Glossary
Common terms used across Racemap live tracking — with their synonyms. This list is intended to help users find documentation no matter which term they search for, and to guide AI-assisted documentation tooling toward the preferred vocabulary.
Read
Preferred term: read Synonyms: detection, passing, ping, trackping, timestamp Context: prediction feature, timing integrations
A single data point recorded when a participant is observed by a timing reader or GPS device. In the prediction and timing context, read is the preferred term. The word detection is common in integrations with external timing systems (e.g. ChronoTrack, RACE RESULT). Passing appears in some timing-system UIs and older documentation. Ping and Trackping are RACE RESULT specific for Mobile Trackbox detections.
Auto-pausation
Preferred term: auto-pausation Synonyms: auto-deactivation, automatic shutdown, automatic pause
The automatic pausing of the Data Feed API module that occurs on the first API request arriving more than 2 hours after an event's end time. Auto-pausation prevents unexpected billing costs when a feed is left active after the event finishes. Repeating (live loop) events are excluded. See Auto-pausation.
Timekeeping Point
Preferred term: timekeeping point Synonyms: split, checkpoint, geofence, virtual checkpoint, timing point, reader location
A virtual location defined on the course at which reads are recorded for timing or ranking purposes. The API field name is timekeepings (plural). In the UI and documentation the terms split, checkpoint, and geofence appear interchangeably — all refer to the same concept.
Timing Reader
Preferred term: reader Synonyms: decoder, timing system, Track Box, antenna
Hardware or software positioned at a timekeeping point that records reads as participants pass. Different vendors use different names: RACE RESULT uses decoder, Racemap's own hardware is the Track Box, and the general abstraction in the API and documentation is reader.
Data Feed
Preferred term: Data Feed Synonyms: Data API, live API, datafeed, data feed module
The real-time HTTP API that serves current event data — participant locations, ranks, times — to external consumers such as TV graphics, custom dashboards, or result systems. Enabled per event via the Data API settings. See Data API overview.
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