8.4.9      Analyse laps

Land allows you to subdivide a track into several portions called ‘laps’. By doing this you can work more closely on each stretch, as well as analyse data and statistics with greater precision.

When practising outdoor activities, most of the users record a single track because it is very difficult to generate periodic reports about their performance. Land offers you the possibility to generate these periodic reports at home and get a detailed analysis of the track by virtually dividing it into different laps (portions of the track) either by distance, time or aerial conditions.

Laps are equal divisions of the track split based on a default interval set by you (every kilometer, every hour... or according to your needs). The division of the track in equal laps is very useful to analyse all kinds of information and achieve a better performance lap after lap (mainly designed for training purposes).

Define laps automatically

In order to divide your track into laps automatically, reproduce the following steps:

1.   At map window, open the contextual on the track and select ‘Laps > Autolaps’.

2.   Select which parameter do you want to use to virtually divide the track into laps:

•     Original laps: No division will be shown (track will consist of one single lap).

•     Autolaps by distance: Track will be divided into laps of 1 kilometer (1000 meters).

•     Autolaps by time: Track will be divided into laps of 1 hour (3600 seconds).

•     Thermals and transitions: Aerial tracks will be divided into thermals and transitions automatically.

3.   If you want to increase the interval used to divide track into laps, change it at ‘Main menu > File > Options > Track’.

4.   Land will automatically calculate each lap according to your previous settings and laps will be highlighted on the track. Once you have reached the default value, a brand new lap will start lasting the same as the interval value.

Define laps manually

In order to divide your track into laps manually, reproduce the following steps:

1.   At map window, open the contextual on the track point where you want to start a new lap and select ‘Laps > Change of lap here’.

2.   If you want to keep on dividing the track into more laps, reproduce the previous step once again.

3.   The newly defined laps will be highlighted on the track.

Lap analysis

Take the chance to analyse in more detail the laps, Land will offer you several statistics and relevant information.

Follow these steps to briefly analyse all the laps:

1.   At map window, open the contextual on the track and select ‘Laps > Lap analysis’.

2.   A new window will appear showing the results of the analysis (projected distance, accumulated climb, mean speed, pace, duration, slope…).

You can also analyse all laps at once using the graph representation of Land:

1.   At map window, open the contextual on the track and select ‘Graph’.

2.   A new window will appear showing a graph representation of the track divided into laps.

Follow these steps to analyse a specific lap in more precision:

1.   At map window, open the contextual on the lap that you want to analyse and select ‘Laps > Lap properties’.

2.   A new window will appear showing the results of the analysis (projected distance, accumulated climb, altitude, bearing, line color, line thickness, line type…).

Additional operations on laps

Once laps have been defined, you can also perform the following operations on them:

•     Eliminate a lap: The selected lap will be eliminated and the two adjacent points of the lap will be joined in a straight line (this straight line will not contain any track points).

•     Unify contiguous laps: All contiguous laps are merged into one lap. If two laps are separated between them (not joined), they will remain as different laps.

•     Unify all laps: All laps are merged into one lap even if two laps are separated between them (not joined).