The world's first truly free live tracking tool is now live!

June 25 at 09:21

Hi guys,

We have got great news for you today!

Up until now, you have been able to follow only your friends live while they have been tracking. We have also been experimenting over time with public live tracking on a few big events like the NY marathon, London Marathon, Copenhagen marathon etc. Today, we bring these experiences to life by launching the world's first truly free live event tracking tool!

Basically, anyone and everyone can use the new event module for anything and everything. Whether you are a group of friends creating your own race through Grand Canyon, Sibiria or in the nearby forest or an event organizer for e.g. London Marathon, you are free to use the event module.

The feature is as simple as it gets; you create an event on a certain date, you draw the route of the event and then everybody can sign up for it. On the day of the event, people having signed up for it will be visible on the public live tracking map. During the event, you'll have a full overview of the leaderboard and you can sort by male/female, friends only etc. to make the leader board as relevant to you as possible.

Guys, we can't wait to hear and see what you'll do with this and as always, we’ll listen closely to what you have to say and improve the features accordingly as we go on.

Log in and go to EVENTS to check it out or to create your first event!

I'll check in with you again later this summer with more exciting news,

Jakob

Posted by Jakob on Jun 25, 2010 9:21 AM and is filed under, Feature and Gear News.

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  • Samuel Nissim
    January 25 at 14:59

    Question - I signed up for an event in a few days. What do I have to do on race day to track my time? Do I start a workout like normal? Will something else show up on the app that day for the event? Or do I simply leave the app open and it auto-tracks?

  • Jakob Nordenhof Jønck
    August 12 at 14:43

    Hi Greg,
    the event map will zoom in on the route, be it long or short, it will illustrate the entire route. Anyone having signed up for the event will be visible on the map, even though they may be a bit off route. We have no validation of whether or not you follow the route so to speak. So if the route is long, then the individual spectator can zoom in to the level he likes.
    Greg, I would advise you to create one event per day, named for instance Cyclebetes day 1, Cyclebetes day 2 etc. I think that it would be the easiest way to illustrate a relay that long.

    Thanks, and don't hesitate to write me on jakob@endomondo.com if you need to.

    Jakob

  • Greg Hendrickson
    July 27 at 22:38

    Jakob,

    Great feature, I can't wait to use it! I will be trying it out with Cyclebetes on August 14, a coast to coast bike relay across Canada. 7 teams traveling over 7,500 kms with 2 RVs, and a lot of participants, we hope, with endomondo on their phones. How close to the defined route do participants have to be for their tracks to show up on the live event? Since this will be a route that crosses Canada, can you advise on best way to set this up to work well with Endomondo?

    Thank you,
    Greg H