How the novelties section of Kinomap app works

The Kinomap application features a section called “Novelties”, which highlights 10 videos geotagged by activity from the “Browse” tab. These are renewed every day, if recent uploads are sufficient to reach the quota. Please note that some activities, during off-peak periods of the year, do not reach this quota of 10 eligible videos published daily, so, in this exceptional case, some videos may remain in the new section for several days.

Here we take a look at the mechanisms and features that enable content to be included in this section.

General rules

For each activity (Rolling, Running & Walking, Rowing), 10 videos can appear in this section, renewed every day according to their overall novelty score.

To be included in this selection, a video must meet the following rules at the time of its appearance:

• recency rule:

For Riding = video less than 4 days old

For Running & Walking = video less than 7 days old

For Rowing = video less than 12 days old

• minimum quality rule:

  Only videos that have reached good quality can appear in this section.

   

• limit per creator:

For Biking = 1 video max per creator

For Running & Walking = 1 video max per creator

For Rowing = 2 videos max per creator

• Novelty score: taking into account the previous rules, be in the top 10 of the daily novelty score.

The following points explain how a video's novelty score is calculated.

Novelty Score

The novelty score is calculated as follows:

Novelty Score = Quality Score x Interest Score x Optimum Duration Index

Video Quality Score

Read the article describing how video quality levels are determined, based on a set of precise technical criteria.

The quality of a geolocated video is categorized on Kinomap into 4 levels: Unsuitable, Average, Good and Excellent.

To take into account the quality of geotagged videos as they appear in the news section, a score is assigned to videos according to their level:

Unsuitable = 1

Average = 2

Good = 3

Excellent = 4

Please note: videos indexed as poor or average cannot appear in this selection, regardless of other criteria and rules.

Video interest

Read the article describing how video quality levels are determined, based on a set of precise technical criteria.

Using the same principle as for quality, a score is assigned to the video's level of interest:

Poor = 1

Average = 2

Good = 3

Excellent = 4

The interest of a video is assessed according to the environment in which it was shot.

It's a question of evaluating the shooting environment according to the amazement it provides.

Interest therefore depends on the content already offered by Kinomap.

For example, a video shot in a geographical area that is already well covered, or with redundant landscapes that vary little, will be of limited interest. Likewise, a video shot in areas where the shooting environment is not conducive to escapism (steep, dirty, obstructed and busy landscapes).

Conversely, videos shot in areas not well covered by the videos already available, with unobstructed views, landscapes that are conducive to escapism and that vary over the course of the video, and/or featuring rare events (natural such as flowering periods, unusual weather phenomena, or access to monuments with very few crowds or under special decorating conditions) will be of great interest.
 

Video duration

The length of videos is also taken into account when determining their appearance in this “What's new” section. Kinomap has evaluated the ideal length of a video, based on the training habits of its users: 35 minutes.

An optimal duration index was then determined, based on the difference between the length of a video and this optimal duration.

The following table provides reference values: