Aarhus, Denmark 24 July – 5 August

System requirements

The site is tested in:

Windows:

Internet Explorer 7 and above
Firefox 3.5 and above
Safari 4.0 and above

Mac:

Unfortunately the tracking client has some issues when running on Mac OS with impact on the performance of the mashup. We are working on it! It seems to work ok in Crome.

The sidebar

The buttons

Live races: Press to watch the races in real time.

Post races: Press to watch everything you didn’t see, or just want to watch again.

Analysis: Press to see how SAP solutions are being used to analyze the racing and help the 505 sailors.

Results: Press to get an overview of today’s results.

Daily schedule: Subscribe to get daily schedules for live broadcasts throughout the whole tournament.

Podcast: Subscribe to get a daily SAP production summary of key moments in the race, and other SAP 505 World Championship video releases.

• iTunes: Download and install iTunes (Mac and Windows). Press the iTunes icon.
• Zune: Download and install the Zune (Windows only). Press the Zune icon.
• ZENcast: Download and install ZENcast (Windows only). Press the ZENcast icon.

Or use the XML-feed to subscribe through any other RSS-reader

The live page

The 2010 SAP 505 World Championship Live Page is based on content derived from three different sources.

1: The Pro Team:

• TracTrac: Live tracking in 2D via TracTrac’s own online application.
• StreamFactory: Live video streaming from the races via the Sailing Aarhus channel on Ustream.

2: The Mobile Reporters:

Three dedicated amateurs who’ll send a combination of text messages and pictures via smart-phones from three different positions, before, during and after all races.

During races, we have a mobile journalist located on:

• Referee boat
• Guard/rescue boat
• The marina

3: You, me and everybody:

Twitter:

You can use #sap5o5 (that’s an “o” as in overcome) and #sap505 on Twitter and thus participate in the dissemination of the event, and even make your input visible on the live site. It only requires that you create a Twitter user account. It’s free.

How-Tos twitter:

• How and where do I sign up for a Twitter account?
• What is following and how do I follow?
• What is tweeting?
• How do I tweet?
• What is a “hashtag”?

Ustream

You can chat with other viewers in the chat box below the live stream. It requires only that you register yourself as a user of Ustream. It’s free.

Live tracking expanded version

Press the expand button to enlarge the live tracking map.

You’ll get the bigger map and live video plus the ability to chat: