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Activity tracking platform and communityStravais shut downFatmap , the Europe - based3D mapping platformit acquiredlast January .
In an email sent to drug user this week , accompany by anonline support varlet , Fatmap said that its website and app will be withdraw from October 1 , 2024 , and users will get an option to transfer their Fatmap routes to Strava until then .
While the company say it will “ bring Fatmap ’s 3D mapping and other feature to Strava , ” get the picture into the point reveals that much will be left out in the move .
‘Google Maps for the outdoors’
At its core group , Fatmap is cognate toGoogle Maps for the neat open air : It do a eminent - resolution 3D map platform with detailed routes for skiers , tramp , bikers and anyone else . The fellowship was found in the U.K. in 2013 , though its core squad was circularise through hubs in Europe , including Germany and Lithuania .
It is n’t surprising to see Strava pulling the plug on Fatmap . Strava had say at the prison term of the deal that while the caller ’ product would remain separate initially , it would integrate them more nearly and settle whether Fatmap would experience on as a standalone product .
Strava has already introduced some of Fatmap ’s features , including a premiumfeature squall Flyoverthat provide an ethereal , 3D video recap of your route .
However , maintaining two separate products is more resourcefulness intensive than maintaining one . And witha new chief operating officer bring together in January , Strava has been doubling down on making its coreproduct stickierand deal key concerns raised by the biotic community , such ascheating on leaderboards and the lack of dark mode .
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Strava has accentuate that it will be porting many of Fatmap ’s feature over to its own app as part of its premium subscription , but as with such things , the devil is very much in the detail .
Strava says it ’s incorporating Fatmap ’s 3D satellite mapping , in summation to the normal 3D mapping and 3D images that it has already moved over . But while user will be able to move their itinerary over to Strava , this will only let in elements such as route claim , description and the “ credit line ” tag the itinerary .
Related data such asassigned gradescan’t be moved over , which presumably will make it difficult to value a hill ’s precipitousness . to boot , Fatmap users wo n’t be able to transfer their photos over , though they will be capable to download this data .
Other Fatmap features such asadventures , guidebooksandwaypointscan’t be transferred to Strava , and users will be throw the option to download this data alternatively using Fatmap’sdata export tool .
Such omission will render Fatmap useless for those who habituate it to navigate remote terrain , or for those attempt to figure out whether to undertake a picky ski slope .
Fatmap says it will edit user ’ information after October 1 if they have n’t taken any actions on their account before that date . user can take matter into their own custody now andmanually delete their information .
The full text edition of Fatmap ’s email telling reads :
Hey there ,
Thank you for being a consecrated member of the FATMAP community . Since we started FATMAP 10 years ago , your outside adventures and pleasure trip have made FATMAP the world ’s most powerful 3D map .
FATMAP and Strava conjoin force in January 2023 to make outdoor experience more accessible . Over the next few months , we ’ll bring FATMAP ’s 3D mapping and other feature to Strava to create the world ’s good weapons platform for planning , navigate , and sharing out-of-door dangerous undertaking with the tumid global community of interests of active people .
As we move towards this joint mission , we will retire the FATMAP app and website on October 1 , 2024 . Until then , you ’ll be capable to use all the FATMAP boast you currently relish . After October 1 , the FATMAP app and website will no longer be usable .
If you ’d like to move your FATMAP path to Strava or incur a copy of your FATMAP dangerous undertaking , routes , waypoints , photos , and guidebook , take after the steps outlined here before October 1st . After that date , your data will be delete permanently .
you’re able to join Strava for destitute or download the app on the App Store or Google Play . Once you transmigrate your FATMAP route to Strava , they will be useable as Saved Routes in your Profile on the nomadic app and in your Dashboard on the Strava website . When you move your FATMAP road to Strava , you accept to your datum being transferred from FATMAP to Strava , which is headquartered in the U.S. For more data about your rights regarding your personal data on FATMAP , check more here .
We ’d care to say thanks once again for the part you have played in FATMAP ’s biotic community . We seem forward to see more of your adventures on Strava in the hereafter !
See you out there ,
Team FATMAP
