GPS - Uploading a route
You can upload a route recorded on your GPS into RouteGadget. Your GPS route can be in addition to your manually plotted route.
Read more...Guide to Non Standard Events
The software and hardware we use for our mapping and results is about as non standard as you get. We use Joe Lee punching and a customised CAD package for the mapping. The output files from these are text and postscript respectively.
By Brian Pearson, Quantock Orienteers
GPS - Garmin 305
I use a Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS (Global Positioning System) to record my route whilst orienteering.
This unit has an advanced SiRFStarIII chip that allows it to lock onto satellites quicker & keep them, this is what makes it so good for orienteering.
Can it be used for Coaching?
Quote from Nick Barrable: “You could certainly do so much more feedback and coaching back in the warm and dry by the PC, especially with developing athletes”.
Can I install it on my website?
To install RG on your club website you need to be able to run CGI scripts on the server and FTP files to your server.
It is easier to setup if the server is running on Linux rather than Windows. RouteGadget is written in Java and needs Java to be installed on the visitor’s computer to work, 95% of home computers have it but some corporate networks may not.
Crossing points
If the planner puts in a compulsory crossing point in a course within Condes or OCAD, the XML export file confuses Routegadget and it treats it as a control on the course. This means that there is a split time missing as far as RG is concerned, and so it will not allow the route to be recorded.
How to create a csv results file
Video tutorial on how to create a CSV results file from SPORTident OE2003. Download a zipped package.
Java issues
RG is a Java applet and Java must be installed for RG to work. If you don’t already have it on your computer you may be asked if you want to download it. Java is used in a lot of web applications and is very common on mobile phones. You can find out more by visiting www.java.com.
