# Read a Day's Footprints Beyond the Distance

A FogAway day card puts distance, newly uncovered area and your cumulative total together. Here is how to read those numbers without mixing their time ranges.

A day's distance tells you how far you travelled. It does not tell you how much new ground you explored. A FogAway day card puts those two ideas beside the map, so you can look back at an outing without treating every number as another measure of the same thing.

This example uses a constructed route on public roads in Amsterdam. It is demonstration data rendered by FogAway, not a trip we took.

## Start with the date and the map

![An English FogAway day card for an Amsterdam demonstration route on October 9, 2026, showing 2.8 mi distance, 0.18 sq mi uncovered and 0.18 sq mi total, with the Apple attribution intact.](/blog/three-cities-one-footprint-map/day-amsterdam-en.webp)

*Demo route rendered by FogAway. The figures describe this sample dataset, not a recommended walk or a typical result. The original map attribution is retained.*

The date at the top identifies the recorded day. The map below it shows the path against labelled streets. Read those together before looking at the figures: this card is a record of a selected day, rather than directions to follow.

If you only want to share one part of the day, choose that segment's share action instead. A whole-day card and a single-segment card answer different questions.

## Keep the three figures separate

Distance describes how far the recorded route travelled. Uncovered describes the new area revealed that day. Repeating a familiar route can add distance while revealing little new area; the two figures do not need to rise together.

Total is the cumulative explored area shown when the card was generated. It is wider in scope than that day's new area. In this demonstration, Uncovered and Total are both 0.18 sq mi because the sample has no earlier explored area. Their matching values do not make the labels interchangeable.

The displayed units matter too: miles measure distance, while square miles measure area. Keep the labels attached when you share the picture, so a reader can understand each value.

## Preview the complete day before sharing

Open the day you want to revisit in FogAway's log and use the day's share action. Check the date, map and figures in the preview, then export the image in the appearance you prefer.

Look over the whole route before posting it. A day can contain a private stop even when the main walk feels ordinary. Keep the card private or select a different segment if it reveals a home, workplace or another place you do not want to share.

Keep the complete card, including the map attribution, and add a short caption explaining the day. You can [explore FogAway](https://fogaway.pages.dev/) and choose a day from your own recorded footprints.