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Climb Categories, Map Settings, Map Appearance Settings, Changing the Map Orientation

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Climb Categories Climb categories are determined by climb score, which is calculated using the grade multiplied by the length of the climb. A climb must have a length of at least 500 meters and an average grade of at least 3 percent, or a climb score of 1,500, to be considered a climb. Category Climb Score Color Hors Category (HC) Greater than 80,000 Category 1 Greater than 64,000 Category 2 Greater than 32,000 Category 3 Greater than 16,000 Category 4 Greater than 8,000 Uncategorized Greater than 1,500 Map Settings Select > Activity Profiles, select a profile, and select Navigation > Map. Orientation: Sets how the map is shown on the page. Auto Zoom: Automatically selects a zoom level for the map. When Off is selected, you must zoom in or out manually. Guide Text: Sets when the turn-by-turn navigation prompts are shown (requires routable maps). Appearance: Customizes the appearance settings on the map (Map Appearance Settings, page 32). Map Information: Enables or disables the maps currently loaded on the device. Map Appearance Settings Select > Activity Profiles, select a profile, and select Navigation > Map > Appearance. Map Theme: Adjusts the appearance of the map for your ride type. (Map Themes, page 33) Popularity Map: Highlights popular roads or trails for your ride type. The darker the road or trail, the more popular. Map Detail: Sets the level of detail shown on the map. History Line Color: Allows you to change the line color of the path you have traveled. Advanced: Allows you to set zoom levels and text size, and enable shaded relief and contours. Reset Map Default: Resets the map appearance to the default settings. Changing the Map Orientation 1 Select > Activity Profiles. 2 Select a profile. 3 Select Navigation > Map > Orientation. 4 Select an option: • Select North Up to show north at the top of the page. • Select Track Up to show your current direction of travel at the top of the page. 32 Navigation

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Climb Categories
Climb categories are determined by climb score, which is calculated using the grade multiplied by the length of
the climb. A climb must have a length of at least 500 meters and an average grade of at least 3 percent, or a
climb score of 1,500, to be considered a climb.
Category
Climb Score
Color
Hors Category (HC)
Greater than 80,000
Category 1
Greater than 64,000
Category 2
Greater than 32,000
Category 3
Greater than 16,000
Category 4
Greater than 8,000
Uncategorized
Greater than 1,500
Map Settings
Select
>
Activity Profiles
, select a profile, and select
Navigation
>
Map
.
Orientation
: Sets how the map is shown on the page.
Auto Zoom
: Automatically selects a zoom level for the map. When Off is selected, you must zoom in or out
manually.
Guide Text
: Sets when the turn-by-turn navigation prompts are shown (requires routable maps).
Appearance
: Customizes the appearance settings on the map (
Map Appearance Settings
, page 32
).
Map Information
: Enables or disables the maps currently loaded on the device.
Map Appearance Settings
Select
>
Activity Profiles
, select a profile, and select
Navigation
>
Map
>
Appearance
.
Map Theme
: Adjusts the appearance of the map for your ride type. (
Map Themes
, page 33
)
Popularity Map
: Highlights popular roads or trails for your ride type. The darker the road or trail, the more
popular.
Map Detail
: Sets the level of detail shown on the map.
History Line Color
: Allows you to change the line color of the path you have traveled.
Advanced
: Allows you to set zoom levels and text size, and enable shaded relief and contours.
Reset Map Default
: Resets the map appearance to the default settings.
Changing the Map Orientation
1
Select
>
Activity Profiles
.
2
Select a profile.
3
Select
Navigation
>
Map
>
Orientation
.
4
Select an option:
•
Select
North Up
to show north at the top of the page.
•
Select
Track Up
to show your current direction of travel at the top of the page.
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Navigation