Long time strava user here.<p>I really wish Strava would do a better job helping you discover new routes around you for activities that you do. I'm a long time user who uses it for Mountain biking and short runs but I've never selected a route because Strava told me to. If you are a PM at strava there's so much you can unlock with all the user's activity data you are sitting on.<p>They aren't doing nothing of course. I can see their product efforts are focused on 1) growing the user base 2) growing paid subs.
The strava heat map is one of those cases where I really realise the power of data.<p>I've discovered several amazing cycling routes I never knew about within 10 miles of my house from the heatmap. It was also great when I went on holiday, to get a quick glance at local popular routes.
I would like it if Strava, or someone else, did the following:<p>1. Associate each GPS data point with a short (say, 10 meters) segment.<p>2. Collect metadata on each segment. eg incline, weather history, is it a segment of an organized race, etc.<p>3. Combine segments into proposed routes that match a user’s search criteria.
"Athletic" might be misleading. The heatmap in my area (East Germany) only shows activity on the city golf court, whilst we have plenty of real athletes training here, on the amateur, professional and olympic level. Looks like only golfers use Strava.