[BHS-O] GGP rides and maps
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Wayne Caplinger
Oct 20, 2012, 6:26:13 PM10/20/12
to BHS O, Karen Laws
Hi BHS and King orienteers,
1) Karen Laws is coordinating rides to tomorrow's GGP meet. If you need a ride or can offer a seat, contact Karen now at <kl...@lmi.net>;.
2) Ben Legg will teach a class for interscholastic orienteers (us) at 10:30 at the GGP meet. It is free, optional, and recommended.
3) The way the league works, there is no downside to trying. And if you complete a course at any speed, you get points for yourself and your school. Half of life is just showing up.
Home course for middle schools is Yellow.
Home course for high school is Orange (JV).
4) For armchair practice, or to prepare for the meet tomorrow,
you can see previous Golden Gate Park
maps and courses here, newest first: - -
As always, it's OK to study past maps and courses.
The courses are entirely new/different at each event.
The map is updated as the ground changes.
Most maps are used once per year.
RouteGadget allows you to see the map, the courses, and the routes people took. It also allows you to input/draw the route you took.
Some tips for viewing in RouteGadget:
- Often the map starts off-screen. Zoom out (-), or scroll around to find it.
- To scroll: mouse-grab and drag the map (in large pane).
- Zoom in/out with the buttons on the right.
- To see a (past) course, pick one from "Choose class/course" on right.
- To see the route that individuals reported taking on that course, look for people preceded by "*". Choose one or more of them. Then click "View routes". If their name includes "GPS", then this was a machine-reported route, typically more accurate.
- After clicking some "*"s, also click "View animation" then "Start". It's fun and informative. (See who got lost., where See which shortcuts actually helped or hurt.)
For beginners, look at White, then Yellow.
For JV, look at Orange.
For Varsity, look at Brown and Green.
You don't see any controls or courses until you click on "Choose class". If you click on "All classes", you see how many controls were out, and which controls were used by multiple courses.
In studying the map:
- visualize each section of the park -- land shape, vegetation, useful linear features;
- find out what each symbol means;
- look for uncrossable obstructions (walls, fences, cliffs, rivers, lakes, etc).
Look at each leg on each course:
- What are the route choices?
- What are your handrails (linear features heading toward the control)?
- What is your attack point (an easy-to-find feature near the control)?
- What is your catching feature (a linear feature across your path, near to, or shortly beyond the control)?
- What would you expect to see along your route?
http://baoc.org/wiki/RouteGadget
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As always, it's OK to study past maps and courses.
The courses are entirely new/different at each event.
The map is updated as the ground changes.
Most maps are used once per year.
RouteGadget allows you to see the map, the courses, and the routes people took. It also allows you to input/draw the route you took.
Some tips for viewing in RouteGadget:
- Often the map starts off-screen. Zoom out (-), or scroll around to find it.
- To scroll: mouse-grab and drag the map (in large pane).
- Zoom in/out with the buttons on the right.
- To see a (past) course, pick one from "Choose class/course" on right.
- To see the route that individuals reported taking on that course, look for people preceded by "*". Choose one or more of them. Then click "View routes". If their name includes "GPS", then this was a machine-reported route, typically more accurate.
- After clicking some "*"s, also click "View animation" then "Start". It's fun and informative. (See who got lost., where See which shortcuts actually helped or hurt.)
For beginners, look at White, then Yellow.
For JV, look at Orange.
For Varsity, look at Brown and Green.
You don't see any controls or courses until you click on "Choose class". If you click on "All classes", you see how many controls were out, and which controls were used by multiple courses.
In studying the map:
- visualize each section of the park -- land shape, vegetation, useful linear features;
- find out what each symbol means;
- look for uncrossable obstructions (walls, fences, cliffs, rivers, lakes, etc).
Look at each leg on each course:
- What are the route choices?
- What are your handrails (linear features heading toward the control)?
- What is your attack point (an easy-to-find feature near the control)?
- What is your catching feature (a linear feature across your path, near to, or shortly beyond the control)?
- What would you expect to see along your route?
http://baoc.org/wiki/RouteGadget
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