The live map that turns your spectators into supporters

Owaka public live tracking is not just a page showing GPS positions. It is an interactive experience built for engagement. Spectators find a dynamic map where participants move in real time, shown by their bib numbers and category colours. Each competitor has a detailed profile that opens in one click: current speed, distance covered, position, elevation, number of checkpoints passed.

The favourite participant feature is especially popular with families and friends. By adding one or more competitors to their favourites, spectators find them at a glance, highlighted on the map and grouped in a dedicated list. No account needed: favourites stay saved in the browser from one visit to the next.

While the public GPS tracking platform is first and foremost a showcase for spectators, it is also a valuable resource for the participants themselves, before, during and after the race. Knowing that loved ones can follow their progress in real time is a real psychological safety factor, especially on long, isolated or physically demanding events.

After the race, each participant can open their own profile on the public map to review their full GPS track, their performance statistics (average speed, top speed, moving and stopped time) and their elevation profile. With the replay, they relive their race stage by stage and share the link to their profile with their loved ones.

The Owaka public map is not a generic interface with your logo simply stuck in a corner of the screen. It is a custom showcase that reflects your race (main logo, sponsor logos, event information, external links, shared data) designed for your event with our experts.

From the map's home page, spectators discover a complete presentation of the event: dates, distances, elevation gain, cut-off times, links to your social networks and your official website. During the race, a live ranking by category can be shown alongside the map, and you choose which data is made public: tracks, statistics, past stages or replay.

For events with an active community on social media, Owaka offers an optional feature that takes the live showcase even further: the Social Feed built into the public map. By connecting your event's official hashtag to the platform, the photos and videos posted by participants, spectators and official photographers appear directly on the map, in real time, side by side with the GPS positions.

In practice, a spectator on the public map sees at the same time the runners' positions on the satellite map and the photos of the landscape posted on social media by those crossing it. The event tells its story live, in pictures, and every post brings your official accounts to life.

Beyond its value for spectators, the Owaka public map is a concrete selling point in your partnership talks with sponsors. Embedded on your official website, seen by several thousand unique spectators during the race and available as a replay all year round, it offers premium exposure that few event communication tools can match.

Your sponsors' logos and links appear directly on the map, in an interface your spectators browse actively and at length, unlike the advertising banners they no longer look at. Every visit becomes a chance to showcase your partners, during the race and in the replay.