The Dot Track Asia Trackers have been an absolute game changer for us. I manage the HKAYP scheme within our school, which involves 4-5 hiking expeditions per year in various locations around Hong Kong. These hikes are up to 3 days in duration, and have involved upwards of 100 students (15 groups) on the ground at any one moment. We’re doing our best to increase the level of self-sufficiency and independence amongst our students, so the use of the trackers (1 per group of 5-7 students) has allowed us to supervise groups from greater distances while still affording a good degree of risk management and control.

From a practical perspective, the battery life is excellent, and if needed trackers can be easily recharged on the ground from power banks. I will have to admit that cell service in some of the more remote areas of HK does indeed produce a few blackspots, but we've found this effect to be very minimal and has not created any significant issue for us. The online interface used to view the trackers’ locations is very easy to use, with good map layering options, and the ability to preload routes to easily see if groups are (or are not!) on track. The staff at DTA have always been more than willing to assist us with setting up the trackers prior to events as required — overall, an outstanding service!

We would absolutely recommend these trackers for any school looking to add an additional layer of reassurance to their HK-based expedition programme; we will certainly continue to take advantage of them in the forthcoming expedition season.

With any race involving large numbers of competitors rowing and paddling on the open ocean, safety is vitally important. Being able to accurately track the competitors over the 45km course around Hong Kong is a huge asset in terms of safety.

But a secondary benefit to Dot Track Asia, is that it allows us to monitor potential rule infringements. The net result is that we’re able to run a safer race and one that delivers a high degree of integrity for the competitors.

Over a very long multi-day event, Dot Track Asia has consistently provided accurate and reliable locations of all participants over the past few years.

This accuracy provides a layer of safety and comfort to the Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge I haven’t found elsewhere

Making sure we’re able to manage, monitor and ensure the safety of all participants in the open ocean would be almost impossible without real-time tracking.

It would be hard to organise the Dragon Run without it.

DTA has been our preferred GPS tracking service and online platform since 2019. ‘Dot watching’ has become an expression on our circuit, and it’s a great way to see how your favourite runners, or ALL runners, are progressing on the trails.

Apart from the safety aspect, The DTA platform also allows for accurate race timing and can be customised to a very large extent, including to provide loads of additional on-screen info on the runners.

In our view, DTA is unrivalled