GPS2PowerTrack Plugin - Features
This plugin is in fact two plugins in one:
- It can calculate a power track for your activity, i.e. a track of the power you deliver at
every moment of your workout.
The power calculation is based upon your particular speed, the climbing speed and the influence of wind. It considers
parameters of the athlete and your equipment (weight, rolling drag, position on the bike, ...).
Hence, this plugin is "poor man's power meter".
The calculation was designed for biking, but there are custom configurations that adapt this plugin for running as well.
This is covered in a 
forum thread of its own.
- It can fetch weather information from the www.wunderground.com network of
weather stations all over the world.
The weather information is stored in your SportTracks logbook. It is used for power track calculations and can be displayed
on an activity detail page that is provided by this plugin.
So, even when you're not interested in the power of your workouts, you can use this plugin to keep track of the weather
conditions during your workout.
'Edit activity' Actions
The plugin adds several new actions to the 'Edit activity' menu:
- "Calculate Power Track" - to calculate a power track for one or many activities
- "Clear Power Track" - to clear a previously calculated power track
- "Find Weather Information" - to find weather information for one or many activities
- "Clear Weather Information" - to clear previously found weather informations
- "Find Weather Stations" - to find weather stations near the location of one or many activities
The weather information data are stored in the SportTracks logbook. There are no "side car" files.
'Import' Actions
None.
'Export' Actions
None.
Activity Detail Pages
This plugin adds a new activity detail page:
- Weather Information - which displays a line chart, minimum, average and maximum value for several weather parameters
that were gathered with the 'Find Weather Information' action.
Settings Pages
This plugin adds two new settings pages:
- "GPS2PowerTrack - Power" - to setup power-related parameters of your equipment and set a few configuration switches
- "GPS2PowerTrack - Weather" - to view and enable/disable the weather stations that you have previously found with the
"Find Weather Stations" action
The equipment parameters are stored in the current logbook. The weather station data are stored in the SportTracks
configuration file.
Mapping Extensions
None.
Views
None.
Miscellenaous
The plugin comes with a host of preconfigured different types and brands of bikes, tires.
However, you can add your own parameter sets to adapt the power calculation to your particular equipment that might not be
listed in the out-of-the-box configuration.