances can be uploaded from GPS devices (Garmin, Polar, Suunto, Tomtom, Fitbit, Microsoft Band, Soleus, or Timex), a mobile device through the Strava app (iPhone or Android), from a file or manually.[9]

Strava can import and export GPX format files.

Datasets gathered by Strava are available to other services. Aggregated GPS logs of Strava users help design bike traffic solutions in cities through the Strava Metro initiative.[10] Strava Slide is a fork of iD Editor for Open Street Map, which allows map editors to draw roads and trails more accurately using the same aggregated and anonymized GPS data.[11][12][13] Cycling and running traffic may be monitored by everyone on the Strava Heatmap page which shows a global heatmap.[12][14]

In September 2015, Strava switched to MapBox maps and imagery, based on OpenStreetMap data. Strava allows users to report issues with the maps, which are linked the OpenStreetMap editor so that users can contribute improvements to the map.[15]

Strava art

Strava users have used the GPS track feature to mark out words or images using street networks.[16][17]

References

  1. ↑ "Strava Run". Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  2. ↑ "Strava Running and Cycling - GPS Run and Ride Tracker". iTunes. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  3. ↑ Delaney, Ben (16 December 2013). "Inside: Strava’s San Francisco studio". BikeRadar.com. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  4. ↑ http://markslavonia.com/sampling-strava/
  5. ↑ http://app.strava.com/activities/search
  6. ↑ http://www.strava.com/challenges
  7. ↑ https://strava.zendesk.com/forums/20154338-Suggest-a-new-Feature
  8. ↑ https://www.strava.com/premium?source=promo-dashboard-right-top
  9. ↑ "How It Works". Strava.com. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  10. ↑ MacMichael, Simon (7 May 2014). "Strava moves into 'big data' - London & Glasgow already signed up to find out where cyclists ride". Road.cc. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Mach, Paul (12 April 2014). "Slide: Auto-drawing Geometry to Remove the Pains of Map Tracing". Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  12. 1 2 Clarke, Keir (29 April 2014). "Mapping the Burn with Strava Labs". Maps Mania. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "Strava Labs Slide". Strava.com. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  14. ↑ "Strava Global Heatmap". Strava.com. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  15. ↑ https://strava.zendesk.com/entries/95423147-Feedback-for-Strava-s-new-maps-OpenStreetMap-
  16. ↑ Cycling Weekly, 7 October 2014 http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/five-best-strava-art-139034
  17. ↑ Spurr, Ben (2 March 2016). "GPS art creations put 'Cycleangelo' on the map". Toronto Star. Retrieved 3 March 2016.

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