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Strava puts out a heatmap every year. It does include other outdoor activities like running though. http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#6/-120.90000/38.36000/blue/

Strava puts out a heatmap every year. It does include other outdoor activities like running though. http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#6/-120.90000/38.36000/blue/bike http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#6/-120.90000/38.36000/blue/b...

pbhjpbhj 9y ago
Wow, that's excellent - interesting to see some of the "running" routes that don't have any cycle-data (one near me is a golf course). It would be nice to zoom in some more, but I think even at the max zoom level I could get to I can make out some homes of Strava users, which might - for example - make targetted burglary an issue. Some error data is clearly present too, like shadowing of roads where there are systematic errors. Thanks for the link.
- kingosticks 9y ago
  You can set a an area around your house to be excluded from your public data to avoid this. I hope that extends to heat maps too, I've never actually checked that.
  - LeifCarrotson 9y ago
    I can confirm that it does. I live on a private drive, but set my exclusion zone to less than the distance to the public street, and I am the only regular Strava user in the neighborhood. The area near my house is black, and it lights up at approximately the spot I would expect! I can see a number of my favorite routes highlighted, which is interesting! Also, up north in the national forest middle of nowhere, I can see my favorite logging road dimly glowing. I don't think anyone else uses it!
  - alexfoo 9y ago
    The exclusions are only from your own rides. If a friend rides to/from your house then that will appear in the public data. Just remember not to centre the privacy zone on your house, otherwise it may be possible to work out where the centre of the privacy zone is from a few data points around the zone.
- djrogers 9y ago
  Hahaha, out of curiousity I zoomed in near my house and saw a curious little stub off a road with a pretty high usage. I was confused until I realized it was a local brewery tasting room. Nice place to end a workout!
photojosh 9y ago
If you're a premium/paid Strava member, you can also get your own personalised heatmap. I'm slowly working my way through running every single one of my local trails and streets.

pbhjpbhj 9y ago

Wow, that's excellent - interesting to see some of the "running" routes that don't have any cycle-data (one near me is a golf course). It would be nice to zoom in some more, but I think even at the max zoom level I could get to I can make out some homes of Strava users, which might - for example - make targetted burglary an issue. Some error data is clearly present too, like shadowing of roads where there are systematic errors. Thanks for the link.

kingosticks 9y ago
You can set a an area around your house to be excluded from your public data to avoid this. I hope that extends to heat maps too, I've never actually checked that.
- LeifCarrotson 9y ago
  I can confirm that it does. I live on a private drive, but set my exclusion zone to less than the distance to the public street, and I am the only regular Strava user in the neighborhood. The area near my house is black, and it lights up at approximately the spot I would expect! I can see a number of my favorite routes highlighted, which is interesting! Also, up north in the national forest middle of nowhere, I can see my favorite logging road dimly glowing. I don't think anyone else uses it!
- alexfoo 9y ago
  The exclusions are only from your own rides. If a friend rides to/from your house then that will appear in the public data. Just remember not to centre the privacy zone on your house, otherwise it may be possible to work out where the centre of the privacy zone is from a few data points around the zone.
djrogers 9y ago
Hahaha, out of curiousity I zoomed in near my house and saw a curious little stub off a road with a pretty high usage. I was confused until I realized it was a local brewery tasting room. Nice place to end a workout!

photojosh 9y ago

If you're a premium/paid Strava member, you can also get your own personalised heatmap. I'm slowly working my way through running every single one of my local trails and streets.