Darnaway maps

[Arnold]

I noticed that same areas on the WOC middle map and the Scottish Day 3 map of Darnaway East are mapped quite differently. If you look closely there are loads of differences, in particular more green bits on the WOC map. Also at least one pit mapped as a depression.

Contours look the same although haven't checked all of them.

Anyone know why? Surely there wasn't a change in vegetation overnight...

[Rosine]

In short: time scales.

We checked the "final" print proof for all the courses in April. WOC wanted changes to maps. We accepted further map changes and adjusted a number of controls as features had been changed.
But at some point we had to stop - it takes a lot of time to prepare, check and print the number of maps needed for the 6days. So at that point the maps diverged.

Maps are interpretations of the terrain, there are no absolute answers. The original map had some boulders that did not meet the WOC minimum size even though they are quite distinct - to include them or not is a choice with no right or wrong answer.

Because we tried to have single map as long as we could some of the choices were perhaps not our choice.

[dorien]

FWIW I found the Darnaway maps superb - particularly the most helpful contours in the history of contours.
Interesting to watch how plantations of baby trees evolve from rough open through undergrowth to mid-green. (This was one of the decisions that seems to have shifted between 6D and WOC maps). We have the same dilemmas round our way, only with us it's bramble thickets.

[andypat]

Same reason why the WOC maps for Forres are slightly different to the open sprint ( apart from permission issues) the open maps went to print earlier.