RouteGadget UK

LAMM - Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon

2008-06-05T20:29:01+00:00

Taking place June 7/8th at Glenfinnan, Scotland.
RouteGadget will be used to allow the competitors to draw their route and view the routes of others.
A copy of the event basemap is available here.

For more details visit the LAMM RouteGadget home page.

What is RouteGadget

2008-01-08T15:00:00+00:00

Described by its developer, Jarkko Ryyppö, as a “Web utility for drawing and comparing orienteering routes”.
This allows competitors to draw and compare their routes. RouteGadget not only shows the routes, it allows the race to be replayed, even simulating a mass start. You will actually see little squares move across the map. It really adds another dimension to post-race analysis.

How to draw a route

2008-01-07T11:53:00+00:00

A quick guide on how to add your own route for an event you competed in.

How to view routes

2008-01-07T11:48:00+00:00

RouteGadget is quite intuitive and easy to use. It has its own set of instructions, but here’s a short summary to give you a quick start:

RouteGadget option for your club?

2008-01-07T11:40:00+00:00

Following numerous requests from clubs wanting to use RouteGadget but unable to, due to hosting restrictions or lack of computing/web skills, I set up RouteGadget UK.

User Guide for RG UK

2007-12-02T10:43:00+00:00

This explains the process that you need to go through to get an event up and working if you are using RouteGadget UK. Last updated March 07.
RG UK User Guide.doc or RG UK User Guide.pdf

How to use it on your own computer

2008-02-07T13:33:01+00:00

You can have an installation on your own computer. Electronic results data is not required but could be used if available. It could be useful at a training camp.

Out of bounds, crossings, uncrossable etc.

2008-01-29T09:53:00+00:00

These things are often part of the overprint (purple bits) along with the course and are not on the OCAD map file that is used for the background map in RouteGadget. So are not visible when someone is looking at routes etc.

GPS - Uploading a route

2008-01-14T13:17:01+00:00

You can upload a route recorded on your GPS into RouteGadget. Your GPS route can be in addition to your manually plotted route.

Guide to Non Standard Events

2007-12-22T21:24:00+00:00

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