Nopesport

by **andy** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:39 pm

graeme wrote:Interesting that on course 1 11-12 (course 2 17-18) many crossed the busy road twice. I imagine the planner didn't intend us to do that, and I'm sure its not fastest.

I certainly did cross the road early and then had to cross it again at the turn into the bus station... Could've done with oob hatchings on the main road between 11 and the turn off.

graeme wrote:Similarly, on 9-10 on course 3, there's a southern route using an underpass beneath an OOB-hatched road - is that legal?

On looking at my 'rents maps I concluded that it wasn't legal, but when I first saw that leg it was one of the routes I saw. When I walked about the area afterwards I saw that it was for buses coming out of the bus station, but if you look very closely it looks like there's a 'path' bit of the underpass to the west of the road.

by **mharky** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:52 pm

Scott wrote:There were a couple of times in Edinburgh where I found myself running in an underpass/under a bridge that was mapped with the tunnel symbol underneath an area of olive green. It caused me momentary bewilderment first time around - the little dots weren't immediately obvious, and it took me a couple of seconds to figure out where I had ended up. I think I've got too used to underpasses mapped with light grey, and don't always look out for tunnel dots.

where abouts?

by **Scott** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:12 pm

I took the "around" route from 14 to 15 on the long, but because of the olive green I didn't realise there was a tunnel until I actually got there (I had planned to go up/down the steps beside it). But I think that was probably sheer stupidity on my part - and it was probably the wrong route choice anyway.

Where I became momentarily baffled (not actually under olive green - my mistake, sorry) was at the bottom of the steps between 6 and 7, where the railway crosses the road. I think I had expected to emerge on a road on top of the railway, and was a bit confused when I came out beneath it. Using underpass shading might have been a bit clearer here (given that it was presumably impossible to end up on top of the bridge), but there's never going to be a way of mapping that sort area that everyone will agree on :roll: