Lincoln & Sheffield Urban Weekend

[ianandmonika]

But colours on Sheffield map are to ISSOM. Especially for the forbidden areas, which is the colour hitting your eye, the Sheffield map is closer to spec. I actually found Sheffield easier to read than Lincoln as that was just too vivid for me.

[Strider]

Both maps are to ISSOM - the difference comes from the printer used. Lincoln was done by BML and, I'm guessing, that Sheffield's was done in-house.

[Angry Haggis]

Really enjoyed both events.

Comparing the maps, the quality of the Lincoln map is much higher than the Sheffield one, and I found the Lincoln one easier to keep in contact with - more vivid colour? Is this down to the printing technique or the paper composition?

But colours on Sheffield map are to ISSOM. Especially for the forbidden areas, which is the colour hitting your eye, the Sheffield map is closer to spec. I actually found Sheffield easier to read than Lincoln as that was just too vivid for me.

Map printing quality is a personal obsession of mine and as I am about to send 1200+ London maps off to the printers, I would interested to know if anyone else who ran both days has comments on which map they found easier to read?

[denbydale]

Map printing quality is a personal obsession of mine and as I am about to send 1200+ London maps off to the printers, I would interested to know if anyone else who ran both days has comments on which map they found easier to read?

Didn't have a problem with either map whilst competing but comparing them afterwards
Sheffield is much the easier for me to read (Lincoln's olive is too 'strong' for me)

[MJG]

We only competed at Sheffield, most enjoyable. No problem with the map colours but the print definition is poor. Black lines often appear jagged depending on the angle which makes some complex areas difficult to read. I would suspect the dot screen of the printer concerned is not really fine enough. In particular I choose a route that lead to a closed gate and even with a magnifying glass I cannot convince myself that the line is thick enough - I was expecting a couple of steps.

[graeme]

Lincoln is much clearer. The print quality in Sheffield is poor, but it generally has the effect of making unimportant details unreadable, so from an orienteering point of view I didn't notice the difference. I did get caught out by one of the by-hand corrections, but they certainly did the right thing doing it that way. Actually mapping certain fences and alleys would have helped though (24 and 13 on course 2).

edit: I see it got corrected in time for routegadget

[Sloop]

Also only did Sheffield, and found the map pale and a little fuzzy.

[ianandmonika]

SYO printed in house on an OKI 810 printer, which several people seem to use. Paper was pretex which Hassall & Lucking use.
Re olive green forbidden areas, olive green on 2012 WMOC maps looks to be between Sheffield/Lincoln colours, but probably edging towards Lincoln. Interesting to see if the colour makeup differed (Sheffield was cyan 10.5/yellow 97.5/black 27, as ISSOM) or if it was just the printer.

[Homer]

I noticed that the print was rubbing off on the line of any folds on the Sheffield map.
Didn't go to Lincoln so can't compare that.

[charles2]

I preferred the Lincoln map to the Sheffield map. The Lincoln map has more contrast.
Like Homer I found the print has rubbed off on the line of folds I made for the Sheffield map, but not the Lincoln map.

[seabird]

I noticed that the print was rubbing off on the line of any folds on the Sheffield map.

Something that seems to be a common occurrence with clubs using their own printers, although I noticed similar print loss with some Hassall and Lucking printed maps at the recent White Rose.

I only noticed the print loss after I had finished. it did not impact on my run.

I thought Sheffield Attercliffe was a superb area and well planned. Just marginally better than Bristol last weekend, which was also an excellent race - even if an injury from Sheffield meant I had to walk it .