Silvia Shandurkova
National Sports Academy “Vassil Levski” (Bulgaria)
https://doi.org/10.53656/str2021-4s-9-orient
Abstract. This paper discusses the characteristics and implementation of the GPS navigation system Tracksport in the Bulgarian military orienteering championships. The real-time tracking was used to analyze the parameters of the races, the speed and the optimal route choices in the discussed orienteering military events. The research methods were observation and visualization of the data received from portable GPS-transmitters which used the available GSM-networks and their software processing for displaying real-time GPS tracking during the competitions. The contingent of the study were 41 women and 64 man who participated in the championships. The analysis reveals the necessity for GPS-tracking of such competitions and that it is an important precondition for improving their quality and understanding.
Keywords: military orienteering championships; GPS-tracking; tracksport system
