Prepare a FIT folder for calibration
Before you ingest anything, decide what kind of dataset you want TRIPS to learn from.
The goal
You want a folder that is:
- representative of your real hiking or backpacking
- clean enough to avoid obvious junk
- small enough to be practical in the browser
A good preparation workflow
- Start with activities that resemble the trips you actually want to plan.
- Exclude obviously unrelated activities.
- Prefer a representative subset over a giant messy dump.
- Keep the folder organized enough that you know what is in it.
Good candidates
Prefer files from:
- hiking
- backpacking
- mountain travel
- outings with meaningful elevation change
- trips with loads and pacing similar to your intended planning use
Weak candidates
Be cautious with files from:
- running
- cycling
- gym sessions
- highly unusual one-off efforts
- activities with poor heart-rate coverage
Why folder quality matters
Calibration learns from patterns in the dataset.
If the folder is messy, unrepresentative, or overloaded, the result can become less useful even if the ingest technically succeeds.
Next step
Once the folder is prepared, read Which FIT files should I include for calibration? and then Ingest FIT files for calibration.