DS LIVE GOLD – MORE THAN JUST TRACKING
Thanks to DS live gold, your friends and family will have the opportunity to track your progress live during the race. Via your personal gold page, they can see your position on the map and have access to all the features of DS live gold. With the live SMS, live e-mails or automatic Facebook posts during the race, your family and friends will always be kept up to date. They will know where you are at all times and, thanks to the predictions, will always be ready to cheer you along the course at all times. Your location is usually sent from your smartphone, which you carry with you in the race. More on this below.
The most important questions and their answers
- What is DS live gold?
- What are the additional benefits of DS live gold?
- How is my location sent?
- How do I enable tracking?
- What happens if I do not enable tracking?
- How can my family and friends track my race?
- Where can I buy «DS live gold»?
Overview of all features of DS live gold
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Personal DS live gold page
Here you will find all the information about your personal race before, during, and after the event. Only this gives you access to all the features. Send the link to your family and friends, so they too can access your personal DS live gold page. More information here. |
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Prediction of all split times and the expected finishing time
Your position is continuously calculated based on various factors. A prediction will also be created for when you will reach the different split times and the finish. Your family and friends will therefore know where you will be at any given time and are always ready to cheer you along the course. |
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Display of the calculated position on the map and altitude profile
Thanks to the ongoing calculation, your family and friends can see your position on the map and altitude profile live. Your ranking and whether you are passing a competitor will also be calculated on an ongoing basis. |
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Live SMS and live e-mails during the race
With the live SMS and live e-mail subscriptions, you can choose for your family and friends to receive your current time and classification in real-time at all split times or every 15 minutes. Up to 5 mobile phone numbers and/or e-mail addresses can be registered for this service. |
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Google Street View and Google Earth
Sometimes it is difficult for your friends and relatives to imagine on the map what the landscape around you looks like. Thanks to Google Street View (if available) and Google Earth Web, your family and friends can get an idea of your current surroundings. |
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Interface to social media channels
Strava: |
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Download your race
After the race, your tracking data will be ready to download as a GPX file. Particularly in the case of long races, tracking via the app is an advantage, since the battery of many GPS watches will not last for the entire race. |
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