We’re excited to share our recent improvements & new features in RACEMAP, designed to give our users more flexibility, clarity, and control over live tracking and event management. 

Interactive Elevation Chart Component

Our new Interactive Elevation Chart component is now available. It allows you to:

• Visualize the course elevation profile
• Track real-time positions of athletes
• Highlight important Points of Interest

The chart is fully customizable via URL parameters, making it easy to integrate into video productions, live broadcasts, or custom dashboards. 

This component was developed based on feedback from our advanced users during the February RACEMAP Masterclass Workshop and represents the first outcome from that collaboration.

🎯 Try the live demo: https://racemap.com/elevation-chart/61a2055b10cacc0001302283/#selected=632c5f976d787758a9e66d40&color=00ff00&elevation.showProgress=true

📄 Documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/live-tracking/profile 

Tag-Based Filtering for Generic Imports

You can now filter participant synchronization in the Generic Import based on tags. 

• Import only specific subsets of starters
• Align Generic Import logic with the race result import filter
• Address previous import issues and revamp the participant configuration component

This improvement ensures more precise and reliable imports, saving time when managing large events and complex datasets. 

Knots as a New Speed Unit

A customer working with water events was asking for knots as a new speed unit. 

• Renamed unit → unitType to separate from external APIs and make it explicit
• Added preview for the unit system
• Updated distance markers in the player
  
  

Tracker Management

Enhancement

To give operators better insight into connectivity of their GPS trackers and carrier behavior, we’ve added new network-related visibility:

• New Network tab in Tracker Management
• Carrier and network information is now also displayed in the track chart

These additions help diagnose connectivity issues faster and support more informed operational decisions such as black listing a specifc carrier during live tracking.

Fix

The tracker management now shows the correct timestamp for when a device goes offline or when the socket connection is closed.

📘 Full details: https://docs.racemap.com/tracker-management 

Predictive Tracking

A new column has been added to the Transponders tab, showing the total number of received reads during the race. This makes data completeness and transponder performance easier to assess at a glance. 

📘 Full details: https://docs.racemap.com/prediction 

Safemap

The chart in Safemap now displays elevation data based on the actual received GPS position of the selected tracker, rather than the predefined race course.

Why this matters: If a participant moves off the official course, the elevation information now remains accurate and reflects the real position — improving situational awareness for operators. 

📘 Full details: https://docs.racemap.com/live-tracking/safemap

This release introduces further enhancements across our sports tracking platform, improving tracking reliability and operational confidence.

Safemap: More Context, Better Decisions

Safemap now supports multiple map styles, including satellite view, allowing operators to choose the most suitable visual context for their environment and operational needs.

Tracker Management: More Insight Into Connectivity

Reliable live tracking depends heavily on connection quality — which is impacted SIM reception, modem behavior, and carrier performance. To support operators more effectively, we are rolling out a series of improvements that provide deeper insight into connectivity and help debugging potential issues earlier.

With this release:

• Signal strength is now visible for each tracker of the Queclink GL3xx series.
  
  
• The chart has been extended with network-related information.
  
  

These enhancements give operators clearer visibility into connection quality and form the foundation for upcoming reliability improvements. 

This is the first step in a broader effort where we’ll continue to introduce tools and capabilities designed to improve tracking stability — including closer integration and collaboration around our dedicated M2M SIM cards.

We’ve released new improvements across the RACEMAP sports tracking platform, focused on flexibility, usability, and clarity.

Sponsor Logo Add-on Enhancement

The Sponsor Logo add-on has been reworked and now supports multiple sponsor logos per map, giving organizers more flexibility in sponsor visibility.

Qualified users are invited to test this enhancement for free. If you’re interested, let us know — we’d appreciate your feedback to help us fine-tune the feature.

Safemap Usability Improvements

We’ve also introduced several small but impactful updates to Safemap to improve overall usability and intuitive interaction, including:

• Sticky tabs for charts and information
• Minor UI and detail refinements for smoother navigation

These updates are now live on the RACEMAP platform. More enhancements are coming soon.

Join us for three days of hands-on work and real demos around sports GPS live tracking, tracker fleet operations, and event risk monitoring with Safemap. Small group, experienced partners, practical focus, and direct access to the RACEMAP team. 

Details & registration

 🎟️ Register now: Limited to 40 seats 
💰 Early-bird fee until Jan 4: €125 per seat
💶 Claim up to €5,000 in savings on Safemap: Special workshop offer

Better Group Map Management 

We’ve improved how single maps are organized in the group creator to give you more flexibility and smoother workflows on our tracking platform.

• Add individual maps directly into group maps, making it easier to organize complex events. 
• Find events faster with an improved search experience, including smarter suggestions and a more consistent interface.

Accurate Message Counts in the Tracker Dashboard

Message counts in the Tracker Management now stay up to date at all times.

Previously, message numbers didn’t always refresh immediately when messages were cleared or resolved. This has been fixed, so the dashboard now updates instantly, giving you a clear and reliable overview of tracker activity.

Safemap

Progress Values

Progress values are now displayed more intuitively. Decimal values are shown only when the value is smaller than 10; for values of 10 and above, they are rounded to the nearest integer.

Alert Descriptions

When hovering alerts, the durations now show minutes (rounded) and, where appropriate, hours. Seconds are no longer displayed, making the duration easier to read.

Resolved Alerts 

Resolved alerts are now consistently shown in the map and chart in a greyed-out style.

Map Interaction 

You can now click an alert icon to fly directly to its position on the map.

Tracker Management 

Improved Column Selection 

The column-selection modal has a new design with a search field. Columns are now grouped, and you can search through them for easier management. 

We’ve rolled out a small but beautiful update to Safemap aimed at making your (your team, your clients) experience smoother and clearer:

What’s new:

• Simpler numbers:
  We now show only one digit after the comma — less noise, more clarity.
  
  
  
  
  
• Richer hover info:
  Get more details when hovering over map elements.
  
  
  
  
  
• Mute button for alerts & notifications:
  Control what you hear without leaving the map.
  
  
  
  
  
• Participant-specific links:
  Quickly jump to a participant using a URL, e.g.:
  https://racemap.com/safemap/demo?selectedStarterId=690d085891613392d58c0077

These changes are all about giving you a cleaner, more focused view while staying in control of notifications. 

Read all about Safemap in our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/live-tracking/safemap

Happy GPS (safe)mapping! 

Join our workshop on methods and systems to work with live GPS data for races: Feb 10–12, 2026 · Dresden.

Reserve my spot

We’re hosting a three-day workshop focused on practical workflows for using real-time location data at complex sports events. You’ll learn how to build stronger services, improve operations, and reduce risks — and you’ll leave with solutions you can directly offer to your clients.

Attendees can also unlock up to €5,000 in Safemap savings. Seats are limited. Register for €125/seat.

All details about our workshop: https://go.racemap.com/workshop-26 

Upgrade your skills, expand your services, and strengthen your business:

• Practice with real data & demos: Work hands-on with live GPS streams, API integrations, and Safemap setups — guided by experts.
• Win new business: Develop ready-to-sell live-tracking and safety solutions that directly expand your service portfolio.
• Grow your network: Connect with experienced operators, exchange proven workflows, and discover faster, smarter ways to run events successfully.

We’re excited to introduce the latest improvements across Predictive Live Tracking, Safemap, and enhancements that support you using RACEMAP platform in a scalable manner - all designed to make your race management smarter, faster, and more intuitive. 

Predictive Live Tracking

Better reads. Better predictions. We’ve improved how RACEMAP processes timing data by expanding support for multiple read sources. With more timing systems being used in predictive tracking, this enhancement ensures higher compatibility and more accurate predictions across events. 

Velocity insights for accepted reads. We now include velocity as an additional parameter when analyzing accepted reads. This gives organizers deeper insight into athlete movement and improves the precision of predictive live tracking. 

Tracking Platform 

More stable event duplication: We’ve made the event duplication workflow more robust to ensure faster and more reliable setup of new events based on your templates.

Enhanced Role Management & Collaboration: User role handling for event settings has been upgraded—making collaboration smoother and more intuitive. 

Improved Borrower Range Editing: Tracker Management now allows easier and more reliable borrower range adjustments, streamlining the setup process for loaner devices. If you operate with your own hardware, you can now easier rent out your GPS trackers directly through the platform. 

Safemap Enhancements 

Safemap receives a significant round of usability and clarity improvements:

Adjustable protected zones: Configure the protected zone size individually for each split or POI for more precise safety management. 

Refined chart layout: A cleaner, clearer layout highlights the most important information at a glance. 

Participant sorting by progress: Quickly identify who is ahead and monitor progression trends in real time. 

Marker color indicators: Enhanced color coding improves participant differentiation on the map. 

Read all details about Safemap in our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/live-tracking/safemap