# Armchair Planning for MapRun
**URL:** https://chat.quantockorienteers.co.uk/t/armchair-planning-for-maprun/25
**Category:** Planning
**Created:** [31 March 2020 09:49 UTC](https://chat.quantockorienteers.co.uk/t/armchair-planning-for-maprun/25 "2020-03-31T09:49:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@alasdair.shaw](https://chat.quantockorienteers.co.uk/u/alasdair.shaw)
#### Post date: [31 March 2020 09:49 UTC](https://chat.quantockorienteers.co.uk/t/armchair-planning-for-maprun/25/1 "2020-03-31T09:49:29Z")
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](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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### Author:  [@alasdair.shaw](https://chat.quantockorienteers.co.uk/u/alasdair.shaw)
#### Post date: [31 March 2020 09:53 UTC](https://chat.quantockorienteers.co.uk/t/armchair-planning-for-maprun/25/2 "2020-03-31T09:53:42Z")
Much of the mapping will be done on [https://www.openstreetmap.org](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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### Author:  [@daylightgambler](https://chat.quantockorienteers.co.uk/u/daylightgambler)
#### Post date: [2 April 2020 18:31 UTC](https://chat.quantockorienteers.co.uk/t/armchair-planning-for-maprun/25/3 "2020-04-02T18:31:12Z")
Going to give this a try around Bishops Hull!
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### Author:  [@alasdair.shaw](https://chat.quantockorienteers.co.uk/u/alasdair.shaw)
#### Post date: [2 April 2020 19:02 UTC](https://chat.quantockorienteers.co.uk/t/armchair-planning-for-maprun/25/4 "2020-04-02T19:02:49Z")
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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### Author:  [@alasdair.shaw](https://chat.quantockorienteers.co.uk/u/alasdair.shaw)
#### Post date: [5 September 2020 09:26 UTC](https://chat.quantockorienteers.co.uk/t/armchair-planning-for-maprun/25/5 "2020-09-05T09:26:39Z")
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](https://www.quantockorienteers.co.uk/info/events-resources/maprun-planning-and-organisation/planning-a-virtual-orienteering-course)