How does Strava's heatmap fair in predicting nicer routes?
http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/
This is also partly a reply to cardamomo's post. I imagine that tracking the routes commuters actually take is a great way to find the better routes.
http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/
This is also partly a reply to cardamomo's post. I imagine that tracking the routes commuters actually take is a great way to find the better routes.
That brings up another point: Group rides will generally use good roads, and there will be multiple cyclists simultaneously contributing to the same route on the heat map. The boldest paths on the heat map may then very possibly be routes ridden by group rides, suggesting they're very safe.