Visualizing Strategy-Execution with GMaps Plugin at SAP 505 World Championship

For the first time, sailors can use an interactive dashboard and mapping system to create a model of the best possible route for each day's race. Their strategy is based on an SAP-created mash-up of Xcelsius(R), the SAP data visualization software, combined with Google maps, GPS data, information on winds and currents and a sailing-planning application from third-party providers. By pulling together these data sources and applications via Web services - and adding a layer of data visualization, reporting and analytics - Xcelsius will return a visual, interactive model that shows the most efficient way to reach each turn point under a given set of wind and current conditions. Xcelsius connectivity to Google maps, live GPS racing data, real-time wind and current conditions, as well as navigational software, is provided respectively by software vendors Centigon Solutions, TracTrac and Local Knowledge.

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