Balancing dotwatching with other commitments, such as work, can be challenging. Unless you have multiple monitors or devices to rely on then frantic flicking between tabs often ensues. Our new mini-map button takes care of this, launching the live map view in a picture-in-picture style overlay. This can sit on top of other windows, allowing […]
Running a tracking platform means a lot happens behind the scenes that is vitally important but rarely obvious. In fact, it’s the kind of work you only notice when it isn’t there. Backup servers, processing threads and decentralised systems aren’t glamorous (or cheap), but they are essential. Over the past months, we’ve been strengthening the
For the 2026 season, we have completely rebuilt the Analytics tab for all new maps. The part of the map where the real number crunching happens, this tab had grown significantly over the years, having to adapt as events changed and new features were added. The newly revamped version builds upon these foundations, but goes
Last year, we tracked an extraordinary journey as Clive Phillips, who is living with Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (MMN), set out to with a team of fellow veterans to follow the 1955 Tour de France route. From the cobbles of Paris–Roubaix to the Alps, Mont Ventoux and the Pyrenees, it was a bold test of physical
Even amongst experienced dotwatchers, there is often some confusion about how different event formats rank their participants. Outside of tradition mass-start, fixed-route events, perceived position on the road can be totally at odds with a participant’s leaderboard ranking. There is, of course, method to this madness and each ranking method follows a simple set of
