What is Safety Tracking?
NaviTabi's safety tracking feature helps organizers run outdoor events more safely through participant location sharing, SOS notifications, and live monitoring by operators.
This feature can be used not only for orienteering and rogaining, but also for activities such as trail running where participants need to be monitored.
:::warning This does not replace your existing safety system Safety Tracking is a support tool for event safety. Continue to operate your existing safety system, including radios, phone contact, patrols, and medical support. :::
Read this section if you need to:
- Use location sharing and SOS separately from standard event play
- Give both participants and organizers guidance based on the same assumptions
- Review the full flow from preparation to event-day operations for a Safety Tracking Event
If you only want to know how to create a standard competition event, start with the Organizer Guide. If you want general guidance for return checks and event-day safety structure, start with the Operations Guide.
Where should I start?
- I want to prepare as an organizer: Organizer setup
- I want to review what to tell participants: Participant preparation and event-day flow
- I want to understand the differences between orienteering-oriented and trail-running-oriented settings: Settings by activity type
- I want to check event-day monitoring and SOS handling: Monitoring, SOS handling, and ending location sharing
- I want to confirm communication and device limitations: Limitations and cautions
Main functions
For participants
- Open a nearby Safety Tracking Event
- Enter a number and start location sharing
- Send an SOS
- Check battery level, GPS accuracy, and last transmission time
- Stop sharing after the activity ends
For organizers and operators
- Check participant locations on a live map
- Receive SOS notifications and confirm the message and location
- Review participant status from a list
- Send messages
- End participant-side sharing when necessary
Typical use cases
- Confirm the last known location of someone who has not returned
- Monitor route deviation or entry into dangerous areas
- Check the location of patrol staff (assign numbers to staff as well and have them start sharing in the same way as participants)
- Respond more quickly in emergencies
An important difference to understand first
Safety Tracking is not just a slightly stronger version of live tracking in a standard event. The operational assumptions change, including what participants do to start, what organizers monitor, and how participants are guided to stop sharing.
- Standard event
- Focuses on competition records and results
- Safety Tracking
- Focuses on location sharing, SOS, and last known positions
- Operations Guide
- Organizes the event-day decisions and structure around those features
Difference from standard events
| Item | Standard event | Safety Tracking |
|---|---|---|
| Main purpose | Competition through visiting spots | Location sharing and safety confirmation |
| Participant actions | Start, punch, finish | Start sharing, send SOS, stop sharing |
| Organizer focus | Results, spot visits, rankings | Current location, SOS, last transmission time, battery |
| Main settings | Courses, categories, results | Map display, live visibility, number guidance, transmission interval |
How to use this section
- If you want to prepare as an organizer: Organizer setup
- If you want to review guidance for participants: Participant preparation and event-day flow
- If you want to check how settings differ by activity type: Settings by activity type
- If you want to review monitoring and SOS handling on the day: Monitoring, SOS handling, and ending location sharing
- If you want to confirm constraints and cautions: Limitations and cautions
Suggested reading order
For organizers
If you are preparing participant guidance
For participants
Start with Participant Guide - Join a Safety Tracking Event if you only want a short explanation of the required actions.