GPS tracking of racers

Do you have a need to track racers during an event for safety purposes?
Do you want to enable your racers to check that they're staying on course while racing?
Do you want to provide spectators at race venue and at home a real-time view of the race-in-progress?
Do you want to enable support personnel to know when to expect their racer to arrive at finish?
Do you want to create a record for each racer's course for later analysis (e.g. to catch cheaters)?
These are some of the reasons to use the new Webscorer GPS tracking feature, introduced in September 2023.
In short, the racers carry their personal phones while racing and the Webscorer app automatically sends its GPS coordinates to the Webscorer website at an interval set by the organizer. The GPS location of each racer is viewable on a map that's accessible using a browser from any device.

Organizer steps

• Organizer creates an online reg on Webscorer with "Track racer locations = Yes"
• Organizer specifies the frequency at which the GPS coordinates are sent
• Organizer uploads a GPX file containing the course map

Participant steps

• Participants register for the event at Webscorer website
• Participants install the (free) Webscorer app to their iPhone or Android phone
• Participants sign in to the app with the same Webscorer account created at registration

Participant steps

• Participants must carry their phone during the race
• Participants start the Webscorer app and select “GPS self-tracking”
• Participants tap "My upcoming GPS races" and then tap the race name
• Participants tap “Start GPS tracking” at any time on race day, e.g. 15 minutes before the start
• Participants can then turn the phone screen off and put the phone in their pocket
• The app keeps sending the location at the interval specified in reg setup (e.g. once per minute)

Organizer steps

• The GPS tracking page is accessible in multiple ways:
  • Via reg admin page (by organizer only)
  • Via reg confirmation page
  • Via results page (if reg is used to post results during event using Webscorer PRO)
  • Organizer posts the link to the tracking page before the event
    Example: www.webscorer.com/racemap/viewracers?pid=1&raceid=326786
• There are two GPS tracking views:
  • VIEW #1: All participants are shown with their most recent location update on the course map
  • VIEW #2: A selected participant's most recent location is shown, including all prior location updates

Webscorer app home


Webscorer app GPS tracking options


Webscorer app upcoming GPS races


Webscorer app GPS tracking controls


Webscorer app GPS view location



Webscorer tracking selected participant page


Webscorer tracking latest locations page


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