I assume that this is Rowntree Park; unfortunately Google Streetview doesn't extend along the riverside path to the site.
Earlier this evening I was making a few controller's comments about the map for the SW Sprint Champs (day 1 of the BOK Blast at Yate, Sat 3 Sep). Three of them (one suggested change and two thumbs-up) were purely about legibility: how to make it obvious to the competitor what's going on, where they can go and where they can't.
I'm not convinced that the York map fragment does make it clear. Small or narrow patches of colour, like short lengths of 'uncrossable' feature and small gaps, are notoriously difficult to read. After all (playing Devil's advocate here), if there's a gap on the ground between the two fences but when you look at the map you find that the two big fat fence symbols have obliterated the colour, who's to say that the colour shouldn't be yellow i.e. that there's actually a legitimate route in from the SW? (OK, you'd have to cross some olive green to get to the start of it but that's not the point.)
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed yourselves in York. Mount Edgcumbe was a rather steeper than the Ouse floodplain, but the elevation afforded us some great views across Plymouth Sound.
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Mrs H - what was the control description for no7, please?
- Karen
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The results are still not up on the BOF results page. I'm pleased that I didn't have a good one.
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The results are still not on the BOF results page. I'm pleased that I didn't have a good one.
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andypat wrote:Correct outcome. Iffy map.
I was an early starter and, to me, it was perfectly obvious the planner intended you to approach from the north
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As someone who ran the race and had the control in question I have to say it was all pretty clear at the time. The Out of Bounds was clearly mapped and distinct on the ground (bushes and other growth, not arbitrary grass or such). Although the mapping of the correct route in was not as clear as it could have been it was still clear enough.
I personally saw people forcing their way through the OOB vegetation and, despite being yelled at about this, then turning and forcing there way back out again on the route to the next control. Clearly they couldn't care less about OOB restrictions.
So, it was obvious OOB on the map and distinct on the ground. Well done to EBOR for taking action ands disqualifying people with 'impossible' times. If only BOC Long had taken the same approach...
I personally saw people forcing their way through the OOB vegetation and, despite being yelled at about this, then turning and forcing there way back out again on the route to the next control. Clearly they couldn't care less about OOB restrictions.
So, it was obvious OOB on the map and distinct on the ground. Well done to EBOR for taking action ands disqualifying people with 'impossible' times. If only BOC Long had taken the same approach...
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