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Title: Strava’s new Night Heatmaps look to make subscribers safer after dark Author: Sarah Fielding
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:00:11 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/apps/stravas-new-night-heatmaps-look-to-make-subscribers-safer-after-dark-140011174.html?src=rss
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Wouldn't it be nice if you could go out for a run without fear of being harmed? Technology has a way of making us both safer and at greater risk while out and about, but a new tool from Strava might help with the former. Strava has announced Night Heatmaps, a feature that shows which areas have more activity —
or "heat" — between sunset and sunrise. Yes, Heatmaps is the feature that accidentally revealed the location of US military bases[1].

The update is a welcome one with sunset getting very early in some areas of the world, while night seems to last late into the morning. It also comes alongside a new Weekly Heatmap, which shows heat levels in an area over the last seven days. Again, this can help you know which paths will have the most people, but at all times of the day. While this added awareness is great for knowing where to go, some people might also purposely choose to avoid the busiest times, for fear of unwanted attention (there's no winning here).

In either case, the Night and Weekly Heatmaps are only available on subscriber accounts (a membership will cost you $12 monthly or $80 annually). It's also worth noting that Heatmaps pull solely from public activities on Strava[2], so you're not getting the full story of how many people go where.

Night and Weekly Heatmaps join the Global Heatmaps (also subscriber exclusive) and your Personal Heatmap. You can access any of them through the Map tab and filter the Heatmap by activity type.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/stravas-new-night-heatmaps-look-to-make-subscribers-safer-after-dark-140011174.html?src=rss

Links:
[1]: https://www.engadget.com/2018-03-13-after-exposing-secret-military-bases-strava-restricts-data-visi.html (link)
[2]: https://www.engadget.com/apps/strava-makes-it-easier-to-keep-your-activity-data-private-130024746.html (link)

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On 14 Nov 2024 03:37:15 GMT, Retrograde <[email protected]d>
wrote:

Wouldn't it be nice if you could go out
for a run without fear of being harmed?

In rural areas, this is not an issue.

When traveling to a large city where I once lived, I perceive too many
people are freaked out over the crime/etc issues. Yes, prudent
behavior should be practiced, but I am without their fears.

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On 2024-11-14, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

On 14 Nov 2024 03:37:15 GMT, Retrograde <[email protected]d>
wrote:

Wouldn't it be nice if you could go out
for a run without fear of being harmed?

In rural areas, this is not an issue.

I refer you to the Delphi murder article posted here earlier. Sickos are everywhere.

When traveling to a large city where I once lived, I perceive too many
people are freaked out over the crime/etc issues. Yes, prudent
behavior should be practiced, but I am without their fears.

Well, alrighty then! /eyeroll/ Good luck to ya.

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On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:15:08 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde <[email protected]d> wrote:

I refer you to the Delphi murder article posted here earlier. Sickos are >everywhere.

"According to online records, Allen has lived in Delphi since at least
2006, and in Indiana his whole adult life....Libby�s grandparents Mike
and Becky Patty said that they recalled Allen processing photos for
them at the store."

Delphi is too close to a major city, and this dude was not a local
native.

In rural areas, murders tend to be deliberate (personal)....his motive
is unknown.

but I am without their fears.

Well, alrighty then! /eyeroll/ Good luck to ya.

My nearest neighbors live about one mile away.....about 8 people per
sq mi, and most of them live in small sized towns.

Yes, shit happens, but more so in higher population places. It has
been about ten years since the last murder happened, and that was a
family matter.

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