Re: [RC] maping, marking and GPS - Charles
I can see the start of a new sport. Equine Orienteering. Wonder if I can
patent or trademark it.
Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda B. Merims" <lbm@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <cdy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 11:33 AM
Subject: maping, marking and GPS
> Charles" <cdy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
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> >1) Are maps of the trails provided? I tried orienteering
> >years ago, and they provided a map for us to use. Turns
> >out the Orienteering group had cartographers and
> >cartographers friends who would go out and make
> >maps or update old maps
>
> LOL! I, too, am a map addict. However, as a Ride
> Manager one of the things you quickly discover
> is that the ability to read a map is actually quite
> rare. Most people have no clue where they are,
> and couldn't find their starting place on a map,
> much less keep track of where they are during
> a ride using a map. It's actually been one of the
> big challenges of recruiting trail markers. Many
> of the people who volunteer to mark trail can't
> read and follow the map showing them where
> to mark!
>
> Again, one can't make the mistake of assuming that
> one's riders have the same map-reading skills that
> you do. Odds are that they don't.
>
> 'Sides, in endurance, most people don't want to
> stop to look at maps to figure out where they are.
>
> 2) Is there a standard marking system?
>
> No. Even just here in Massachusetts, there are *at
> least* two flag-based marking systems in common use. I
> once came to an intersection of *four* marked trails
> where, by the marking system I was familiar with,
> any one of the four trails was a valid turn. I
> wasn't aware that this club used a slightly different
> marking system and--under their system--the
> four-way intersection was unambiguously marked.
> Now I *always* ask before I go out.
>
> Linda B. Merims
> lbm@xxxxxxxxx
> Massachusetts, USA
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