About RegattaLog Course Compiler

It's convenient for race organizers to have immediate visual feedback as they select their courses. RegattaLog Course Compiler (RCC) is designed to provide that. The current version allows the course editor to edit courses and see what the course will look like. Shortly, a follow-up version will provide a convenient downloadable format for including mark lists and courses in sailing instructions. The interactive chart, which was the foundation of this project, will also be made available for distribution to participants.

How To Use

First, of course, you must be logged in with an account. An organizer's administrator can grant you edit permissions on the org's regattas. Once that is satisfied, you can find your regatta on the home page and proceed to edit.

You can:

• Review courses by mousing over them in the courses list or selecting them from the drop-down menu on the interactive chart. You may need to zoom out ("-") or pan the chart to see your full course.
• Edit courses by changing selected marks or rounding sides using the drop-down boxes. You can insert a mark into the course by using the ➕ icon. You can change a course's number in the box on the left. Note: Only marks visible on the interactive chart are available to add. Move the chart if you want others. Delete a course with the 🗑 icon
• Add and edit marks. Click the chart to add a mark. A form will open that allows you to edit the mark's name, description, and icon. Drag the mark around on the chart to change its position. Click "submit" to save. You can edit marks assigned to your organization or this regatta by clicking on the ✎ icon. To copy a mark and edit the copy, click the ♻ icon. This may be convenient if you want to use a government or racing association mark but give it a different name.
• Edit your Profile: Visit the Profile page to change your username and indicate which organizers you affiliate with.

People with organization admin rights can grant or remove editing rights to individuals as needed. TBD is the ability to grant these rights on a regatta-by-regatta basis

Technology

RCC is based on a mySQL database that holds mark and course definitions as well as user and organizer information. These are compiled by several PHP scripts to allow updating of this information. The course information is exchanged via Javascript and jQuery with the interactive chart to display mark locations and course structures. The chart is based on the wonderful Leaflet mapping program which provides a responsive display and includes "event" hooks that allow the data in the configuration pages to be updated by changes in the chart.

License

No claim is made to the mark lists and course descriptions generated through this application. To the extent, if any, that there is copyrightable content in them, the copyright belongs to the author.