Sports app Strava unveils intricate new heat map detailing running and cycling routes around the world

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Chloe Chaplain1 November 2017

Sporting app Strava has unveiled an interactive map detailing the most popular running and cycling routes across the world with stunning graphics.

The social networking app has launched a new version of its Global Heat Map, six times more intricate than the original model unveiled in 2015.

It boasts the “largest, richest and most beautiful” dataset mapping activities of sporting enthusiasts around the world.

According to Strava, the map is made up of information detailing trips totalling 200,000 years and more than one billion activities.

Stunning: The interactive Global Heat Map
Strava

The user can zoom in to an area and then choose a filter – ride, run, water activity or winter activity – and see it mapped in beautiful detail.

“A global community can seem very abstract until you see its activities visually represented in your immediate location and across the world," Strava CEO James Quarles said.

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“It’s not just runners and cyclists, either – skiers, hikers, kiteboarders and even mountaineers on Everest are all counted in the more than 1 billion uploads of the Strava community.”

The map was developed with Strava Metro, which works around the world to improve facilities for cyclists and pedestrians.

Accorting to the website, its creation involved activities from over 10 million athletes, covering a distance of 27 billion km (17 billion miles).

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