Half-Fast Mike
Lanterne Rouge-et-vert
- May 22, 2007
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Bring up an activities map with the region you want to explore, then do an Unexplored Tile Export from the map settings dialog. Happy hunting!
Ride VeloViewer tiling in Japan
- Thread starter Chuck
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Tsuga
Speeding Up
- Jan 17, 2023
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Y'all seem to have a good thing going with Tiling, and sorry if this has been posted before, but have y'all ever used https://wandrer.earth/ ? I use mine in conjunction with Strava. There are game aspects to it which I sometimes look at, but I mostly like the "new roads" tracking and % of areas
Chuck
Maximum Pace
- Feb 7, 2011
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Took a quick look. Good point...it would suit my OCD nature very well. Bad point...it would cause me to go down another OCD rabbit hole.
Looks like there is a free version and then a $30 yearly version that would show all the rides you've ever done on Strava. Have you done the paid version?
Looks like there is a free version and then a $30 yearly version that would show all the rides you've ever done on Strava. Have you done the paid version?
Tsuga
Speeding Up
- Jan 17, 2023
- 58
- 61
I did the paid version to get all my past rides imported. The renewal is coming up soon and I need to reevaluate if I still need the $30 version. Honestly though $30 for a year is right around the point where I don't mind paying just to support the creator.
I don't actually look at Wandrer's website a lot, but I like when it adds into my ride descriptions how much new road I saw. And sometimes it is just enough motivation to deviate from my standard route home and ride through an adjacent neighborhood knowing I'll get some new mileage. I'm sitting at 6% of Ishikawa completed which puts me on top of the leaderboard for the prefecture (there are only 38 of us). This is all of Japan:
When I play video games I can be a bit of compleitionist and I do enjoy some "gameification"... but thankfully I haven't spiraled too far with this.
Half-Fast Mike
Lanterne Rouge-et-vert
- May 22, 2007
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I had the free version and it would automagically edit my Strava ride descriptions with its statistics. Seems to have stopped at some point and to be honest I didn't really miss it.
Chuck
Maximum Pace
- Feb 7, 2011
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Finally got around to editing the video of the ride in Tochigi. If you think you might like to ride up there some day, or if you would like a look at the Manganji Temple and some nice scenery, have a look. Tochigi area, Manganji Temple and tiling.
Chuck
Maximum Pace
- Feb 7, 2011
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Was off to do some tiling yesterday. Was surprised to find that many of the little roads I'd chosen to ride were under water. Apparently, several drivers were also surprised, judging by the number of cars abandoned in the water. But with a tile on the line, what is a little water? At one crossing that looked particularly deep, with water flowing across, I sized up the chance of success (not doing it meant a 6km detour), and went for it. At the deepest point, the water was up well above the chainrings. Forward progress was slow and the deep part longer than expected, but I managed not to stop and came out on the other side (Ride Across the River, Deep and Wide...Dire Straits...came to mind) wet but successful. Now, I have to dry out the bike and lube everything up again. My 4iiii power meter bit the dust though (hoping it just needs a new battery). All anticipated tiles properly achieved. Mission accomplished.
