Author Topic: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square  (Read 338881 times)

Davef

VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1050 on: 28 May, 2020, 03:09:51 pm »
Strava app has been updated!  :thumbsup:
Do I need to update ? Can’t find where to do this

Edit: removed and added extension- working nicely

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Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1051 on: 28 May, 2020, 03:40:38 pm »
Had a little search through my ride list to work out how long ago I lost interest in expanding my vv max square because I have the south coast on 1 1/4 sides of it:

30x30 9th Dec 2018
26x26 28th Jan 2017
20x20 31st August 2016
First mention of trying to bag a tile 8th July 2016

It's a five hour ride to get out and back to the northern edges, and there's a bunch of offroad tiles to do when I get there...and all I'm achieving is dragging the same 30x30 square out of the Isle of Purbeck, so the good times have well and truly passed for me. Oh to live in the Midlands! ;D



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Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1052 on: 28 May, 2020, 06:42:37 pm »
That's an impressive amount of water you've covered... The Humber isn't really suitable for human powered craft, is it the same situation in the sea around Poole? Given how frequently I've looked at Humber-cycling options I'm sure you've contemplated some wacky ideas. :)

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Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1053 on: 28 May, 2020, 06:51:38 pm »
I was probably going to drop Strava a couple of years ago, until fboab, ChrisS and Deano teased me with VeloViewer tiles. VV is the only reason I keep in with Strava really. I think of VV as the long game... but I guess it is only going to last as long as any other internet fad.

Anyone know what the next fad is going to be and when the lift doors are opening on the ground floor?

Chris S

Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1054 on: 28 May, 2020, 07:18:20 pm »
Looks like Veloviewer have issued an update.

Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1055 on: 28 May, 2020, 07:28:57 pm »
vv comment re planner plugin on twitter  https://twitter.com/VeloViewer/status/1265996701225103360

I'm going to stick with free Strava and BRouter (+ vv kml file) for the moment.  I like BRouter's OpenTopoMap, with the cycling overlay too, and the customisable aspects of bike types etc, and the ease of dragging out a route.
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quixoticgeek

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Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1056 on: 29 May, 2020, 12:41:37 pm »
vv comment re planner plugin on twitter  https://twitter.com/VeloViewer/status/1265996701225103360

I'm going to stick with free Strava and BRouter (+ vv kml file) for the moment.  I like BRouter's OpenTopoMap, with the cycling overlay too, and the customisable aspects of bike types etc, and the ease of dragging out a route.

Excellent. And it works. Nice and quick to develop, worth the short wait.

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Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1057 on: 30 May, 2020, 04:52:57 pm »
Had a little search through my ride list to work out how long ago I lost interest in expanding my vv max square because I have the south coast on 1 1/4 sides of it:

30x30 9th Dec 2018
26x26 28th Jan 2017
20x20 31st August 2016
First mention of trying to bag a tile 8th July 2016

It's a five hour ride to get out and back to the northern edges, and there's a bunch of offroad tiles to do when I get there...and all I'm achieving is dragging the same 30x30 square out of the Isle of Purbeck, so the good times have well and truly passed for me. Oh to live in the Midlands! ;D


That's impressive!

I'm at 15x15 myself.


Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1058 on: 30 May, 2020, 06:11:30 pm »
Move house. It's the best way.

Graeme

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Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1059 on: 30 May, 2020, 06:13:38 pm »
Teesside... Durham... Hull... Slaithwaite. Easier than cycling to them all.

Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1060 on: 30 May, 2020, 06:17:16 pm »
OMG, we've gone Teesside to Durham, please not Hull next  :o

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Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1061 on: 30 May, 2020, 06:27:53 pm »
OMG, we've gone Teesside to Durham, please not Hull next  :o

It's flat. Does that help?

Davef

Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1062 on: 30 May, 2020, 06:33:44 pm »

Feeling pleased with my choice of home.


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Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1063 on: 30 May, 2020, 06:52:13 pm »


Feeling pleased with my choice of home.


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Nah.
I should have been out more at the start of lockdown to bag some of the roads I won't usually ride on.
I still haven't moved my square to where I live yet. I blame Sunderland *shudder*


Davef

Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1064 on: 30 May, 2020, 06:56:06 pm »


Feeling pleased with my choice of home.


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Nah.
I should have been out more at the start of lockdown to bag some of the roads I won't usually ride on.
I still haven't moved my square to where I live yet. I blame Sunderland *shudder*


Definitely. A few weeks back I did bits of A5, A6 and pretty much A41 all the way from Bicester to Aylesbury. Saw about 3 cars on the A41.


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Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1065 on: 31 May, 2020, 12:34:15 pm »
This week's rides have haven me to 800 squares. I've been filling in some cluster gaps while some roads are quiet, up to 127 there now. But my square grows slowly (7x7) now as there's an unbaggable tile 4km from home.

Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1066 on: 31 May, 2020, 01:21:12 pm »
This week's rides have haven me to 800 squares. I've been filling in some cluster gaps while some roads are quiet, up to 127 there now. But my square grows slowly (7x7) now as there's an unbaggable tile 4km from home.

Is that between Ripe and Glynde? I think I'm stuck on that square too.
Miles cycled 2014 = 3551.5 (Target 7300 :()
Miles cycled 2013 = 6141.4
Miles cycled 2012 = 4038.1

Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1067 on: 31 May, 2020, 03:26:49 pm »


Feeling pleased with my choice of home.


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Nah.
I should have been out more at the start of lockdown to bag some of the roads I won't usually ride on.
I still haven't moved my square to where I live yet. I blame Sunderland *shudder*


:o

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Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1068 on: 31 May, 2020, 08:08:06 pm »
Does anyone use the EveryTile app for Garmin?

In itself is works nicely, ticking of a square when I ride through it. But for all my trying I am unable to save my current tiles to the app so for every ride it is as it's my very first one. Creating the ascii text from the .kml works fine, but pasting it in Garmin Express and then saving/syncing has no effect. I also tried changing the home coordinates to move the part of where I would be riding today to the top-left, but this didn't make a difference.

I would love to see this app working as intended! What could I be missing? (this is on a Edge 830 with firmware 5.1 and the latest Garmin Express (just updated to 7.0 IIRC)

Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1069 on: 31 May, 2020, 09:16:00 pm »
This week's rides have haven me to 800 squares. I've been filling in some cluster gaps while some roads are quiet, up to 127 there now. But my square grows slowly (7x7) now as there's an unbaggable tile 4km from home.

Is that between Ripe and Glynde? I think I'm stuck on that square too.

Yes, that's the one - no road or path. I think there's the drive to a farm, but my commitment to this isn't sufficient to get a delivery job  ;D

Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1070 on: 31 May, 2020, 09:19:32 pm »
I believe there's a B&B where the farm drive turns left so did wonder, before lockdown, about knocking on their door and seeing if the path to the field is theirs and could I please just nip into the corner.

But I never quite got round to it
Miles cycled 2014 = 3551.5 (Target 7300 :()
Miles cycled 2013 = 6141.4
Miles cycled 2012 = 4038.1

Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1071 on: 31 May, 2020, 09:29:33 pm »
If you look on https://rideeverytile.com/tiles/heatmap you will see links to four Strava'd rides of people who have done that tile.

Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1072 on: 31 May, 2020, 10:16:07 pm »
Thanks! I'll pay more attention to those entrances next time I'm passing, and see how friendly they look  :)

quixoticgeek

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Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1073 on: 01 June, 2020, 12:55:21 am »
Yes, that's the one - no road or path. I think there's the drive to a farm, but my commitment to this isn't sufficient to get a delivery job  ;D

Print up a flyier for a lost puppy, put someone you don't like's phone number on it, take a picture of a dog from Wikipedia, Walk up the drive, with the flyier and your gps running, post the flier, done...

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Re: VeloViewer Explorer Score and Max Square
« Reply #1074 on: 01 June, 2020, 01:55:19 pm »
If you look on https://rideeverytile.com/tiles/heatmap you will see links to four Strava'd rides of people who have done that tile.
It looks like all four of those approached it from the south-east route. I got it by taking the track from that finishes just short of the north-west corner


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