RaceOwlRacer

RaceOwlRacer provides racers with automatic tracking via the RaceOwl.com platform, live race status, checkpoint check-in/out, and optional navigation features. You, your support crew, and your followers can use the RaceOwl system to monitor your track and position relative to other racers on an interactive map in real-time.

Optional Navigation Features Provide:

Route Navigation & Hazard Avoidance: Visual alerts and dynamic course correction support.
Voice Feedback: Audible readouts of telemetry status (ETA, speed, rank) and off-course/cross-track notifications to keep you on course without looking at your device screen.
Telemetry Stats: Access to estimated time of arrival (ETA), current race standing, and active positions of other competitors.
Simplicity and Efficiency: Download the app, enter your racer number, select your race event, and the RaceOwl tracker handles the rest. Once you are at the event location, RaceOwlRacer automatically and periodically transmits your coordinates to the site. When you cross the finish line or exit the course, tracking stops automatically.

Optimized for Battery & Background Operation: The app is designed to run in the background. The phone screen does not need to remain on; you can start the tracking, lock the screen, put the phone away, and rely on voice notifications to navigate safely.

Recent changes:
• Reduce lag in GPS update when coming back from background mode
• Map object redraw efficiencies
• GPS reliability on older Android (root cause + watchdog)
• Enhanced Checkpoint Tracking for better accuracy.
• Safety Crew: Added Intentionally Untracked and follow modes.
• UI: Larger map text, unified zoom, and marker clustering.
• Audio: Smoother voice pacing and stabilized TTS feedback.
• Battery: Optimized location services for endurance tracking.
• Compliance: Fully updated permissions.