About ZwiftGPS
Developed by Andy Lee and powered by Zwift Insider, ZwiftGPS maps your current position in game, as well as the position of your friends. Clicking a Zwifter shows you the current speed, ride time, wattage, and more.
ZwiftGPS also works with your Zwift ride history and Strava account to pace yourself based on past activities!
It is optimized for use on a second monitor or a mobile device.
Support
This app is still in early development stages. Got feedback, questions, or problems? Please comment below. We will post update notes to this page.
Frequently Asked Questions
I’m only seeing myself, but none of the people I follow.
First, make sure people you follow are currently riding! If they are, check and make sure your account isn’t set as a private account, which seems to disable being able to see friends’ locations on course.
Will this show the correct map if I use the world tag hack to ride in an off-schedule world?
Not at this time, since the Zwift API does not tell us which world you are in.
What do the different colored rider dots mean?
The colors are used to display rider w/kg ranges (0-1 W/Kg = grey, 1-2 W/Kg = blue, 2-3 W/Kg = green, 3-4 W/Kg = yellow, 4-5 W/Kg = orange, 5-6 W/Kg = red)
Are there privacy issues we should be concerned about here?
We don’t think so. The app only uses the data made public by Zwift’s API. Zwift has a “private account” option which presumably locks much of this data down, although we have not tested this.
Updates
- 5/15/17: connecting to Strava now works on iPhone/iPad
- 4/24/17: Strava live segments added, plus a world chooser. Details >
- 3/11/17: Better zooming, and there’s also a button (bottom-right) to make the map follow you once you’re zoomed in.Rider fill color is now based on Watts/kg:
0-1 W/Kg = grey
1-2 W/Kg = blue
2-3 W/Kg = green
3-4 W/Kg = yellow
4-5 W/Kg = orange
5-6 W/Kg = red
After 6 W/Kg, it starts flashing between white and red, and the flashing gets faster as it goes ever higher.You can click/tap on a rider to see more stats (distance / speed / power/ heartrate etc).In Chrome on Android, you can double-tap to switch to full screen (hides the browser bar and other chrome). In Android you can also “Add to Home Screen” to get a more app-like experience. - 3/7/17: changes to polling optimizations to solve problems with rider positions not updating consistently. Additional changes include rider name styling to improve readability, addition of Feedback links.
Cool, really like this app, nothing worse in not knowing where you are or one of your mates when asked
Well done guys. Team TFC
looking good on first test only one person on here right now – look forward to seeing it in action when racing
Looks interesting, but using Chrome browser, I can’t zoom, and it’s too small to read.
What device are you using? Zoom works for me on PC and Android.
Actually zoom doesn’t work in Chrome on PC, but it does on Android. Hopefully will get some better zooming features in the near future though.
Now updated with better zooming (mousewheel on desktop or else touch)
Zoom working well on chrome now.
I have the map but can’t see friends even though 6 are riding at the moment
Are you signed in with the correct ID? Do your friends show up under the Ghost button at the bottom-left?
I have the same problem. Signed in correct I’d and no one showing up despite 12 people i on are riding.
Can anyone who can’t see their position or followers please let me know if you have the “Private Account” option selected in your Zwift settings? I don’t think we can get the necessary data from private accounts, which is as it should be, but I wanted to check to see if that’s causing the problem.
I’ve updated zwiftgps to check the setting and let you know if it can’t do it. Note that if you change the setting it takes a while to sync up (seems to be 30 minutes or so).
Where do I go to in-check the private account setting so I can log in?
In the Zwift Mobile Link phone app, choose “Settings” from the menu, then “Privacy”. It’ll take 30 minutes or so to update.
Hi Eric, I followed the instructions to find my ID, logged in but no one in the ghost list, can you help please?
Make sure your account isn’t marked as private!
Does it work with iPhone and iPad?
Yes.
Yep!
Yes!
I only seem to see the map with no friends on it. I know one guy I follow on Zwift is riding now but don’t see him. When I press the ghost button I only see my activities. Am I doing something wrong? Is this linked to Strava at all?
It should get the people you are following in Zwift itself. It doesn’t link to Strava. Do you have the Zwift Mobile Link app? Can you see your friends there?
If you’re following people in Strava, you can use Zwift Mobile Link to find and follow them in Zwift.
It’s someone I follow on Zwift. I don’t see him even though I can see he’s riding.
Would be great to know what route your friends are doing so you could chase friends down on the same route ?
502 bad gateway 🙁
Absolutely awesome! Rider info semi-fails in firefox (probably some svg anomaly), but no biggie.
Very nice! Would be cool to be able to zoom in on a particular route
This is great! Would love some features:
1) Interpolate ghost positions between updates so the riders don’t keep leap-frogging each other
2) The current position kept disappearing between updates when I was slowly climbing the Watopia KOM. It would be nice if it could hold onto the last known position (and maybe flag somehow that it is out of date).
Are you planning to opensource this? I can think of all sorts of other things I’d love to add.
Have a look here: https://github.com/Ogadai/zwift-second-screen
Running it locally requires your Zwift username and password at login.
Used this on the PAC Social ride today. Could see my position in relation to leader and sweeps. Excellent!!!
Is being able to choose to view participants of a specified event, instead of the following list, on the TODO-list? Awesome stuff
Great work. Could be a real game changer! You should swap the images for SVGs so that they don’t pixelate when zoomed in. 🙂
Thank you very much for tha apps ! Really usefull and it woks great |
Thanks. I’m glad you’re finding it helpful.
Would be a good option to be able to specify which map to display – perhaps just by specifying in the URL? (i.e. http://zwiftgps.com/watopia) ? It isn’t just a problem if someone manually edits their prefs, it’s also a problem during the scheduled map changes – I was riding in London the other day, and everything was fine, but when the schedule flipped over to Watopia, my zwiftgps.com map changed to watopia, even though I was still riding in London.
It’s a good idea. I’m hoping to add a change-world button to the menu to enable this.
If there is a rider off course is that a bug or foreshadowing a route addition?
It probably means they are riding on a course that is not on your screen – could be because they manually edited their preferences and are riding a different map, or one of you started after a default course change time – so you are not riding on the same map.
A couple of new features at ZwiftGPS:
Connect to Strava to see how you’re doing compared to your PR for “Zwiftblog verified” and starred segments
You can now change between worlds manually if you need to
I get the message “Not Found” or “Zwift GPS isn’t able to track private accounts”… what am I doing wrong? I tried my ID with and without “user” in front of the number.
Hi Einundsiebzig. The “private accounts” message refers to the “Private Account” option in your Zwift account settings. It blocks ZwiftGPS from getting information it needs, which is as it should be but it does mean ZwiftGPS doesn’t work with those accounts I’m afraid.
Okay, thx Andy figured it out. It took a while after switching the private setting off until ZwfitGPS was able to work! All good and thx for your help and work!
Hi Andy, I looked in my Zwift Account but cant appear to find the option to turn off “Private Account”, could you steer me in the right direction please?
In the Mobile Link App, tap the menu icon, then tap “Settings”, then tap “Privacy”
Hi guys, very good work!
Could you tell me where to find Information about the API? I would like to develop somthing myself.
Thanks Martin. Have a look here to get started: https://github.com/Ogadai/zwift-mobile-api
It’s in the Mobile LInk App: Tap the menu icon, then tap “Settings”, then “Privacy”.
Hi Andy,
Great job. I love this app. Thanks so much for developing it. I was able to track down several friends and ride with them. One suggestion: Is there a way you could display the route a friend selected to ride when they started. Several times in picking the best intercept course and I had to guess if my friend would be turning or going straight. Perhaps it could be displayed when you click on their name: Like “Classique” or “London 8”
How do I find my ID?
Found it but even though my account is not private I can’t even see myself. Using an iPhone for zwiftgps and running zwift on the iPad
Any help is appreciated
Thank you
Hi Pablo
Were you actively riding/moving in Zwift at the time? You’ll disappear from the map if you stop moving for a while or haven’t started yet, even if you remain logged in. It can then take 30 seconds or so to appear after you start riding.
If it’s not that, can you check you got your ID right please? Also check the menu in ZwiftGPS (top left button) to make sure it has your name right.
The name that shows up is wrong but it’s the right ID. Any suggestions?
Thank you
When will the new London route be available on the ZwiftGPS map?
Hopefully it should be quick for me to update ZwiftGPS if/when Eric gets a chance to update his lovely map 🙂
Eric, If you read this, could you provide me the files and info on how you set up the current maps? If so, I could update the London map for the new route. Glad to help out. Andy Lee, do you have Eric’s email address?
When will the new Jungle Circuit be available in Zwift GPS?
Hi Ron,
I’ve cludged in the extra route section to the map for Zwift GPS. It doesn’t do Eric’s lovely map justice, but hopefully it will be good enough until Eric gets the chance to update it himself.
I’ve also fixed the recent problems with world-id (and rider positions in Watopia), that were related to the Road-to-Ruin update.
Eric suggested switching over to the official Zwift maps, which hopefully should be easier to keep up to date, so that’s what I’ve done.
On your login screen, I entered my user ID but simply got 502: Bad Gateway
Works now. Must of been a server glitch.
Is there a way to change KM to miles?
This is a fantastic app … thanks for your hard work. I love chasing my old rides around. Couple of things however. I cannot pull up the riders stats when I click on them and the zwiftblog verified Strava segments do not show up only my full rides. Any help is appreciated. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Wynn. Do you mean clicking on the ghosts (from previous rides), or clicking on active riders? Only the latter will show rider stats. I’ve noticed some errors to do with Strava in logs, but haven’t been able to reproduce the issue directly. I think it’s to do with having a Strava token but not a valid one. Perhaps you could try disconnecting strava (from the menu), then reconnecting again. If that doesn’t work, you could de-authorise ZwiftGPS from within your Strava account and then disconnect/reconnect again…
Hi team, I’ve not been able to get this work the last few days. I am running this in Chrome on a Mac while Zwifting the London course. Are there any reported bugs? I use this a lot to go exploring around Zwift 🙂
Are you using the hack to ride London when it isn’t on the calendar? That should be possible by selecting the world from the menu in ZwiftGPS, but I haven’t actually attempted it myself. It was working for me yesterday in Watopia.
Yes – When I next log in I will use the scheduled world just to see if it spots me and see if that is the problem.
I used this app while I rode the Zwift Bambino Fondo – Watopia 3 Sisters – this morning. I did show up, but was not always there even though I was riding. The dot and my name would come and go. It would not track me continuously. Is this as planned or am I doing something wrong? I would like to be continuously tracked. There were often quite large distances between appearances.
Hi Reed, sorry you experienced problems. I think that may happen when the ZwiftGPS server is struggling to get regular updates from the Zwift servers. That could be because the ZwiftGPS server is overloaded (it’s a very basic free node), or else maybe there’s a problem with the link to Zwift itself. I think I’ve also seen something similar when my tablet was connected to the wrong WIFI network, so had a very poor connection. It was working ok for me yesterday. Please let me know if you continue to experience this problem though.
I had the same issue Saturday while doing the ZwiftQuest event. My own dot often wouldn’t show up…
Is there anyway to have the varied dots display distance travelled in miles instead of kilometers? Haven’t found anything from a “settings” option that would allow me to change this option. Thanks.
I think there’s a “useMetric” setting in your Zwift profile I could use. Would that work for you?
That will wk if that will allow me to switch to miles instead of km. I like using Zwift gps while racing w/ those I follow. I find it more useful b/c the screen size of the map. Please advise.
The latest version should now automatically use your Zwift preference for km or miles.
Do the Zwift Quest points HAVE to be always shown? If I’m not doing Zwift Quest, I don’t care to see the points. Please have an option to turn them off.
How are the Strava segments supposed to work? I find they show up when I cross the line but then disappear within 10-60 seconds.
Are there any other tools that would let me race ghosts of my previous Strava segments?
Well, they’re *supposed* to stay there until a few seconds after you finish the segment, but sometimes it doesn’t work – for example if the position updates from Zwift get interrupted or delayed, or else in some cases where there’s a sharp kink or double-back in the route. It does work most of the time for me though. If it’s working, you should see a ghost moving along the segment (based on your PR ride).
p.s. You can also add additional segments that you’re interested in by Starring them in Strava.
Thanks. It seems like it’s the hairpin after The Mall that breaks a couple of the London segments.
Here’s a stranger one. The small climb just before the real Volcano climb breaks the Volcano Flat segment but works fine with the Road to Ruins segment.
Shouldn’t it work for both or neither?
Good to see the banner locations on the map now.
Just a question: i want to use my android tablet with both zwift mobile link and zwift gps. Zwiftgps is only avaiable with browser right? it is not an app i suppose.
thx
It is just a website, but if you do “Add to Home Screen” from Android Chrome, it should do a reasonably good impression of an app ☺️
This has suddenly stopped working for me, I’m no longer seeing my self or Zwift friends. I’ve logged out and back in
Should be fixed, hopefully. Thanks for letting me know.
ZwiftGPS did not work for me this morning. I launched the program several times with no success. It did work for me yesterday
Thanks for your patience. There was a bug, but it should be fixed now.
Hi, I have set up a separate monitor to run the app on but I can only see it on full screen mode. Every few minutes the app reduces back to a small window. I can enlarge it again but it doesn’t want to stay full screen. Is there anything I can do to force full screen mode all the time ? Thanks
Hi Graham. I have used it full-screen in a dual monitor setup on Windows, and not experienced that problem. I haven’t been running Zwift on the other monitor though (and don’t have dual-monitors on my Zwift machine to try it). I wonder if Zwift’s full-screen mode is affecting it in some way.
Are you talking about the “Full Screen” option in the ZwiftGPS menu? If so, have you tried not using that and just maximizing the browser window? ZwiftGPS will exit “Full Screen” mode when it loses focus, so maybe that’s it.
When trying to login I get 403: Forbidden.
Are you sure you used your rider ID and not your email address?
I have tried both.
only use your numbers, drop the “user” from your zwift ID and it should work.
Zwift GPS stopped working almost a week ago. Currently it’s only a map.
Have you tried it recently? I thought I fixed that problem a few days ago, and I was using it myself yesterday.
The Login Forbidden error can be corrected by completely closing Zwift GPS, reopen, replace the email address with the Zwift ID number. Thanks for managing your app.
Hi Andy, Thanks for coming back to me. I was using the Java app rather than the browser and was running Zwift in Windowed mode on the other monitor. I will try using Zwift in full screen mode on the primary monitor. I am using the app rather than the browser as the app properly fills the screen whereas the browser is a scaled screen.
Hi there, i get this message * ZwiftGPS isn’t able to track private accounts * when trying to log in. I have checked my privacy settings using the mobile link app, is there something I different I need to dom?
I think they renamed it. Is it the “approve followers” option now maybe? If you switch that off, you’ll need to wait a bit (e.g. 30 minutes or so), before trying again.
Thanks Andy, all good now, was just a matter of waiting as you said
Hi Andy, I have been away from Zwift GPS for a while, I have come back now, but only see the map, there is a menu but doesn’t show that ghost ridr r option. It’s been a while and I can’t remember exactly what I used to do to see the other riders or the ghost…… just shows a course map now.
Hi Chris,
Make sure you’ve opted-in to letting ZwiftGPS see your data (any friends you want to follow need to do this too):
https://my.zwift.com/profile/connections
For the Ghost feature you now need to connect ZwiftGPS to Strava (from the menu). The Ghost button should then appear in the bottom left corner.
Cheers,
Andy
Hi There, when i try to add ghost, system shows dropdown box “chris anderson activitys” which hangs on loading….. nothing happens after that, hope you can advise
Thanks for letting me know Chris. That was a bug. I have fixed it now, so please try again.
The Ghost feature no longer works. I cannot select a ghost. Known issue?
Thanks for letting me know Richard – I’d missed that one. It’s fixed now.
I couldn’t get ZwiftGPS to show anyone today, including myself and riders I follow. No one would show.
Sorry it is not working for me. I only see the map, no more any rider or me.
Just tried to use it (first time) input my zwift ID – dropped the prefix “user” but get a 404 error message. Tried on Safari and Chrome on MACOS.
Hi Bugs Bunny. We were experiencing some problems after Zwift upgraded their authentication servers yesterday (needed a reset). It’s working again now. Your zwift id should be a simple 5 or 6 digit number.
There is a bug in displaying of the rider stats. When I click on a rider it shows 1 hour more then the rider has actually ridden so far. Minor thing, just thought I would give the feedback.
Can’t load any ghost…
Hi, i just discovered the Ghost rider function. Really cool feature. But i think it does not work when using a world hack to ride in another world. Is there a way to fix this? Greetings, Just
Hi Just. Thanks for alerting me to this problem. I have now fixed it, so you should be able to switch worlds and pick a ghost from the new world.
You should, therefore, update your FAQ section which states that this function isn’t there for user selected worlds.
Hi Andy,
Noob question but how do i use this app sounds very helpful for ghosting on the alpe! I have opted in on strava but when i open the zwift gps app to log in it comes up with the error “Please opt-in to sharing Zwift activities with ZwiftGPS”? Am i meant to be in zwift when i try and log in? Im confused and stuck at this point
Thanks hope to hear from you
Hi Endy
Good question. Since the GDPR thing earlier in the year, you now need to give Zwift permission to share your data with ZwiftGPS. You can do that here: https://my.zwift.com/profile/connections (you’ll need to sign-in with your Zwift account).
Scroll to the bottom and you’ll see options to “Opt in” for ZwiftGPS. While you’re there, you might as well opt in for ZwiftPower as well!
Cheers,
Andy
Hi Andy,
Thanks for the reply, I am already opted in to zwiftpower and zwiftgps through zwift its when i go to the zwiftgps app to log in with my zwift ID that nothing is happening… when i try with my zwift ID number it tells me
“Please opt-in to sharing Zwift activities with ZwiftGPS
You’ll need to opt-in before ZwiftGPS can find you riding in Zwift OPT-IN: Zwift Connections”
If i put my rider name in and try to log in it gives me the 404 : not found error
Would like to show you screenshots but can’t do so here.
Sorry Endy, I’m not sure what else I can do. That error will only show if it gets the specific error back from the Zwift API: “partner.not.authorized”. As far as I know that only happens for accounts that are not opted in. There’s no way ZwiftGPS can work around that as it can’t get any data about your account from the API. Are you sure you are using the correct ID for that account?
Yup wrong ID number my bad… thought i had the right one saved from when i did zwift power guess not!
Thanks Andy.
can someone help me?: in zwiftgps only some of my friends are visible others not. I d like to see activities of my preferred friends but i can only see some of them.
Hi Fabio, I’m afraid you’ll need to convince your friends to opt-in to sharing with ZwiftGPS, since they can’t be located otherwise. https://my.zwift.com/profile/connections
NYC support?
I’m a new user. I get “400: Bad Request” when I attempt to login. I confirmed that I am using the correct Zwift ID: just the five digit number without the user prefix.
Hi Bob. Thanks for letting me know. There appeared to be some problem with the auth token, so it was returning 400s for all login attempts. Please try it again now.
Hi. Can’t seem to get the ghost option to work. It just hangs ‘loading’. I have connected to Strava, I have starred the segment. I have tried logging off and back on again etc, etc. Any ideas?
I wasn’t able to reproduce this problem, but I did find some errors in the log that may be related. I have implemented a fix (hopefully), so please let me know if it still happens.
It can take a few seconds to load, but then should give a list of your previous activities in that world.
11/17/18. Another rider and I had issues trying to see both our dots and/or names on the map. One on iPad Safari and one on MacBook Air Safari. Only time I could consistently see the other rider’s dot or name was when he tabbed his browser away from ZwiftGPS to Discord. When he brought the ZwiftGPS browser window current, then his dot would disappear on my screen. We were able to repeat these same experiences no matter what browser I tried, Safari, Chrome, Firefox. Bottom line, when both of us tried viewing the ZwiftGPS map, his dot disappeared. Mine was always there. I started the ride and the other guy selected to ride with me.
Hi Lance,
Thanks for taking the time to report the problems you’ve been having, and also trying to delve in deeper to figure out what was going on.
I will have a look into it, and see if I can reproduce what you’re seeing. It’s a bit baffling though, since it seems to be a scenario I have regularly tested 🙁
I could video capture a few minutes from my viewpoint? I can probably get another Zwifter to volunteer testing a different combination of hardware which might shed some light? Also, FYI, I checked both Notify me of new comments via email and
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Right, I have been able to test this exact scenario (two riders who are following each other, using two different browsers), and I was not able to reproduce the problem.
Thanks for offering to capture a video, though your description was quite detailed, so I’m not sure what it would add (unless you think it would).
The behaviour suggests that something about his browser making requests to the server for his rider position, was causing a problem server-side, meaning that your requests were not able to read his position. This sounds vaguely plausible because the positions are cached (for better performance and to avoid making too many requests to Zwift’s servers). However, as mentioned, I can’t reproduce it.
It’s possible it was some transient issue (with my server or Zwift’s). I have restarted my server just in case that helps. It’s also possible that there’s some detail about your or his Zwift account that ZwiftGPS doesn’t handle correctly.
If you find the same problem happening again, please could you make a note of the time, and I’ll have a look in the logs to see if there are any clues.
Hello Andy and thank you for the follow up. Obviously there are many combinations of hardware and methods of viewing ZwiftGPS. Maybe we stumbled upon one such combination that is not reliable. I will try other methods and report back.
And I’m still missing how to do a very important ZwiftGPS feature, the Regroup. I picture this being something each rider has ability to do or is it limited to one rider?
The “Regroup” button on the Ghosts panel is intended to forward/rewind any ghosts you’ve added, so that they’re close to you on the road.
Ghosts Panel? Another unknown for me. Are there instructions somewhere so I don’t have to bug you about these newbie issues?
So what “Regroup” were you referring to?
If you’ve connected ZwiftGPS with Strava, you should get a “ghost” button in the bottom left corner, which will let you add ghosts of you’re previous rides.
No instructions, but I can always consider any ideas you may have for making it more intuitive.
Honestly do not recall where I first saw reference to your “Regroup” feature and did not pickup on the intent was related to the “ghosts of your previous rides”. I was convinced “regroup” would somehow magically regroup the other riders in our Zwift group ride.
Feature Request if possible: Our Zwift “unofficial ride leader” wishes there was a display showing AVERAGE W/KG besides the normal current w/kg we already have on the Zwift game screen. This seems like a calculation that could be created by polling the ride status data, storing in a variable then divided by a loop counter and display the result.
This is great! Is the strava live segments feature expected to work for starred segments besides the zwiftinsider verified segments? I tried it today I only got the verified segments live, not the other ones I starred. Thanks again!
Nov 12, 2018 5pm CST. No matter what browser I try, after typing in user ID, I see 404 error. Tried Chrome, Safari, Firefox, on macOS and Safari on iOS. Everything has been working perfect up until this afternoon.
Thanks for letting me know Lance. I have restarted the server, and all seems back to normal. It seems to be something that happens sometimes when Zwift change something and the auth tokens get invalidated unexpectedly.
Worked fine this morning.
I can see some of my friend, but some didn’t show up ! What can I do ?
Love the service. A question brought up this morning, “do users of ZwiftGPS need to be logged into ZwiftGPS for other ZwiftGPS users to follow their progress on the map?”. As long as the Zwift user enables their opt-in preference and has granted others to follow them, then other ZwiftGPS users can see their “dot” without them having to be logged into ZwiftGPS?
Users do NOT need to be logged into ZwiftGPS for others users to see them. As you said, as long as they’ve opted in to sharing, their friends can see them on ZwiftGPS.
Yes. If you’re opted in, you don’t need to be using it for others to see you.
I hosted a meetup this afternoon and none of the riders including me were displayed on ZwiftGPS. Did a free ride this morning and had no issues with ZiftGPS. All systems go until this afternoon.
my Zwift ID is 19461. I have opted in and re-opted in so many times but ZwiftGPS keep telling me ‘Please opt-in to sharing Zwift Activities with ZwiftGPS.
I’m new to ZwiftGPS, trying to figure it out. I’ve opted in through Zwift and connected to Strava. When I select an event I can see a few people’s dots (presumably those who have opted in) moving around the map. When I select “Free Ride”, the map is empty. I don’t even see my own dot. I assumed that “Free Ride” would show everybody who is currently logged in and riding but not engaged in an active event. I can add ghosts from my Strava feed, but other than them the map is empty. Any ideas what I should do to track myself during a free ride?
Were you actually riding while you were testing this? (I.e. pedaling and moving). Zwift reports anyone who has stopped as offline. In ZwiftGPS, “Free Ride” should just show you and your Followers who have opted-in.
I love this app and thanks for developing it. Recently I notice that only a few of the riders I follow are displayed even though they show as active in the companion app and in the Zwift application map. I have my Activity Privacy Default set as “Everyone”
Thanks for your help.
Richard Treadway.
HI Richard, thanks for the feedback.
ZwiftGPS can only see the position of people who have opted-in to ZwiftGPS, so you’d need to ask your followees to opt in.
Thanks for making this. It used to work for me but no longer shows me on the map while I am riding. I have opted in. Zwiftgps seems to have logged me in correctly as it shows my name.
Using a Windows 10 laptop. Zwift working as it should.
Reboot has no impact. Any suggestions?
Thanks for your work on this app. It’s a great tool.
Hi John. Sometimes the ZwiftGPS server needs restarting, which seems to happen after Zwift have changed something. I’ve restarted it now, so let me know if it still isn’t working for you please.
I love this functionality. And I have a tip for how to use it on a tablet. Normally when you open a web-browser on a tablet it will shut down after a minute of no use. But there are other web-browsers like the “Fully Kiosk Browser” in Android that lets you run the browser in “kiosk” mode and thus avoids shutting off the screen.
So if you have a spare tablet around, run zwiftgps.com in kiosk mode while zwifting.
HI Andy, during a rent ride, all was working well for about 1.5 hours. Then all other riders disappeared. I was still showing on the map. Rebooting zwiftgps.com, rebooting browser, and even rebooting whole PC did not resolve it. However it seemed to work again the next day.
Is there some way to deal with this from my end if it happens again? Thanks again!
Hi John, thanks for reporting this. I’ve noticed that sometimes ZwiftGPS loses its ability to get position data. I can’t reproduce it on demand so I don’t know what causes it and haven’t been able to guess at a workaround. My theory was that it could happen when Zwift update or restart their servers, so ZwiftGPS will re-authenticate and re-aquire its access tokens when they stop working. However, that hasn’t completely resolved the problem. I’m afraid, at the moment the only options are to wait, or else to restart ZwiftGPS at the server (which only I do if I’ve noticed it isn’t working).
Next time you have this problem, if you could record the date and time please, perhaps I can match it up with what’s happening in the logs.
Rode the alpe du zwift tonight. No live segments were tracked. Is this expected?