Event Field
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​Event Field was developed to aid Veering Analytics with its in house analysis work. The simple task of identifying race starts, mark rounding’s and recording sails and setting used in each race can easily become a time-consuming task. Event field runs as a web app in any internet browser, including smart phone and tablet, that simply takes a logfile from the users drop box and returns an event file suitable for most popular analytics platforms.
While event field is only performing a simple task its value in the dataflow of a team should not be underestimated. In many cases there is simply not the time to capture when sails are hoisted, marks rounded, and settings changed during that day and retrospectively filling these details in can be inaccurate and time consuming. Event Field automatically identifies races, general recalls and practice starts and then provides a simple drop button menu for the user to define the sails used upwind and downwind as well as the rig settings used for that race. The sail list and settings for the specific boat are also imported from the users drop box. Once this is completed an event file (in the form of .XML) is generated and uploaded to the same drop box.
Screen Shot of event field for a 3 race day. The marks and legs a highlighted and the yachts sail list and settings loaded for quick selection.