How do you use Points of Interest/POI?

[VikK]

I've seen these poppoing up on the map and not really sure how to use them properly?

I recently found you can long press these and routes pop up but I don;t know if these aer auto-genereated or come from the heatmap of the POI starting there.

I'm interested in seeing POIs for parkrun, in theory that should pop up a 5k route that has been run thousands of times. However, I'm not seeing that so wondered what people were doing with them instead.

[Jane · Accepted solution]

Hi @VikK

Thanks for posting about Points of Interest. Strava Points of Interest are a map layer that you can view in both Mobile and Web. We generate them by using Open Street Map and looking for spots that our data shows as being popular with Strava Athletes.

ParkRun does sound like a good use case for POI, since it's a spot where runners gather regularly to start a group activity. If you're not seeing one where you expect, you can submit it for inclusion to our maps data provider, OpenStreetMap.

Personally, I've used Points of Interest when I'm cycling in an area I'm unfamiliar with; they're useful for locating coffee shops or other places where you can rest and refuel.

I'm also curious about how other Strava Athletes are utilizing these - anyone else care to share?

[VikK]

I didn't realise we could contribute, at first glance it looks a bit complicated!