Host an event
Create an event, add participants, publish a live map, chat with the field, and adjust results when the real event needs a human decision.
Live outdoor event management
MapCatch
MapCatch supports the full event management cycle from planning to live coverage: you can create an outdoor event, onboard participants, manage route updates, share updates, and keep everyone informed from one place. It is a production-ready, self-service platform with advanced operator capabilities, including result corrections, dynamic route changes, and instant field updates when conditions shift on the trail, in the forest, or at the start line.
One live map for positions, route progress, standings, checkpoints, arrival estimates, chat, and replay.
Create, run, follow
Everything for a live outdoor event
MapCatch brings the practical pieces together: a route, participants, live positions, public following, chat, standings, replay, and result corrections. It is built for events where the route, rules, checkpoints, and finish result all matter. Organiser controls are mobile-first: event setup, route edits, live corrections, and messaging are all optimised for phone workflows.
Participant experience
Participants join in the app, see their route progress, receive official updates, and stay connected to event decisions.
Follow from anywhere
Friends, family, crews, and fans open the map in a browser to follow progress, standings, arrival estimates, chat, and replay.
Built for mobile organisers
Keep the control room in your pocket: publish updates, switch tracking sources, handle corrections, share links and event stories, and keep everyone informed without returning to a laptop.
Multi-source event management
Every source feeds one event hub
Phones, GPS trackers, satellite devices, timing reads, uploaded activities, and organiser corrections do not need separate maps or spreadsheets. MapCatch consolidates them into one participant timeline, one public event map, and one place for organiser decisions.
Phone apps 
Mobile GPS trackers 
Satellite trackers 
MapCatch server
Live map, route progress, participant timeline, operational messages, standings, replay, and corrections.
Event modes
More than a dot on a route
Use the same app for classic races and more playful formats: endurance routes, self-paced challenges, control-point navigation, checkpoint riddles, team missions, and events that are part sport, part live story.
Mass-start and hosted races
Show the route, participant progress, leaderboard, arrival estimates, chat, replay, and final result corrections.
Orienteering and control-point events
Run events with mandatory or optional controls, route choices, splits, and maps that reveal the right details at the right time.
Checkpoint puzzle games
Turn places into game moments: unlock a clue, answer a riddle, submit proof, then continue to the next point.
Paid challenges and outdoor games
Support entry codes, self-paced attempts, public leaderboards, teams, missions, scoring rules, and sponsored formats.
What you can do
Live coverage without the heavy setup
Mobile participation. Participants stay connected from their phones while organisers and followers use the same web view.
Multi-source tracking. Phone positions, satellite updates, uploaded activities, timing data, and manual corrections share one event view.
Run from your phone. Route publishing, participant checks, message blasts, and incident updates are designed for organiser workflows in the field.
Checkpoints and games. Control points, puzzles, missions, entry codes, and self-paced attempts fit into the same event flow.
Manage the event. Keep event details, participants, routes, tracks, messages, and result fixes in one place.
More ways to build your event picture
One map, several ways to capture field evidence
Some events can use phones. Others need satellite trackers, uploaded route files, timing data, or manual corrections. MapCatch is built to bring those inputs together and keep a clear audit trail for each participant.
Phone app
SPOT, Garmin inReach, ZOLEO
Uploaded route files and activities
Timing, results, corrections
Live phone tracking
When the app is running, fresh updates keep the map, standings, and event communication in sync.
Remote coverage
Satellite and dedicated trackers can help when phone coverage is weak or battery life is critical.
If the real event needs a correction, the change stays visible instead of hiding the original data.
Estimate-based updates can fill sparse sections, but they are clearly marked so organisers can keep visibility and context.
Organizer sales
Planning a race, challenge, or live outdoor event?
Tell us the event format, participant count, location, dates, and tracking mix you are considering. We can help you shape the setup and prepare a quote before race day.
Safety visibility
Useful awareness, not emergency dispatch
MapCatch can help hosts notice stale updates, off-route movement, no movement, and low battery when the tracking source supports it. It is not an emergency service and does not guarantee remote-area coverage.