Mapping Out of Bounds with ISSOM

[NeilC]

(a) Maps the roads as normal with an overprint of the vertical purple stripe.

(b) create a duplicate road symbol using duplicate colours that have been placed higher in the ocad colour table than the olive fill.

(a) is not really any more satisfactory since the purple stripe is meant to represent a temporarily OOB area. The road is permanently OOB.

(b) also does not work since if the road colours were placed on top of the olive then none of the olive would show - other than perhaps a thin border either side. I'm also not a great fan of inventing too many new symbols / colours.

The black lines do the job but are not ISSOM - so I shall use them unless the event becomes a WRE.

Regarding the excerpts problem - I prefer the simpler approach of using partial maps. Early on I would create a linear object that defines the bit of map to be used for the event. This object can then be used to both build the final map layout and then to extract the final map excerpt.

[Red Adder]

Not using a purple stripe as it means the OOB is not permanent is being pickie - it is OOB for the duration of the event which is all that is relevant to competion.

The advantage of the layers method is that you can keep a single definitive version of the map - as soon as you take an excerpt you have two copies and I can virtually guarentee they will get out of step sooner or later.

[NeilC]

Agree that it's picky - but I know of IOF event advisors that would take one to task over this.

Not really a problem taking an excerpt - the definitive large file is still used for subsequent updates/events, the excerpt is event-specific and not used again.

[lincolnsteve]

I agree with Neil, Partial map every time with the orignal larger file as a master copy.

Having too many colour layers and info gets too complicated, especially for future mappers who may not be aware of the situation. Keep it simple, it works!

For the Lincoln City map I think I used the thick high wall symbol for areas with high walls but used a smaller line for general boundary lines (I think it was building outline) with olive green behind. As with others I wasn't shot down in flames. The main thing is to be clear and consistant and not over do the detail. On my first draft I had the boundaries within gardens, bloody stupid thing to do as no one can see them, they clutter up the map and took an age to do. Buildings that can be seen do need mapping as they help with Nav.

Steve

[gg]

For the major carriage way - there is a purple cross hatching in the spec which it for 'dangerous' areas - that is what I would use (and am using for the dangerous busy roads on the map of Guildford I am currently drawing)

[graeme]

The railway is fine becuase the railway line symbol prints on top of the olive green and ...The road symbol though would be completely hidden by the olive green

Edit the colour table (OCAD "symbols, colors...").
I have two different olive green symbols, one which prints under the brown, one over.

Graeme

[mharky]

the job but are not ISSOM - so I shall MAKE CRAP MAPS unless the event becomes a WRE.