Activity Types
Activity Types classify routes and tracklogs and provide assumptions used by calculations. They cover walking, cycling, running, winter sports, and other outdoor activities.
Use Settings > Activity Types to choose a profile and adjust its calculation values.
What You Can Change
For the selected Activity Type, you can change:
- speed
- ascent rate
- descent rate
- Elevation Threshold — Average, 1 metre, 2 metres, 3 metres, 5 metres, 10 metres, or 15 metres
- whether the type is a Favourite
The Activity name and category are not edited here.
What Activity Does
Activity supplies a classification and the assumptions OMN4 uses for activity-specific calculations. For example, its speed and ascent/descent values can affect estimated journey information.
Activity does not supply line colour or line style. Set visual appearance through Styles.
Activity Inheritance
Routes and tracklogs can inherit Activity in the same root-to-folder-to-item hierarchy used by other properties:
- The Route and Tracklog tabs in Settings > Styles set separate account-wide Activity defaults.
- A folder can set a different Activity for its Route or Tracklog domain.
- A route or tracklog can set an explicit Activity or use the value from its parent.
Changing an Activity Type's calculation values affects items classified with that Activity. It does not change their colour or line style.
Typical Changes
- Mark your most-used Activity Types as favourites so they are easier to find.
- Adjust speed or ascent/descent assumptions to better match the activity.
- Set the normal Activity for new routes or tracklogs under Settings > Styles.