Dashboard
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Components of the Dashboard
The Dashboard is composed of 6 visual objects that together provide an easy-to-read presentation of the GPS data from your activity. Each component has a specific place and function that is consistent for each metric section.
Things to do:
- Review the overall statistics for your Activity, as well as review in-depth analysis of each metric section.
- You can navigate the Dashboard by using the section links found in the Activity Dashboard navigation menu on the left side of the screen.
- Each metric section presents detailed data specific to that section.
- The Dashboard also presents relevant charts that will help you to review the data in a graphical format.
- To find out more about each metric section, go to Dashboard metrics.
- The Dashboard is a static presentation of the data from your Activity, so if you would like to find out information about interacting with your data in a graphical interface, go to Map Player Help.
TITLE BAR
The Title Bar displays the Name of the activity, Activity Type, Activity Subtype, and the Event Type. Also listed are the City, County, State, Country as well as First Name, Last Name and Date are displayed. On the right hand side of the Title Bar are other options: Activity Options for editing your activity, Email Activity so you can email your activity to friends and Link to this Activity for an easy link when adding to your personal web site or blog.
What can I do? The title bar contains links for the following actions:
Activity Options Click on this link in to edit the general information about this activity. Starred activities are required.
- Name*
- Activity Type*
- Event Type*
- Comments
- Privacy Settings: check to make current activity private
- Reportable: You decide if you want the activity totals added to your Digest totals
- Tune-Up: Choose whether or not you want Auto-Corrections and MB Gravity turned on for an activity
You can delete any activity by clicking the Delete button. This will remove the current activity from MotionBased permanently.
In addition you can export your GPS data for the current activity to XML format by clicking on the Export button.
Email Activity This feature allows you to share the current activity with a friend via email. An email will be sent by MotionBased to the recipient with a thumbnail of your Route and chosen map background.
- Put email addresses separated by a comma into the To field
- Edit the Subject field
- Your email address is automatically inserted into the Your Email Address field and is editable
- Choose one of (at least) four backgrounds for the Route
- Street: Names and places type map
- Photo: Color satellite photo
- Topo: Map with contour lines and natural features
- Elevation: 3-dimensional shaded relief map
- Edit the Message field if you're not happy with the MotionBased sample text
- Check Send me a Copy if you would like a copy of the message to be sent to your email address
NAVIGATION MENU
The Navigation Menu (listed under Activity Dashboard) displays the links to the main metric sections of the Dashboard. While you are reviewing your data in any of the sections, this menu is constantly available for quick linking to the other sections. Follow these links to uncover in-depth analysis of each metric.
SUMMARY DATA TABLE
The Summary Data displays relevant data and calculations for each section. MotionBased performs micro-analysis of each segment of your course to calculate these results. Refer to the Activity Dashboard section for more information about how each calculation is made.
CHART WINDOW
The Chart Window displays relevant data for each section in one chart. The link to this "super chart" may be found at the bottom of the Summary Data Chart.
View one of three types of charts. Below the Chart Window is the Chart Options Panel. For each chart there are different options to choose from. For more information about the precise charts and their options, go to the Dashboard Metrics section.
a. Profile Chart ? This chart plots the change of the metric values across distance or time. Imagine you slice an apple. If you remove a slice of apple and hold it to the light, you can analyze that slice clearly without the rest of the apple obstructing your view. Similarly, a profile is a slice of your Activity, with all other information removed. When you look at a profile, like the Elevation Profile for example, you are looking at ONLY THE ELEVATION VALUES, which are plotted against distance. This is easy to understand because you can remember all this hills in your Activity! Now try understanding the Speed Profile. It is merely a different slice of your Activity, in which ONLY THE SPEED VALUES are plotted against distance or time. Use this concept to analyze the rest of your profile charts.
In some sections there is more than one option for your profile. In the Speed section, for example, you can see the profile of your Speed or your Pace. In addition, a third layer is optional for some sections. You can usually choose to add either elevation or grade. Use this layer to find how your performance was affected by elevation or grade at certain points during your activity. See more about options in the Chart Options Panel.
b. Category Chart ? This chart divides the metric into categories or ranges on the horizontal axis, and plots this against either time or distance on the vertical axis. The speed metric, for example, has ranges 5mph up till the max speed. So the ranges are 0-5 mph, 5-10 mph, 10-15 mph, and so on. How high the bar goes refers to how much time or distance you spent in each category. Imagine this as a category bucket, the more time or distance you spend in a category, the more that bucket will be filled. In the example activity ?Miwok Loop?, if you look at the Category chart for Speed, you see that the bar which is the tallest is the category of 5 mph. This means that the most distance was traveled at or near 5 mph. See Chart Options for a list of all the options for Category Charts.
c. Vertical Division ? Only provided for the Time and Distance sections, this chart will divide your activity into 3 portions: i. Ascent ? This represents the portion of the metric that was performed on the ascents. Observe the Vertical Division Chart for Time in the ?Miwok Loop?. See that Ascent is the biggest portion of this chart. This means that you spent the most time of your activity climbing up ascents. ii. Descent ? This represents the portion of the metric that was performed on the descents. iii. Flat ? This represents the portion of the metric that was performed on the flats.
Go to the Dashboard Metrics section to find out more about the exact charts available for each section.
CHART OPTIONS PANEL
The Chart Options panel contains tools for changing the options for the chart. Generally, there are two main options tools. a. Plot Options ? which allow you to change the vertical and horizontal axis. b. Layer Options ? which allow you to add and remove layers.
What can I do? Click on an option to reveal or hide the layer in the Chart Window. Go to the Dashboard Metrics section to see the exact list of options available for each chart.
CHART PREVIEW
The Chart Preview contains thumbnail versions of each chart type available for the current section.
What can I do? Click on a thumbnail to view the enlarged chart in the Chart Window. Go to the Dashboard Metrics section to find out more about the exact charts available for each section.
MAP PREVIEW
The Map Preview displays your Route with a Map Background. While the Map Preview displays your Route in two dimensions with a background of a street map, the Elevation Preview displays the vertical dimension of your Route ? a graph of your altitude vs. distance. These previews are designed to provide a quick and easy reference to your geographic position during your activity. If you are interested in exploring your geographical data more, the Map Player provides an interactive viewing, simulation, and editing tool for your activities.
What can I do? View your Route and Map Background.
ELEVATION PREVIEW
The Map Preview displays your Route with a Map Background. While the Map Preview displays your Route in two dimensions with a background of a street map, the Elevation Preview displays the vertical dimension of your Route ? a graph of your altitude vs. distance. These previews are designed to provide a quick and easy reference to your geographic position during your activity. If you are interested in exploring your geographical data more, the Map Player provides an interactive viewing, simulation, and editing tool for your activities.
What can I do? View your Route as an elevation profile.
COMMENTS
The area below the Elevation Preview displays your personal comments about the activity. These comments were written by you when you submitted the activity from the Inbox. They can be edited at any time from either the Dashboard or the Map Player.
What can I do? You can edit your Comments by clicking on the ?Edit Activity? link in the Title Bar.
Dashboard Sections
The Dashboard is composed of 7 metric sections that allow you to focus your review onto a particular mathematical element of your activity. Each section displays the relevant data and calculations for the metric as well as relevant charts. The data is tabulated through the Data Window, adjacent to the Chart Window.
For more details see Dashboard Sections
