Two updates this week: 

• Long-overdue improvement for anyone managing participants' data with tags, and
• Small clarity enhancement in Safemap. 

Smarter Tag Handling in the Participant Table

Managing tags such as "Age group", "Class" or "Status" in the participants' settings meant wrestling with cells and special formats — easy to get wrong, hard to scan for errors. That changes now.

Each category now has its own column. Each column is sortable and filterable — with distribution counts visible in the tag popup so you see at a glance how your participants are spread across categories.

Navigate between cells with TAB or SHIFT+ENTER without leaving the keyboard.

Need to update tags across a large group? Use the new batch action to update tags on multiple participants at once. 

You can also add new tag categories directly in the table via + column to open the tag modal — no detour to settings required. 

Set and preview how your tracking map handles tags by default in the visualization settings. 

Notification Sources in Safemap

Safemap shows two types of notifications: ones generated by the GPS trackers, and ones generated by RACEMAP frontend logic analysing the received location data. Until now, there was no differentiation between these two types — which caused confusion when triaging issues during events.

Each notification now carries an icon with a tooltip that explains where it came from. Small change, big difference when something fires mid-race and you need to act fast. 

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

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

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
  

We’ve introduced a new enhancement in how RACEMAP Prediction flexibly identifies start- and finish reads. We’re confident timekeepers will love this simplification. 

Why this matters

After analyzing thousands of predictive tracking events going back over eight years, we found that one of the most common issues is incorrect start/finish setup - mostly due to human error. Since predictive tracking relies on precise timing information, even small mistakes affect the live experience.

What’s new

• Auto-identification of start- & finish reads directly from forwarded detections
• No additional configuration or imported start/finish times from participant data required
• "Start" is automatically identified backwards with the 2nd detection on the racecourse

Easy configuration of RACEMAP prediction

• Our algorithm automatically places reads at the most likely position on the course - even for laps, loops, or out-&-back segments.
• With RACE RESULT readers, detections already include the locations, so setup has always been minimal.

How it works with different timing systems

• ChronoTrack, MyLaps, RaceTec, and similar: These timing systems do not forward decoder locations. RACEMAP uses the split configuration to assign detections.
• Fewer splits needed: Just group decoders by their physical location (e.g. one single split for “Start / Finish”) 

Advantages for timekeepers

• Less setup required: Quicker & easier event preparation
• Fewer opportunities for mistakes
• More reliable predictive tracking: Even for large-scale running vents with thousands of participants

Two months ago, we shipped the rebuilt participants table to give you a faster, cleaner way to manage athletes and their devices. Great to see it in use. Thanks for the feedback that helped shape the next enhancements.

Download a single participant’s recorded GPX track

You can now download the recorded GPX for a single participant straight from the participants table without the need to unpack the file. You can also download the GPX files from multiple participants. 

Synchronization: Handling abandoned participants

When you remove a participant in your external system (registration/timekeeping), we call those entries "abandoned" participants. We added a synchronization setting that defines how RACEMAP treats such cases during import/sync from your external system. 

Default behavior: RACEMAP retains the most recent information about abandoned participants - they remain in RACEMAP but will no longer be synchronized. Use this setting to choose the behavior that fits your workflow (keep the last snapshot or clear the participant). 

https://docs.racemap.com/api-import-and-export-data

We’re excited about the new enhancement for our interactive tracking map. We have added the startNumber argument to select specific participants. Just like: https://racemap.com/player/100KmDuathlon2018#selectedStartNumber=001,053

With this feature, you can automatically compose individual URLs for the tracking map to target specific participants without the effort to querry RACEMAP API for the participant id. 

More about URL parameters in our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking/iframe#url-parameters

We’ve added an API endpoint to simplify your workflow. You can now generate tracking keys on demand via API.

https://racemap.com/api/events/:eventId/actions/generate_starter_keys?count=10

Replace :eventId with the id of your event. Set count parameter to the number of needed keys - for example, count=11 to generate 11 keys. Call this route multiple times to generate more keys whenever needed. 

Use Case

This feature is especially useful when selling live tracking access through an online registration platform. You can now fully automate the key generation- and distribution process, reducing manual work and improving the user experience. Use this enhancement to integrate live tracking deeply into your registration or event management systems. 

All details in our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/how-to-use-live-tracking/tab-keys#apis-related-to-keys 

Let us know how you’re using this enhancement.  We’re always keen to learn from your workflows!

We’re excited to announce the launch of our brand-new Participants Table.

• Dramatically faster loading times 
• Sleek, modern user interface 
• Smarter features – like a useful search field 
• Improved based on your feedback

Whether you're a professional or just getting started, you’ll love how intuitive and efficient it feels.

Need help importing participants into your tracking map? Find everything you need in our documentation: https://docs.racemap.com/api-import-and-export-data

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