We’ve improved the CSV upload for participant information by introducing new checks to ensure IMEI validity before upload. If an error is detected, the upload is blocked, and a message is displayed. This addresses issues users encountered when editing participant files in programs like Excel, which sometimes resulted in broken IMEIs.

These checks help prevent invalid app IDs moving forward 

• Characters a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _ , and - are permitted. 
• IDs with 15 digits are treated as IMEIs.
• Verify the checksum to ensure accuracy. 

For more details on how to provide participant data, visit our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/api-import-and-export-data

We’ve added a new option for importing participant information using the RACE RESULT simple API. Now, you can import participants along with the App-IDs of the RACEMAP apps being used for live tracking. This feature provides greater flexibility, especially for stage-based events, by streamlining the participant data import process.

For more details on how to use this option, visit our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/api-import-and-export-data/import-basics/metadata-import-via-rr#appid  

Our latest release brings a series of improvements that elevate your Racemap experience, focusing on data APIs, tracker management, and synchronization of participant data.

Enhanced data APIs

Our data APIs now provide the location data from your GPS devices, independent of the settings in the tracking map such as interpolation interval and live delay. This allows for greater flexibility in fine-tuning the data API and visualizing of the same tracking map and for higher accuracy when detecting a device in a geofence. For more details, please refer to our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/data-api

Participant data synchronization

The participants tab now displays the participants synchronized from RACE RESULT with an icon, making it easier to identify and manage them. Learn how to import participant data from RACE RESULT to your Racemap event through 

• List import https://docs.racemap.com/api-import-and-export-data/import-basics/metadata-api#race-result-lists 
• Simple API https://docs.racemap.com/api-import-and-export-data/import-basics/metadata-import-via-rr 

Tracker management enhancements

• Direct track chart access: We've added the option to access the track chart directly from the tracker table.
• Saved table settings: Your table settings in the tracker management are now saved, so when you return, you'll find your previous settings intact.

Additionally, with the latest release, the maintenance panel in groups & stages appears only when working with a custom tracking app. If you are not using a custom app, the panel remains hidden, providing a cleaner and more intuitive interface. https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking/multi-event-map

We're thrilled to introduce a smart enhancement to our tracking keys: QR code. Tracking keys seamlessly connect your participants' Racemap App (or your custom tracking app) for live tracking at a specific event with ease. And you can take advantage of our key solution through QR codes. 

To further simplify and automate your processes when providing keys, we've empowered our platform to automatically generate QR codes for our keys. This feature allows you to quickly generate QR codes for multiple keys, and directly integrate the codes in your processes.

How to Generate QR Codes

To generate QR codes for your keys, simply use the following URL format:

https://racemap.com/api/starters/actions/generate_key_qrcode?key=YYYYYY

Replace YYYYYY in the URL with the keys for which you want to generate the QR code. That simple.

Learn More

For more information on how to use tracking keys, please refer to our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking/tab-keys

We've unveiled a valuable addition to our Safety Monitor to improve your monitoring capabilities. Our new FIN status supports responsible individuals in the race office and sharpens their focus on critical scenarios on the race course.

How to utilize the FIN status

The FIN status is straightforward. When participants cross the finish line, and Racemap platform receives their finish reads from the timing system, the Safety Monitor automatically tags them FIN. The FIN tag speeds up the identification of participants who are still out at the race, saving time and effort.

Advantages of FIN status

Efficient monitoring: Say goodbye to manual tracking of participants who have finished the race. Our system now handles this task for you, ensuring a more efficient way to filter relevant participants.

Enhanced Focus: With the option to hide participants tagged with the FIN status, you can seamlessly redirect your attention to those who are still actively racing ("NO STATE"). This feature maintains a clear and focused view of the event, allowing you to concentrate on the participants who require your immediate attention.

For more detailed information on utilizing the Racemap Safety Monitor, we encourage you to explore our documentation, specifically the section on "How to Use Live Tracking Monitor." You can find this information at the following link https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking/monitor.

When providing live tracking for events & races in a scalable manner our users work with APIs to import and export participants' information and GPS devices. We now refactored our generic import. We flattened nested objects and now provide to import RACE RESULT lists. 

Read all about our generic import in the documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/api-import-and-export-data/import-basics/metadata-api

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

We aim to speed up processes when working with GPS trackers and to prevent support issues. 

Now our tracker page shows participant's name & bib number and the event name. That way you deploy GPS trackers at the race ground and through the QR code participants swiftly self-check that they have received the correct device. 

Additional useful information on the tracker page about battery, last location, GPS fix, and reception with the mobile network. The easy interaction with end users enables seamless workflows when you deploy many GPS devices at a race.  

The generic import now provides a detailed error description if it fails for specific entries. Read all about flexibly import & synchronize participants' & devices' information through the generic import feature: https://docs.racemap.com/api-import-and-export-data/import-basics/metadata-api 

Predictive tracking processes sporadic detections from a timing system and shows a race visualization in real-time. The participant markers move smoothly in the interactive map. Prediction enables an effortless live forecast of all participants and is a scalable tracking solution for mass events.

For RACE RESULT timers we developed new tests and auto-checks. Now, our prediction dashboard provides clearer feedback on settings & on forwarded data. We support the timekeeper even more effectively and prevent unintentional mistakes when setting up the event before and while live-tracking a race.

• Auto-check, if forwarding to Racemap is set in track box settings, 
• Auto-test, if forwarding to Racemap is working, 
• Display the locations and the mapping of the track boxes and
• Import and sync participant data 

Our users spend less time docu reading but do more and better live tracking. More about predictive live tracking in our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/predictive-tracking-with-data-from-timekeeping