New and improved: rubiTrack 2

rubiTrack 2 is a major new version which comes with many new features and improvements.

The chart now is freely configurable, all values can be displayed as bars or lines. Lines can now be mearsured and selections can be dragged in line charts between any two points. Chart and track now display customizable zones for speed, pace, elevation, heart rate, cadence, power and gradient. Stop markers in the track optionally show the stop duration and custom markers provide more information including time of day and calories.

rubiTrack now comes with a publishing feature that makes it easy to get rubiTrack activities online. It generates HTML files containing activity statistics, chart and track as well as activity tiles and lap icons as PNG images.

General improvements include multi-selection of activity groups for quick filtering. rubiTrack now supports Polar HRM and Suunto T6 format files and adds of activity tags and ratings which are also available as activity groups you can filter by.

These are only a few of the new features, here is the complete list:

Chart, Track and Zones

• Measure and select any chart values including line charts.
• Adds zones for speed, pace, elevation, heart rate, cadence, power and gradient in chart and track with customizable values, names and colors.
• Brings completely free configuration of the chart, including the chart type (bar or line) for each displayed value.
• Adds high-definition line charts showing all available data points.
• Adds calories and time of day in quick stats and custom markers.
• Adds an option to show the stop duration for stops in the track view.

Activity and Weather

• The activity tile now shows weather condition and temperature.
• Adds display of laps, tags and ratings.
• Activity ratings directly accessible from the collection tiles.
• Adds laps preview feature for collection view and calendar.
• Completely new weather handling now supporting weather condition, temperature, wind direction and wind speed.
• Adds a new weather data user interface to work with data from weather stations for current and past conditions.
• Now attempts to determine past weather data for activities 6 hours or older during import and sync.

Publishing

• Adds a new feature that makes it easy to get rubiTrack activities online.
• Generates activity and lap icon tiles as PNG images.
• Generates the chart according to current specifications as transparent PNG image.
• Generates a HTML file that includes general activity and lap statistics, chart and optionally a Google map of the track.

Additional new Features

• Adds tags and ratings for activities.
• Adds support for Polar HRM file import.
• Adds support for Suunto T6 and X6 log file formats.
• Adds a default activity type preference.
• Adds expandable laps in list view.
• New feature to toggle stop detection and elevation correction for any activity.
• New preference options to switch off stop detection and elevation correction during import.
• Adds track data tool to interactively view and alter individual data points of an activity.
• Adds multi-selection in activity groups. This enables you to combine groups quickly to view corresponding activities, such as "Running in 2009".
• The athlete history now encompasses both weight as well as min/max heart rate and VO2max values.
• The athlete history chart now displays weight, min/max heart rate, VO2max and body mass index diagrams.
• The athlete base data now includes size (necessary for calculate BMI).
• Adds optional guide lines in the chart.
• New tool panel for track, chart and zones preferences.
• Adds more activity types: Climbing, Mountaineering, Ice Skating, Horseback Riding, Paddling, Sledging, Power, Gymnastics, Golfing, Paragliding, Hang-Gliding, Workout, Treadmill, Exercise Biking, Kickboarding, Flying.

Miscellaneous Improvements

• Up to 20 times faster document loading and saving performance.
• Reduces document size by 40-60% on average.
• Better handling of missing heart rate, cadence and power values, better charts for mixed value tracks as recorded by the Garmin Forerunner 310XT.
• Activity type can now be set in activity collection tile by clicking the image.
• Improves automatic location designation.
• Improves stop detection.