BajaNomad

Strava: GPS map from fitness tracker devices

geoffff - 1-31-2018 at 02:13 PM

I just learned about Strava - it's a map created from GPS tracks that have been uploaded from people's fitness trackers (like Fitbit, etc.). It's curious to take a look at where people go in Baja:

https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#7.00/-112.81784/27.75998/gr...



The faintest tracks are the most interesting. Many of these places are off the beaten path, including tracks ending at sites where I happen to know there is rock art and other sensitive stuff.

-- Geoff

David K - 1-31-2018 at 02:31 PM

That was fun to look all around Baja and see where some have gone... like Mission Santa Maria and Rancho Matomi. None have done the Pole Line Road, however!

DanO - 1-31-2018 at 02:44 PM

I think it's more than just fitness trackers, it's any GPS enabled device with a fitness app on it, and it appears to track even if the app isn't open. The eye in the sky is always watching, apparently.