A map that changes with the city
RunBattle’s map marks special places such as parks, beaches, promenades and viewpoints, built from OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps data for each area players run in. Zone area inside one earns ×2 coins from 07:00 to 21:00. The map also shows what happens nearby and moves through day, dusk and night with the real sun.
Where do special places come from?
They are built from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. When a player first runs or opens the map in a new area, the server builds the places for a tile about the size of a city and refreshes them every 35 days. That takes a while, so a fresh area can be without places at first.
Places are ranked per cell of about 2 km, so quieter districts and small towns get their own. The categories are park, beach, viewpoint, garden, promenade, landmark, plaza, hill, artwork and fountain.
Some places are filtered out on purpose: anything private, military, paid or a hotel, and anything closer than 40 m to motorways and main roads or 20 m to rail.
Why do special places pay more?
Zone area inside a special place earns ×2 coins between 07:00 and 21:00 local time. Some missions send you through special places as well.
What is a RunPoint?
A small point on the map. It counts when your track passes within 30 m of it between 07:00 and 21:00 local time, once a day per point. The first RunPoint you pass each day gives a common Mystery Box.
RunPoints come with the same area data as special places, so a new area gets them once its places are built.
What’s happening on the map?
A feed shows the last 24 hours nearby: a box appeared, a zone was taken, or a box is about to go to its owner (3 hours before it does).
Other players see a taken zone 2 hours after it happened, without names and only to the nearest district.
Does the map follow the real sky?
Yes. Day, dusk and night on the map follow the real sunrise and sunset at the place on screen. Clear sky, rain and snow come from MET Norway and refresh about every 15 minutes, so if it rains where you look, it rains on the map.
Can I change how the map looks?
Map themes from the shop change the colors of the map. The real sky and weather still play on top of them.
Key numbers
- Special places
- Special places are built from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. When a player first runs or opens the map in a new area, the server builds the places for that area (a tile about the size of a city) and refreshes them every 35 days; it is not instant. Places are ranked per cell of about 2 km, so a small town gets its own top places. Categories: park, beach, viewpoint, garden, promenade, landmark, plaza, hill, artwork, fountain.
- Special places
- Zone area inside a special place earns ×2 coins between 07:00 and 21:00 local time. A RunPoint counts within 30 m of your track in the same hours, once per day; the first RunPoint each day gives a common Mystery Box.
- Living map
- Day, dusk and night on the map follow the real sunrise and sunset at the place on screen. Weather (clear, rain, snow) comes from MET Norway and refreshes about every 15 minutes.
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What it doesn’t do
- Places for a new area are not built instantly.
- The map doesn’t show where other players are running right now.
- Special places and RunPoints don’t count at night.
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