CIVL is usually very conservative and doesn't do things until
they've been proven successful at Category 2 competitions. I don't recall a
Category 2 hang gliding event outside of Europe that has used Live Tracking. But
this proposal (and it is only a proposal) is on the agenda:

Proposal: Add a rule in S7a (suggested 2.17.) and S7b (suggested
2.18.), stating: From May 1st, 2014, live tracking is mandatory in Category 1
events cross-country events and test events.

I wonder if by "live tracking" they meant
LiveTrack24 and the
LiveTracker24 which is the only system I've seen used by all pilots for the
high level events, for example the last Worlds in Italy. Or do they include
SPOT which has been
used in some of our competitions by some pilots. Or do they include
DSX system used by some members of the Italian team (and the one that they
turned off on the last day at the 2013 Worlds)? See also
here.

What is the point of Live Tracking? Is it for pilot safety like here:
http://ozreport.com/16.171#5, where LiveTrack24 didn't work and where the
SPOT would have? Or is it for entertainment of the couch potatoes, i.e.
marketing purposes? Do we want three second updates to watch the race in "real
time" or are one minute or ten minute updates good enough?

How about delayed updates so that competitors can't be informed of where you are
finding the thermals? Not so important for Race tasks with only one start time
that paraglider pilots do, but this is not the case for hang glider pilots.

I would suggest that they fund the use of Live Tracking in a Category 2 event in
Texas, or Arizona, or Georgia in 2013 or maybe all three and see how it goes. It
wasn't that great in Sun Valley.