Create the event
Set the format, route or places, timing, participant invites, and one public link.
Live GPS tracking for outdoor events
Run, change, and follow your event from one live map
MapCatch helps organisers publish a route, invite participants, track them with phones or GPS devices, send official updates, change the route when conditions shift, and give spectators one public link.
Phones when they are enough. Trackers when they are needed. One live event map either way.
Phones first
Use participant or rented Android phones when they fit the event.
Live event changes
Update routes, places, messages, and source decisions during the event.
Trackers ready
Add GSM, SPOT, Garmin, ZOLEO, uploads, timing data, and corrections.
One public map
Spectators follow progress, standings, ETA, messages, replay, and fixes.
Event types
Built for events where location, route, and decisions matter
Pick a familiar format, then adapt the route, controls, reveal rules, tracking mix, and public story around the event you actually run.
Endurance events
Bikepacking and endurance races
Track long routes, sparse fields, route progress, standings, ETA, replay, and result corrections.
Trail and adventure
Trail runs and adventure races
Support checkpoints, route choices, crews, followers, safety awareness, and live changes when conditions shift.
Stage formats
Stage competitions
Handle multi-day or multi-stage formats where each part needs its own route, timing context, and public story.
Outdoor games
Treasure hunts and outdoor games
Use locations, clues, missions, proof points, teams, and scoring rules that fit the event design.
Self-paced formats
Challenges without one start time
Run self-paced or rolling-start challenges where participants begin at different times and still share one ranking context.
Controls and navigation
Orienteering and checkpoint events
Use mandatory or optional controls, route choices, and maps that reveal the right details at the right time.
Remote journeys
Expeditions and remote crossings
Follow long, remote, or exploratory journeys where sparse updates, satellite devices, and narrative context matter.
Operational awareness
Safety awareness and incident context
Use stale positions, low battery, off-route context, and organiser messages to improve awareness during outdoor events.
How MapCatch works
From event setup to public live map
Build the event once, then keep it accurate as the field, route, places, weather, and devices change.
Choose the tracking mix
Use participant phones, rented Android phones, GSM trackers, satellite trackers, uploaded activities, timing data, or organiser corrections.
Run it live
Send official messages, change the route, switch tracking sources, handle incidents, and keep the event view aligned with reality.
Follow, replay, and correct
Spectators watch progress, standings, ETA, chat, and replay. Organisers can explain corrections instead of hiding them.
Why it is different
Built for events that change while they are running
MapCatch is live GPS tracking, outdoor event tracking, race tracking, and organiser control in one operational view.
Not just dots on a map
Participants see route progress, standings, messages, and event context.
The route can change with the event
Publish route edits for closures, permit changes, checkpoint moves, unsafe sections, or optional variants.
Phones first, trackers when needed
Skip hardware logistics where phones are enough. Add dedicated or satellite trackers where coverage, battery, or ruggedness matters.
One participant, many sources
Phone tracks, satellite updates, checkpoint times, uploads, and corrections stay together in one auditable timeline.
Built for organisers in the field
Manage routes, messages, participants, source changes, and result fixes without returning to a laptop.
Phone-first event control
Can I run the event from my phone?
Yes. Mobile-first organiser controls are central to MapCatch.
Change the route during the event. Publish edits for closures, permit changes, checkpoint moves, unsafe sections, or optional variants.
Send official event context. Participants can receive messages and route context in the app instead of relying on scattered chats.
Switch tracking sources. Move a participant from phone to tracker, tracker to upload, or correction to official result when reality changes.
Keep corrections transparent. Source changes and result fixes can stay explainable instead of silently rewriting the event.
Tracking options
Can I use phones, trackers, or both?
Use one source or combine several. MapCatch keeps the event picture together.
Participant phones
Low logistics, rich interaction, frequent updates, route changes, and messages.
Rented Android phones
Phone-app benefits when the organiser wants prepared hardware and predictable setup.
GSM trackers
Simple dedicated equipment where cellular coverage is usable.
SPOT, Garmin, ZOLEO
Remote terrain, oceans, long signal gaps, and sparse satellite updates.
Uploads, timing data, corrections
Official evidence, result context, and post-event completion.
What changes for organisers
Traditional tracker-only setup vs MapCatch phone-first event control
Traditional tracker-only setup MapCatch phone-first event control
Hardware logistics
Every participant needs a handed-out tracker.
Start with phones when suitable. Add devices only where needed.
Participant interaction
A tracker sends positions but tells the participant little.
The app can show route context, messages, and event state.
Route changes
Course edits usually sit outside the tracker view.
Publish route changes during the event.
Source fallback
A failed device often creates a gap.
Switch or combine phone, tracker, upload, timing, and correction sources.
Replay and corrections
Clean-up is often separate from the public map.
Corrections stay visible in one event timeline.
Spectator story
Followers watch dots and a leaderboard.
Spectators see progress, ETA, messages, replay, and explained changes.
Pricing
What does it cost?
Start with participant phones to reduce rental, hand-out, charging, collection, and assignment work.
Add rented phones, GSM trackers, satellite trackers, delivery, setup, or operations support only when the event needs them.
Public following
What do spectators see?
Friends, crews, families, and fans do not need an app.
They open one public live map for progress, standings, ETA, messages, replay, and corrections.
The same view can combine bikepacking tracking, trail race tracking, adventure race tracking, orienteering tracking, satellite trackers, GSM trackers, SPOT, Garmin, ZOLEO, uploads, and organiser decisions.
Trust and safety
What if coverage fails?
MapCatch improves event awareness, but it is not an emergency dispatch service and does not guarantee remote-area coverage.
Plan remote or high-risk events with suitable trackers, communications, local procedures, and support.