Users customize their race visualization and virtual timing in the map editor. We developed several enhancements to work more efficiently. 

Now you can add the point of interest (POI) property to a split, directly. Define name and color respectively the icon to be visualized at the location of the split.

You can center the map editor around the location of your device.

Timekeepers, event managers, etc. like to provide Racemap live tracking in their online registrations, directly. We received feedback to simplify connecting Racemap Apps for tracking. 

To automatically connect the user's smartphone with a specific race we now pushed a feasible process guiding participants independent from

• User's phone is iOS or Android.
• Racemap App (or custom app) is installed or not installed.
• Participant opens the confirmation email on its smartphone or desktop.

This solution scales for many participants providing a seamless user experience and saves support time. The process integrates the logo of the custom app and the event name.

More about connecting Racemap Apps for live tracking in our documentation https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking/tab-keys#deep-link-to-redeem-key-or-passcode-automatically

Set the primary color of your tracking map by adding the hex code in the URL color=<your_color>. Sample: https://racemap.com/player/100km-duathlon_2018-05-05#color=000000

Read more about embedding Racemap content on your pages in our documentation https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking/iframe.

Use the leaderboard and the visualization to compare activities from all participants in your event. Independent of if participants start 

• anytime like a permanent timing event
• anywhere like a virtual race
• or if it is just a regular sports event.

Find the new progress and rank panel under add-ons in the basic settings of your event. The best settings & features with two to four clicks, only.

All information about Racemap leaderboard solution in our documentation https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking/gps-timing.

• mapbox style e.g. terrain, satellite, hybrid and dark,

• longitude and latitude of where the map is centered initially,

• zoom, 

• direction and pitch. 

Set and save the viewport in the map tab of your event builder.

Select from different mapbox styles.

More about features for visualization of sports events in our documentation.

We were asked to add overall information to our leaderboard. So we developed the team challenge option, which motivates participants to cooperate. 

In the progress and rank section, you can now select the elements for each of your leaderboards, separately. With team challenge, you set the target distance (sum of all contributed distances) and the title of the challenge. 

The overall challenge is displayed in the leaderboard, directly.

For a detailed description of our leaderboard solution and real-time scoring check out our documentation.

We made it more flexible to import participants' data into your Racemap event. Just past any online participants file in the generic API, the rest is on us. The API checks the format of your file and provides feedback on which parameters are imported into your event. Can't be easier to connect Racemap with 3rd party systems like timekeeping or online registration.  

All about import tools in our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/api-import-and-export-data/import-basics

While Racemap automatically enables uploading activities, you may don't want to offer this feature when your event is over. In "Other settings" under "Maintenance" you can now disable the activity upload. 

More on uploading activities in our documentation. https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking/activity-upload

Users who deploy live tracking for many events asked for a clearer event list. In order to shorten the event list, we moved the single maps into the corresponding parent groups and stages. Now you can access the settings of those child events through the group or stage.

We've released a possibility to select and set duration (new) or distance as the target parameter in leaderboard settings. This option is available for leaderboards without a given race track. 

When choosing this option your corresponding leaderboard provides splits as distance value.