Elsewhere brooner&rocky wrote about bad maps for C5s... I thought it worth a discussion.
Lets assume that I am a bad mapper. Should I inflict my bad maps on the orienteering public (and perhaps discourage the club from getting a good mapper to do it). Or is it always better to have a map rather than no map?
One tip I got from an experienced mapper was that it is most important to get the major features absolutely in the right place. Missing stuff off or calling a track a path, or not getting local contour shapes right can be corrected in subsequent versions, but major errors can't be. Unfortunately, bad mappers are more likely to start with a dodgy basemap, and errors can remain for years.
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Test races at SprintScotland (Alloa/Falkirk) and Euromeeting (near Stirling).
Test races at SprintScotland (Alloa/Falkirk) and Euromeeting (near Stirling).
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graeme - god
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For C5s I think all maps should be of a good standard to encourage beginners.
Orienteering is about navigation (on a good map) rather than a treasure hunt (the extreme on a bad map). If we want begineers to stay in the sport they need to be given the right impression.
It's only with experience that you gain the experience to realise that the map is wrong and learn to cope with it.
Orienteering is about navigation (on a good map) rather than a treasure hunt (the extreme on a bad map). If we want begineers to stay in the sport they need to be given the right impression.
It's only with experience that you gain the experience to realise that the map is wrong and learn to cope with it.
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Novice mappers have to start somewhere, whilst a bit of quality control is in order it's wouldn't be particularly morale boosting for a novice mapper to see their local park map completely revamped because it wasn't up to International Standard.
Similarly novice planners and organisers will make mistakes despite being given help and advice. C5s are the ideal place to learn.
If the highest quality were expected of all races then I suspect volunteer officials would be even shorter on the ground.
Similarly novice planners and organisers will make mistakes despite being given help and advice. C5s are the ideal place to learn.
If the highest quality were expected of all races then I suspect volunteer officials would be even shorter on the ground.
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