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What makes a road twisty (and how an app decides)
How a map app works out how twisty a road is, why two apps disagree on the same road, and why the twistiest road isn't always the best one.
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What the app actually does, how it works under the bonnet, and why we built it that way.
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Routing that avoids roads you've already ridden
The best road near you stops being the best on the twelfth lap. How avoid-visited routing works, and when to switch it off.
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The ridden-roads map: how GPS becomes a road you've done
Turning a wobbly GPS trace into 'you've ridden this road' is hard. How map-matching works, and the rule that keeps the map honest.
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Surprise Me: how the app picks a ride when you can't
Want a good road and have no idea where? How automatic route generation picks roads, and how to steer it without taking over.
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Motorcycle crash detection on a phone: what it can and can't do
Crash detection can get help to someone who can't call. How phone detection works, why false alarms are the hard part, and what it never replaces.
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Lean angle tracking with a phone: the physics and the pitfalls
Phone lean angle numbers are often nonsense. Why the sensors mislead, what a correct measurement needs, and why we don't show it live while riding.
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Live location sharing for motorcycle rides, done properly
Share your position so people at home are reassured and groups stay together, without broadcasting where you live. How to set it up sensibly.
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Ride tracking and privacy: what your app knows about you
A ride tracker holds a map of where you live, work and go on Sundays. What that data is, what should never happen to it, and what to check in any app.
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