It is great to deal with a supplier that really listens to us, understands and cares about our business needs, and delivers timely solutions that solve our problems.
Waypoint is very proactive in initiating communications and presenting new ideas and solutions. I have found Waypoint to be an excellent and professional organization to deal with in every respect. FPL will definitely continue to use Waypoint services in the future.”
Gerry Cormier Information Services Manager Forest Protection Limited
We were amazed that Waypoint was able to deliver the tracking for this race in such a short period of time – they pulled off what seemed to be impossible. The Waypoint people were very professional, and did a great job for us ... we simply could not have asked for anything more.”
Roy Stock Director, Technology & Operations Wide Open Adventures
The Waypoint Panorama™ platform is highly customizable, providing an ideal environment for developing public or private spatial information portals. Whether the application requires core surface and polygon analysis, or draws on our library of asset tracking tools, Waypoint can deliver custom solutions that bring real value.
The Waypoint staff collectively has several decades of experience in software product development, using a wealth of algorithms for processing scientific and business geodata. Take advantage of the highly experienced design team at Waypoint to help you extract the intelligence and answers hiding in your data and solve your hosted mapping requirements. You will be impressed…
Check out some of our Race Mapping solutions to see how Waypoint Panorama™ technology was used to bring remote events to life, over the Internet.
In June and July, 2005, Waypoint partnered with Guardian Mobility Corporation to provide tracking for the Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest, in which 30 teams paddled 8-metre voyageur canoes across 1000 km of lakes and rivers in some of the most remote regions of Canada. Each canoe was equipped with a satellite tracking unit that computed its latitude and longitude at regular intervals using the Global Positioning System (GPS). A new position for each canoe was transmitted every 30 minutes to a Waypoint server in Ottawa via the Globalstar satellite communications network.
Waypoint displayed the canoe positions on a detailed topographical map of the route, available to anyone logging on to the race web site using an Internet web browser. The compelling and intuitive user interface made it easy for members of the public to use the system to follow the Canoe Quest race. This site generated tremendous interest, attracting some 1.4 million hits from users in over 20 countries. The system performed well, comfortably supporting up to 25,000 hits/hour, most of which required drawing of a detailed map in a full-screen browser window.
In November 2005, Waypoint partnered with Guardian Mobility Corporation to provide tracking for the Baja 1000 desert car race on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. This 709 mile race is considered by many to be the premiere off-road endurance event in the world. Drivers raced their cars continuously over a 20-hour period. Each of the two-seat, open wheel cars was equipped with a satellite tracking unit that used the Global Positioning System (GPS) to compute latitude and longitude, and transmitted a new position to a Waypoint server in Ottawa every 5 minutes. Waypoint plotted the positions on a detailed topographic map of the route. A near real time view of the teams’ progress was shown throughout the race.
It is great to deal with a supplier that really listens to us, understands and cares about our business needs, and delivers timely solutions that solve our problems.
