Armchair Planning for MapRun

Planning
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Whilst we can’t get out orienteering, we thought it would be a good idea to get ahead with mapping and planning future MapRun events.

The master spreadsheet of who is doing what area is at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g1rvlDEN14T4KRk6h2SuRBgML_nmksnwSdJc7x36xD4/edit?usp=sharing&fbclid=IwAR3Ny5AOvzzhnAXvpi4I4hzYQEF8Y6QAogimnwWIsULJJYvqfkQpZ_42tFU
Please feel free to add new areas, or sign up to help someone who has already put up an area.

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Much of the mapping will be done on https://www.openstreetmap.org
When you sign up to edit, it gives an excellent tutorial in how to do it. When you save edits, it asks you for your source - don’t put Google as it blocks anything with that name; I put Field Notes and that gets accepted.

For our purposes, there are a few things to focus on, in this order:

  1. Roads and paths
  2. Green spaces, woods and scrub
  3. Hard standing (like car parks)
  4. Significant boundaries (like fences, walls and hedges)
  5. Buildings
  6. Significant lone trees
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Going to give this a try around Bishops Hull!

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Excellent. Look forward to seeing the results…
I;m still working on the Bridgewater one for next year’s Weekend of O.

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We’re looking for some planners for events in the coming season…

Worth watching these videos on the next step - making MapRun courses: https://www.quantockorienteers.co.uk/info/events-resources/maprun-planning-and-organisation/planning-a-virtual-orienteering-course