RP’s map utility, RPMap, works, but is not the state of the art. We’re sorry about that. We’re in the thick of making it the best.

This week we added:

AutoRouting

We usually run on roads, and so do your routes. Click on the map and RPMap will find the shortest path along the road between those two points. To undo an AutoRouted segment, hit undo . Disable AutoRouting with the options checkbox (in right panel).

AutoCentering

Panning is a pain. Now, clicking near the edge of the map advances it in that direction. The closer you click to the edge, the more it will pan. Disable panning with the options checkbox  (in panel on right).

Advanced Undo

Use the undo button to undo all sorts of things. Clear the route () by accident? Don’t like that AutoRoute segment? Shouldn’t have erased that point ()? Just hit undo and no body will ever have to know about that gaffe.

Of course there is more to come, but we were just so excited we had to roll these out for you. Expect a complete overhaul of the interface soon.

Let us know what you like and what is not quite cooked yet.

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Example Filter Settings

We’ve received a lot of feedback about our Activity Trail – thanks to those who contributed.  We tried to come up with a standardized way to show what everyone wanted but decided it was better to let you decide!  The Activity Trail is now tunable to your own personal tastes.

Want to see everything happening on RunPartner? Set each filter to All.  Too much information, use Lite?  Narrow your results down by sport, activity, and user group.  We’ve tried to keep a balance of simplicity and functionality.  Let us know what you think!

Key Features

• Select a setting for People, Sport and Activity filters – they work in symphony
• Filters are sticky – they remember your choices
• Use the more button to extend the trail for older activities
• Results are clickable – click for more information
• Use Lite to ignore comments and ratings

Examples

• My Top 7 / Run / Competition – shows only races for your Top Seven run partners
• New York City / Swim / Lite – only training and competitions for your friends in NYC

Filters Explained

People Filter:

• Everyone  - Friends and teammates
• Network – Only friends and teammates in your geographic area
• My Top 7 – Only people you have personally selected in your settings
• Teams – Only teammates on a specific team

Sport Filter:

• All – Swimming, biking, running, and cross training
• Swim – Only swimming
• Bike – Only biking
• Run – Only running
• X-Train – Only cross training / alternative exercise

Activity

• All – Training, competitions, comments, and ratings
• Lite – Only training and competitions
• Competition – Only competitions

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Teams, Run Partners, Networks… there is a lot of information out there, even on RunPartner. We know you love all your friends on RunPartner, but maybe you login daily just to see what a few good friends are up to.

My Top 7 is a list seven (or fewer) of your friends that you want to follow assiduously. Use the My Top 7 filter button in the Activity Trail 2.0 to see just these individuals.

Setup

One simple step. Visit Settings > Top 7 and select up to seven of your current run partners. Piece of cake.

NOTE: if you are no longer friends with a member of your Top 7, they will not appear in your Activity Trail.

FAQ, Help, Update

New custom distance options

If only the race directors would get it together on those races distances, but they won’t. We did! To enter a competition distance we don’t already have, you can make your own custom distance.  Hurah!

He’s how:

1. In Add Activity select Run Type > Competition »
2. Select your competition from Competition Name
3. Select Custom Distance from Competition Type
4. Enter your custom distance in Distance and select the units

That was easy. Distances can be km or mi.

Custom distances will show up as “Custom Distance” on your log and Competitions page.

NOTE: custom distances are not presently analyzed in the Competitions page due to their non-standard length.

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Now with Autologin!

It’s hard to take a break from RP, but sometimes you must leave the computer to run. Now, when you come back, you don’t have to log back in.

Checking the “Remember” checkbox on the login screen now remembers you for all supported RP browsers. The best part… visit any RP page when you are not logged in, and we’ll automatically log you in, AND then send you back to that page. It is like you never left.

For security purposes, you will need to login with your password once every 14 days. But that’s a small price to pay.

NOTE: If you click logout, you will need to login again.

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