How do I create, edit and share Adventures?

What's an Adventure?

An Adventure in FATMAP is a representation of your outdoor experience. It's a line across the terrain that has been tracked using a GPS device and added to your account in FATMAP. 

Adventures can be either

• Recorded in the FATMAP app, or
• Imported from your Garmin, Suunto or Strava account.

For example, you can connect your Garmin account, track with your Garmin watch and then see it in the FATMAP App.

All of your Adventures can be found in your 'My Adventures' list by going to Profile > My Adventures in the app or on our website. 

NB: Adventures are different to Routes. Routes are created using the 'create a new route' feature and are found in Profile > My Routes. Find out more about Routes on the FATMAP app here and on our website here.  

 

• How can I track my Adventures & add them to my Profile?

• How do I edit my Adventures?

• Where can others see my Adventures?

• How do I manage the visibility of my Adventures?

• How do the visibility settings work? 

• How can I manage the visibility of Garmin/Suunto imported adventures?

• Matching the visibility of our tracking providers

• How can I manage the visibility of more than one Adventure at the time?

 

How can I track my Adventures & add them to my Profile?

We have a dedicated article here on tracking Adventures with either the FATMAP app or connecting your tracking device in our dedicated help article here. 

How do I edit my Adventures?

Once you've added some Adventures to your account, it's really easy to go back in and edit them.

1. Go to your Profile tab in the FATMAP app and tap on My Adventures
2. For the Adventure you want to edit, simply tap the three dots on the top right hand side of the Adventure card
3. A pop up screen will appear, tap the Edit button
4. You can now
   • edit the adventure title,
   • edit the adventure description,
   • add or delete photos,
   • change the activity type,
   • change the visibility settings,
   • delete the adventure. 
5. Once you have finished editing, simply hit the Save Adventure button

Where can others see my Adventures?

There are two places in the app other FATMAP users can see your Adventures if the visibility settings for those Adventures are set to 'The Everyone' setting:

1. Public Profile - this is your profile on FATMAP 
2. The Discover Tab - this shows recent activity near your location and from people you follow

 

How do I manage the visibility of my Adventures?

You can manage the visibility of your Adventures by simply tapping on the Settings button (the three little dots in the upper-right corner) on the Adventure card.

You'll see a little padlock icon on the card when the Adventure is set to 'Only Me' and will no longer be discoverable by other FATMAP users.

How do the visibility settings work? 

Today, there are two visibility settings and they work slightly differently for some trackers;

• Everyone - This means your Adventures appear on your public profile and may be discoverable on the Discover tab. However, Strava adventures will never appear in the Discover Tab.
  

  	Where Adventures can be found by others  when set to 'Everyone'
  Tracker	Public Profile	Discover Tab
  FATMAP	✅	✅
  Suunto	✅	✅
  Garmin	✅	✅
  Strava	✅	❌

  
  
• Only me - This means your Adventures on are only seen by you in your 'My Adventures' list. You are still free to share these adventures with others via a link from the app. Anyone with that link will then be able to preview the Adventure on the map but still won't be able to see your activity in the Discover Tab or on your Profile.
  

  	Where Adventures can be found by others when set to 'Only Me'
  Tracker	Public Profile	Discover Tab
  FATMAP	❌	❌
  Suunto	❌	❌
  Garmin	❌	❌
  Strava	❌	❌

How can I manage the visibility of Garmin/Suunto imported adventures?

When you first connect to Garmin/Suunto you will have the option to import your existing recorded tracks as either 'Everyone' or 'Only Me'.

After that, all future imports will follow that. If at any time you'd like to change your mind you are able to change that from the 'Settings' page - Settings > Tracking Apps & Devices > Manage Garmin/Suunto.

Matching the visibility of our tracking providers

The Garmin, Suunto and Strava apps all allow you to set the visibility of the tracks you record with their apps/devices.

For Strava tracks

FATMAP is able to take those visibility settings and map them in the following way:

• Everyone - If your Strava track is set to 'Everyone' then we map it to 'Everyone' in FATMAP.
• Followers/Only Me - If your Strava track is set to one of the other two available settings the we map it to 'Only Me' in FATMAP.

For Garmin/Suunto tracks

Unfortunately, we do not receive any information from Garmin or Suunto about the visibility settings you have chosen in their apps. We simply receive the track and some other basic time and sport type information. 

FATMAP will respect the visibility settings you chose when connecting your Garmin/Suunto accounts and whatever setting you have chosen for future imports if you ever decide to make any changes. 

How can I manage the visibility of more than one Adventure at the time?

You can bulk edit the privacy setting of all past adventures in the FATMAP app by going to your Profile tab -> three lines at the top right -> Settings -> Privacy Controls -> Manage My Adventures. 

You can either set all your existing Adventures to 'Everyone' or 'Only Me' visibility setting. 

Any future imported Adventures will follow the rules you have set in the 'Manage Garmin/Manage Suunto' settings page, or in your Strava privacy settings. 

NB: this privacy setting does not affect the privacy of your Routes, which can be managed individually via our website.