OK - time for some nominations:) Mine is from this morning's long race at the Independence Cup in Kyiv. The map & reality were a loooooooooonnnnnnnnnngggg way apart:)
But it was fun:) Particularly getting there with the bus driver driving the wrong way up a motorway slip road.
WORST MAP EVER
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The FCC middle final last year was slightly dodgy, all the routes I've seen for leg approx. 3-4 were at least 200m off on a bearing - including mine.
Last year's Australian relay champs- the cartography for the map was done to true north, and when they went to compensate for this, they compensated in the wrong direction.
meaning bearings were useless, and a lot of lost old ladies...
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Castle Neroche 1973 SW Champs....
With the blot... A classic.
With the blot... A classic.
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Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?
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All (?) of you are far too young or new to the sport to know what a really bad map is like. Try sitting on a hillside drawing in the forest roads on the other side of the valley in a major championship because your map is an OS photocopy dubiously revised. That's what Chris Brasher/John Disley (can't remember which) had to do in an English Championships back in the 60's. I personally remember having to differentiate reading on control descriptions between "a stream bend" and "the stream bend", where "a" meant it wasn't marked on the map, and "the" meant it was (but loads of others weren't)!
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Re: WORST MAP EVER
gross2006 wrote:OK - time for some nominations:) Mine is from this morning's long race at the Independence Cup in Kyiv. The map & reality were a loooooooooonnnnnnnnnngggg way apart:)
But it was fun:) Particularly getting there with the bus driver driving the wrong way up a motorway slip road.
Gross, you do realise you've caused some upset (presumably, i can't read what it says!) with the Ukranians:
Братья Настругацкие wrote:http://www.nopesport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4403Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:29 pm Post subject: WORST MAP EVER
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OK - time for some nominations:) Mine is from this morning's long race at the Independence Cup in Kyiv. The map & reality were a loooooooooonnnnnnnnnngggg way apart:)
But it was fun:) Particularly getting there with the bus driver driving the wrong way up a motorway slip road.
astaf wrote:Да гонят они: бегать ниумеют, а карта виновата
А где была long race на Independence Cup? А кто аввтор цитаты?
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GG - thought I was sad:) How did you managed to find a random post in Ukrainian:)
Anyway.... now there's a grovel in English on thier site:) In general the quality of the maps in Kyiv were good.... and the one I was talking about we were told in advance it was old & the vegitation was all wrong, it had been felled...... etc etc
Anyway.... now there's a grovel in English on thier site:) In general the quality of the maps in Kyiv were good.... and the one I was talking about we were told in advance it was old & the vegitation was all wrong, it had been felled...... etc etc
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OK.... got a token translation done... using Russian not Ukrainian so guess it's not 100% accurate:
Under stories of eyewitnesses the card in the first day was really старовата. If it is that card after what I ran in the past to year, it is more cheerful, than orientation. Other days should be on новью, but it is not mentioned anywhere.
Комменарий has released one of англицких the sportsmen, probably for the first time come to be in a similar situation (it did not run on black-and-white cards). However it would be desirable to note, that Englishmen have remained a level of trainings are happy, shortly there will be small interview Гордона Росса - the manager of a command.
Wonder what the real translation of 'старовата' is????
And to restate.....
Maps, trainings, City of Kyiv, UOF & Ukrainians in generally all very nice & helpful. Everyone really enjoyed the 10 days in Kyiv
Under stories of eyewitnesses the card in the first day was really старовата. If it is that card after what I ran in the past to year, it is more cheerful, than orientation. Other days should be on новью, but it is not mentioned anywhere.
Комменарий has released one of англицких the sportsmen, probably for the first time come to be in a similar situation (it did not run on black-and-white cards). However it would be desirable to note, that Englishmen have remained a level of trainings are happy, shortly there will be small interview Гордона Росса - the manager of a command.
Wonder what the real translation of 'старовата' is????
And to restate.....
Maps, trainings, City of Kyiv, UOF & Ukrainians in generally all very nice & helpful. Everyone really enjoyed the 10 days in Kyiv
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