Strava’s trying to make route planning easier by crowdsourcing photos from users

A recent picture of a route is sometimes more useful than a chart.

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The company is using machine learning to exclude photos that include identifiable faces or gear, and it only includes photos posted publicly in the app. Users who don’t want photos from their public activities shared as part of the feature will have to opt out. The photos I saw were, in fact, quite recent. I found a picture of a local event space with a big Valentine’s Day heart. I actually ran past it on February 13th, Valentine’s Day, and the day after. I can confirm that the heart was there on February 13th, 14th, and the 15th. The weather conditions were also on point over the past few days. Another neat perk was seeing what certain areas on the route looked like at night.

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