Our latest update to our leaderboard add-on is designed to make the calculation of start timestamps even more versatile and user-friendly. Your feedback from race scenarios has shaped this update, and we're confident that it will enhance your experience while working with our leaderboard. 

What's new?

A frequent challenge we've encountered is dealing with incomplete geo data both before and after the race's start geofence. In cases where GPS devices may not have established a GPS fix or the set report interval is relatively lengthy, our live ranking now offers a robust evaluation. 

How it operates

Now, when the initial coordinates leading up to the start geofence are missing, our leaderboard seamlessly steps in. It automatically utilizes the first ten coordinates following the start geofence to calculate an average speed. This speed is used to extrapolate back to the start and to determine the timestamp of the start passing. This smart adjustment ensures that even in scenarios with incomplete geo data, the start time is realistically estimated. 

Stay in command 

Should you prefer to set the start timestamp manually or utilize it from a generic import, you have the flexibility to easily override the calculated start time. This empowers you to fine-tune your data for precise and reliable results.

For in-depth information about our leaderboard solution, check out our documentation at https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking

We enhanced our leaderboard solution to show more accurate results. If the synchronization of participants' data includes start- and finish times these values are used in our leaderboard with higher priority than processed start- and finish times from GPS data. This feature lets flexibly combine start and finish detections from a timing system with intermediate splits by GPS data in the same leaderboard. 

Read about synchronizing participants' data and about our leaderboard in the documentation: 

• https://docs.racemap.com/api-import-and-export-data/import-basics 
• https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking/gps-timing

Our leaderboard and live results solution is used for many of our long-distance events such as ultra trails, endurance cycling, or even rowing. We now made the processing of geo-locations to results more flexible, robust, and stand-alone. 

It might happen that a gps device does not send coordinates from the beginning of the race. From now on the later coordinates are considered in the leaderboard for calculating subsequent split points, and the splits before are just ignored. That way spectators get more live information from our leaderboard. 

Check the leaderboard from Ringvaart Regatta, a 100 km rowing race: https://racemap.com/timing/ringvaart-regatta-2023

Additionally, there is the option to manually enter results.  

Find all the information about our effortless live rank and real-time scoring in the documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking/gps-timing

At long-distance endurance events, the organizers need to know the resting time of the participants during the race. We now added this value to our leaderboard add-on. The rest duration is calculated from all coordinates with a speed less than 1 km/h within the event start- and end time. You can easily configure the leaderboard with the needed values in the add-on settings. 

The */ranks API provides the data from a specific leaderboard through an interface. We now added the activeDuration parameter in this API. The active duration is the duration within the event start- and end time in which the device sends locations and moves faster than 1 km/h. For example at a multi-day endurance cycling race, you can use activeDuration to infer the break times of the cyclists. 

Read more in our documentation about our

• */ranks API: https://docs.racemap.com/data-api/ranks
• leaderboard solution: https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking/gps-timing

We added the option to select the list type from "Results", "Live" and "Participants" when you want to embed a RACE|RESULT ranking through Racemap Apps.

The Racemap leaderboard provides a holistic evaluation of the participants' continuous location data in a result list. We now added two columns to our leaderboard add-on: 

• Difference: The gap to the 1st rank, when the participant reached the finish. 
• Active Duration: The time a participant is moving faster than 1 km/h, evaluation of the participant's all coordinates within the start- and end time of the event.

Each element of the leaderboard can be disabled in the add-on settings.

Read all about our leaderboard add-on in the documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking/gps-timing

You can now activate the leaderboard add-on for a group of stages, also. Similar to our proven leaderboard solution for single events you can easily embed any 3rd party result list for stages. 

We've added parameters to flexibly adjust the mapping algorithm to the specific needs of your event: 

• Max. mapping distance
• Max. and Min speed for speedfilter

This will allow for more accurate mapping, and we are sure it will be a helpful addition for your event. Access the mapping parameters in the "Danger Zone" of the advanced settings of your event.

The mapping impacts all functions and features in Racemap that calculate the relation of the devices' locations to the shadowtrack. Which are visualization, leaderboard, monitor, */ranks & */current API.

How does the mapping work? GPS devices send their geo data to a specific tracking map. The mapping calculates the device's location on the shadowtrack. The algorithm takes into account the device's current coordinates and its previous location on the track. Mapping considers laps and assumes that a device moves onwards (and not backward) on the track.

There are specific events such as activity challenges or virtual races where the progress of the participants' activities is more relevant than their current location. For that reason, we have been asked to enable our tracking apps to show the leaderboard as the 1st screen when users open the event in the app.

We added two options in the visualization section of each tracking map:

• Default app screen (either the map or the leaderboard)
• Disabled app screen e.g. to hide the tracking map from publicity