Our latest update focuses on making the RACEMAP tracking platform more intuitive, consistent, and technically robust. Here’s what’s new: 

📋 Tracker management: Clear connectivity state

We’ve integrated our SIM provider data directly into the tracker management and show connectivity through two separate indicators:

• CON column: Socket connectivity of the GPS tracker with the RACEMAP server
• NET column: Network registration of our SIM cards 

Important: NET is not transmitted by the GPS tracker itself—it comes directly from our SIM provider, adding redundancy. This is especially useful when a device cannot establish a socket connection, but the GSM modem is still registered in the network. In such cases, the tracker can still be reached via SMS (supported in RACEMAP tracker management).

This removes ambiguity and makes diagnosing GPS tracker status much more straightforward. 

Additional improvements:

• New dedicated NET column
• Simplified CON to show socket status only
• Replaced the online icon with a server icon for clarity
• Removed the cell tower icon from signal strength
• Improved column order and overall table consistency 

Read all about our dashboard to work with many GPS trackers in our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/tracker-management

🔄 Player reload functionality (auto & manual) 

Keeping event data in the tracking map up-to-date is now much smoother—whether it’s DSQ dots disappearing or participant colors updating automatically. Activate the auto-reload feature in the visualization settings of your events. 

Auto-reload (default ON) refreshes:

• Participants, tracks, and colors
• Starter and track names
• POIs and metadata

Reload button is shown in the tracking map when auto-reload is disabled

Rendering improvements in the interactive race visualization:

• Viewport position is preserved after reload
• More accurate visual updates via sprite hashing

This feature ensures your player reflects real-time changes without requiring a page refresh.

⚙️ Current API improvements

We’ve continued refining the current API to improve accuracy, performance, reliability, and transparency. It now handles sparse data scenarios much better—such as endurance events with infrequent position updates every five minutes—making it an even more powerful tool for video production teams.

Core updates:

• More reliable speed calculation, especially with limited or missing geopoints
• Fixed inconsistencies in gap and average calculations
• Improved handling of shadow tracks
• Added extrapolated parameters including gap support
• Introduced participantId-based gap queries for unified comparisons 
• Simplified query parameters introducing Average Speed Window and Result Time 

Read more in our documentation, including live data samples: https://docs.racemap.com/api/current

If you’d like to test the latest API improvements with real event data from your RACEMAP library, reach out. We set up a 24/7 live event based on your real data for hands-on testing. 

🌍 Extended language support

The RACEMAP tracking app and white-label apps now also support:

• 🇵🇱 Polish
• 🇹🇷 Turkish 

All information about RACEMAP lightweight tracking app solutions: https://docs.racemap.com/apps/tracking

We’re excited to introduce a new release packed with improvements across Safemap, Tracker Management, and Event Settings. This update brings more control, better previews, smarter alert handling, and usability enhancements for teams in the field. 

Safemap updates

🔇 Global alert mute control 

Event hosts now mute alerts & notification sounds globally with a single event-level setting.

Benefits:

• Disable sound alerts by default, to customize Safemap according to events requirements
• Better control for quiet environments or control rooms 
• Faster setup for large-scale events 

👀 Preview mode

Safemap now supports a preview mode to help you validate configurations and showcase the dashboard before activation. The preview shows a realistic Safemap experience using a limited set of participants while preserving full tracking and alert logic.

What’s included:

• Preview available when Safemap is not yet activated 
• Limited number of visible participants 
• Watermark to clearly identify preview mode

Benefits:

• Confirm settings before going live 
• Great for demos and customer acquisition 
• Experience real behavior without full event activation 

🏷️ Tag-based alert suppression

A powerful alert suppression system has been added based on participant tags. Configure Safemap to suppress alerts for participants whose assigned tags match selected key/value rules, such as "finished", "DSQ".

Capabilities:

• Search and manage participant tags in a dedicated table 
• See how many participants are assigned to each tag 
• Visibility why a participant receives no alerts: 
  • Protected zone suppression 
  • Tag-based suppression

Benefits:

• More precise alert control 
• Reduce noise from known or exempt participant groups 
• Better transparency for operations teams 

🎨 Improved track colors

Tracks show their own configured color in Safemap. With this improvement, track overlays are clearer and visually aligned with their intended appearance.

Benefits:

• Better map readability 
• More accurate visual representation 
• Easier distinction between tracks

Tracker Management Updates

📱 Improved mobile usability

We’ve improved column visibility controls for smaller screens such as smartphones. Previously, managing visible columns on mobile devices was difficult. The updated interface now offers a cleaner popup layout with improved height handling and scrolling behavior. 

Good to know: Tracker Management is still primarily optimized for desktop use—but for those managing trackers on the go, this is a welcome upgrade.

Event settings updates

🔑 Endpoint to query keys added

A new API endpoint is now available for querying keys in Event Settings. This expands integration options and makes key management more accessible for connected workflows.

Learn more in our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/apps/tracking/keys#apis-for-keys

Track Style Customization

Live tracking with multiple tracks is now more flexible and easier to read for spectators. In the map settings, you can adjust both line width and opacity of each track separately, giving full control over how they appear in the visualization. 

We also replaced the previous color picker library with the Ant Design color picker, unifying track styles across the system for a cleaner, consistent look.  

Track Chart in Safemap: Visual Breaks for Gaps

The track chart in Safemap previously connected all time gaps in GPS data with a line, implying continuous movement that didn’t exist. Now, lines are removed where data is missing, showing tracker data more clear. 

Tracker Management: Configuration Update Progress

Tracker management now records the configuration update process in the message history, giving you more confidence when adjusting tracking configurations across devices to meet specific event requirements. Each configuration change is timestamped and displayed in the tracker message history, making troubleshooting easier if updates fail. 

Just released: We made managing large numbers of GPS trackers a whole lot easier for you. Our new RACEMAP Orga App is the missing link between:

• GPS trackers 
• The Tracker Management system
• Participant data

Built for organizers, teams, and event staff, the Orga App helps you handle many devices quickly and reliably. With QR code scanning at its core, it removes manual searches and speeds up your entire workflow in the Tracker Management and on-site at the help desk.

Features

Instant device selection: Scan QR codes to identify and select trackers in seconds—no more searching through lists.

Fast participant assignment: Link devices to participants by name or bib number with a simple scan.

Flexible workflows: Works whether participant data is preloaded or created on the fly at the help desk.

Parallel operations: Multiple Orga Apps can operate simultaneously.

Download the free Orga App for Android and iOS, click the QR code on your phone for redirecting. We are looking forward to your feedback.

Why it matters

Less manual work. Fewer errors. Faster setup.

The Orga App ensures you only assign the devices you actually need—helping you stay efficient and in control, even during busy event check-ins.

Learn more in our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/apps/orga

You can now connect any external location source to RACEMAP using the new HTTP tracker. 

HTTP trackers make it easy to forward positioning data from third-party systems directly to RACEMAP. Instead of connecting a physical device, you create a virtual tracker that receives location updates through a simple HTTP endpoint. 

With HTTP trackers, RACEMAP acts as the visualization and location processing platform, while your existing systems continue to provide the position data. This solution gives you a flexible way to integrate existing tracking systems with your RACEMAP project. 

Typical Use Cases

HTTP trackers are useful when location data already exists somewhere else and you want to display or process it in RACEMAP.

• Broadcast production systems, for example using the built-in GPS receivers in TV camera motorbikes during live sports coverage. If positions are already decoded within the broadcast workflow (e.g. from airplane uplink), they can be forwarded directly to RACEMAP.
• Public data sources, such as transportation networks publishing live positions of buses or trains.
• Marine tracking feeds where positions are already available via an API.
• GPS tracking platforms that collect positions from multiple devices.
• Fleet management systems used by support vehicles, logistics teams, or safety crews.
• Custom mobile apps or IoT devices sending their own coordinates.

Learn More

For step-by-step instructions on creating an HTTP tracker and sending coordinates, see our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/gps-devices/http-tracker

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
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