Quick start guide

Create an event, upload a race track, and show your location on the tracking map (in less than 5 minutes).

Your first login directs you to the event setup page: https://racemap.com/admin/events/new. Subsequent logins take you to the event list providing a tile for each of your events: https://racemap.com/admin/events.

Event setup page

To navigate to the events list click the RACEMAP logo in the top left corner.

Event setup page: Click RACEMAP logo to navigate to your events list

Event list

To navigate to the setup page of a specific event click the event tile.

Event list: Click an event tile to navigate to the setup page

Setup an event

Start at the event setup page https://racemap.com/admin/events/new

• Provide basic event information: name, location, select type of sport, and event start- & end time.

• Upload event logo as a square *.jpg or *.png file. You can use our "Sample event logo.png".

• Upload a track as a *gpx, *.kml or *.geojson file. You can use our "Sample Track.gpx".

Sample event logo.png

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Download the sample logo to use for your first event

Sample Track.gpx

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Download the sample track to use for your first event

Show and watch your location on your map

Download RACEMAP App:

• Google Play | Android

• App Store | iOS

On the event setup page of your event, you find a QR code & a link. Scan the QR code or open the link on your phone to connect your RACEMAP App for live tracking at your event.

Read all about QR code & key link in our documentation.

Keys and passcode

Find QR code and link on setup page of your event

RACEMAP App guides you through the process.

Sign up

"SIGN UP" with your name & race number

Confirm

Confirm with "CONTINUE"

Start live tracking

Click "START LIVE TRACKING" to send your location

• Search for your event's name.

• The event to which you are signed up is shown with a checkmark.

• Click on your event to open it and see your current location.

Watch your dot

See your current location on the map.

The map is centered around the uploaded track by default. Your location might differ from this track. Just pan the map a bit to see your current location.

Computer: Click "Preview" in the setup page to open the map in a browser tab.

Use an existing event as a template for a new one. Reusing settings while creating a clean copy, instead of starting from scratch.

Two ways to create a copy from an existing event:

• Manual: Open the template event in Advanced settings and click "Duplicate Tracking Map".

• Direct link: Navigate to https://racemap.com/admin/events/<event_id>/actions/duplicate — replace <event_id> with the ID of the event you want to copy.

Before the duplicate is created, you set the

• name and

• start and end times for the new event.

Choose independently whether to carry over:

• Devices / participants

• Track, POIs and splits information