TrailO trainer is a small project of a "former" TrailO specialist who wants to pass on as much of his experience as possible to his son and TrailO friends. And what is holding me back the most in this endeavor? It is relatively difficult to prepare serious trainings, from preparation in the terrain to the creation of training maps, not to mention the training itself with several trainees. And since I'm lazy by nature, I decided to try to automate these activities. And everyone who knows me at least a little bit knows that I like to share everything with others. So why not help in a joint effort to train more, which is the basic problem of our sport.
WWW pages are the primary place for configuration, viewing, presentation results and solutions of trainings.
It is an Android application that fully replaces everything a competitor needs during training. The application replaces maps with tasks. It is a tool for recording answers and processing training results. And after the training, solutions to the tasks are immediately available to clarify the training.
The trainer has two options for defining trainings. One option is to use a web application, but a permanent connection to the Internet is required, which may not be ideal for direct use in the terrain. The Android application allows you to create trainings even without the need for an internet connection. The Internet is only needed for synchronization with the server, so that training competitors can also use the training.
Android application is under development ...
For greater variety of trainings, I am also developing an application that simulates a flag in the terrain. Mobile devices are attached to the stands that simulate flags. With the help of these devices, it is possible to train e.g. counting letters, it is possible to have a greater variety of tasks, since we are not limited to 6 flags, but there can be more and they are used as needed.
Android application is under development ...
The project is and always will be free to use. If it helps just a few trail orienteers to improve, I will be very happy. I'll just ask for your understanding and tolerance, I like to do it, but sometimes I will have less time for it and so on.
| Type | Version | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| APP | 1.0.13 | Issue with bad color for active task in PreO A/Z part was fixed. An occasional issue with a station part resetting immediately after starting a new station part has been fixed (Thanks Libor for identifying the problem). Issue with junction description has been fixed. | 2025/2/20 |
| WWW | 1.0.14 | Issue with junction description has been fixed. | 2025/2/20 |
| APP | 1.0.12 | Sending all existing results from all competitors to server for training administrators have been added to the context menu of the list of parts of stations. A filter has been added to application for faster search for competitors. | 2025/2/11 |
| WWW | 1.0.13 | In the results, administrators have the option to remove results from a specific station part or complete results of training. The documentation will be updated later. | 2025/2/9 |
| APP | 1.0.11 | Automatic start all parts of station at station was added if this option is configured for training. | 2025/2/5 |
| WWW | 1.0.12 | In training and station configuration, option of automatic run was added. This option allows in the application automatically start all parts of stations at the station. This feature will be available in the application from version 1.0.11. In training configuration, option of accessibilty for P trainess was added. This is information about whether training is also suitable for P trainees. The documentation will be updated later. | 2025/2/5 |
| APP | 1.0.10 | GPS functions for training administrators have been added to the context menu of the list of parts of stations. It is possible to enable location localization on the map, with visualization of the direction to the station. It is possible to activate following (moving of the map) according to the current GPS position. Minor map adjustments where the zoom buttons were moved to the bottom left corner and the display of these buttons was shortened when not in use. The documentation will be updated later. | 2025/2/4 |
| WWW | 1.0.11 | In station configuration, the option of map scale was added, which allows set different scale for station as in map configuration. The documentation will be updated later. | 2025/1/15 |
| APP | 1.0.9 | Fixed a minor issue where it was not possible to enter a password for training. | 2025/1/13 |
| WWW | 1.0.10 | In training configuration, the option of the so-called admin password was added, which allows access to the clear, fill functions and access to solutions in the application, even if they are not allowed. The documentation will be updated later. | 2025/1/10 |
| APP | 1.0.8 | The application has been updated to use the so-called admin password, which is used to access the Clear part, Clear all parts, Fill parts and Fill all parts functions in list of stations and parts. The password is required to use these functions if a password is set in the training configuration. If in configuration is forbidden to display solutions, then with admin password and using the fill functions the solutions are accessible. The documentation will be updated later. | 2025/1/10 |
| WWW | 1.0.10 | A new view Stations reviews in training list was added. This view is good for understanding where training will be. There are positions of stations. For trainins, stations and parts of stations, the option has been added to specify whether the biathlon style will be used during training (immediate information about the correctness or incorrectness of the answers) and whether solutions will be available in the android application. The setting can be made for the entire training, for individual stations or for individual parts of stations. The option to protect training with a password has been added. The documentation will be updated later. | 2025/1/6 |
| APP | 1.0.7 | The application has been updated to respect the settings for using the biathlon style and displaying solutions. The application has been updated to allow you to enter a password when retrieving training data and maps, if required. If the training does not require a password, nothing changes. The display and sorting of competitors in the competitor list has been adjusted. Competitors are sorted by surname and first name. The sorting of groups in the group list has been adjusted. Groups are sorted by abbreviation. Fixed an issue where clicking on a task or flag would activate an empty infobox. The appearance of tasks and flags has been adjusted to make them more visible. Fixed an issue where it was possible to scroll the map when viewing directions to the flags (before the start). The philosophy of loading groups, competitors and trainings has been modified. The original functionality when loading groups was that existing data was deleted and replaced with new ones. Now, when loading, the data is not deleted, but updated. Similarly, the philosophy when loading competitors has changed, when it was possible to work either with all competitors or only with one group. Now it is possible to load multiple groups sequentially and the data is not deleted, but added or updated. The only exception is loading all competitors. Fixed an issue where the app would remember the set group, competitor, or traing even after the data was cleared. The documentation will be updated later. | 2025/1/6 |
| WWW | 1.0.9 | A new way to georeference a map. You can use a .pgw file if you know the EPSG code for your coordinate system. Thanks to Evgeniy for code. | 2024/12/21 |
| WWW | 1.0.8 | When working with stations, points and parts, the mass locking, unlocking and deleting (except for points) functions have been added. | 2024/11/30 |
| WWW | 1.0.7 | Fixed a bug where it was possible to move flags and zeros on the map in part of station. Fixed bug, when viewing the list of maps from training, the option to create a new map was not accessible. In the configuration of parts of the stations, the definition of the correct answers was moved under the map, it seems more ergonomic. The possibility of copying parts of stations has been added. It is convenient if you want to create several parts at one station and copy the definition of the flags positions. | 2024/11/21 |
| WWW | 1.0.6 | Problem with some descriptions (invisible) in Mozilla Firefox was solved (It is a bug in this browser but I made some workaround). Thanks to Jasminka for the information about this bug. | 2024/11/18 |
| APP | 1.0.6 | Fix a small bug where solutions were not displayed when filling parts of stations with X answers (for flag builders). | 2024/11/17 |
| WWW | 1.0.5 | Problem with changing (reseting) password was solved. Thanks to Evgeniy for the information about the error. | 2024/11/17 |
| APP | 1.0.5 | A function to clear all parts of stations has been added to the popmenu in the parts of stations list, and functions have been added to fill the results with the X answers of the current part of station or all parts of stations. It is advantageous if we want to quickly get to the solutions of parts of the stations, which is advantageous e.g. for the flags setter. | 2024/11/15 |
| APP | 1.0.4 | An error was fixed when the PREO type on the part of station was used. | 2024/11/14 |
| WWW | 1.0.4 | An error was fixed when inserting the PREO part of the station. The behavior of inserting or editing parts of stations has been modified. A model training called "Sample training" was prepared, where two stations are prepared in training. The first station has two parts (TempO and TC) configured. The second station has one part (PreO) configured. I'm working on documentation. | 2024/11/14 |
| APP | 1.0.3 | Fixed a minor error when resending results to the server. The application has been extended to use the training status. The documentation for the android application has been completed. | 2024/11/12 |
| WWW | 1.0.3 | The server has been extended to use the training status for application. I'm working on documentation. | 2024/11/12 |
| APP | 1.0.2 | In PreO type of part of training I added button A to right side too for use with both hands. I'm working on documentation. | 2024/11/11 |
| WWW | 1.0.2 | Tooltips have been added to most functions (icons and links) in lists. I'm working on documentation. | 2024/11/09 |
| WWW | 1.0.1 | First public version of WWW part. | 2024/11/07 |
| APP | 1.0.1 | First public version of app for competitors. | 2024/11/07 |
If you have any comments, problems, suggestions for improvement, or if you like my project, please let me know by email janfurucz@gmail.com
Ján Furucz