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what are these weird heatmap anomalies?

  • December 18, 2024
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I noticed in the global heatmap in new york city, if you set the sports to “all sports” there weird squares all over the place. they are especially prominent if you set it specifically to “all cycle sports” or just “ride” only. 

they are perfectly north-south oriented, and are 0.25x0.25 miles (or 1 mile in circumference)

it does not take much to tell that there are no such routes that exist in the city. so what causes these? I’m also wondering if it’s just on my side..

 

February 7, 2025

Hello ​@alex draves 

Thanks for pointing this out. The Strava Maps Team is looking into what could be causing those. If I get any further updates, I’ll be sure to share them here.

Jana_S
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  • December 19, 2024

Virtual rides, maybe..? Just guessing though...


Jane
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  • February 7, 2025

Hello ​@alex draves 

Thanks for pointing this out. The Strava Maps Team is looking into what could be causing those. If I get any further updates, I’ll be sure to share them here.


JasperDaUnicorn

Sanity check - it’s not just you. I noticed them for the first time today as well and googled it. Your thread popped up. Very much still there!

 


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