Competition Map Production
Join the Western Australian Rogaining Association for a comprehensive seminar on competition map production. Learn key steps from permissions acquisition to essential characteristics of maps for WARA events. Discover the advantages of using OCAD for map development and how to effectively get your map printed. We will explore tips for setting and vetting, including what features to avoid on your maps, ensuring an optimal experience for competitors. Enhance your skills with hands-on demonstrations and access to technical support throughout the process.
Competition Map Production
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Competition Map Production Gary Carroll Western Australian Rogaining Asscociation Setting and Vetting Seminar
Competition Map ProductionOverview • What step is this? • After • Permissions gained • Overlaps with • Armchair-setting and Mapping with OCAD • Setting and Vetting • Quick discussion on • WARA map standards • Characteristics of WARA events Western Australian Rogaining Asscociation Setting and Vetting Seminar
Competition Map ProductionGetting Your Map • You need a map in electronic form. • Re-using an area? • You may have data, or it can be delivered very quickly from map archive. • New Area? • Provide grid references to Technical Officer. • Who will order data from Landgate, and convert to OCAD using standard symbols. • You wait. Could be several weeks. Western Australian Rogaining Asscociation Setting and Vetting Seminar
Competition Map ProductionWhy OCAD? • OCAD – Orienteering CAD • Dominant program for orienteering/rogaining maps. • By standardising: • Standard symbol set developed (ongoing) • Archive of maps in same format. Can be re-used by future setters. • WARA “workflow” for web and newsletter uses OCAD. • Commercial Printer understands OCAD. • Using another CAD program may life easier for you, but not for other volunteers. Western Australian Rogaining Asscociation Setting and Vetting Seminar
Competition Map ProductionGetting Grid References • From topographic map • 6 400 000 North • 475 000 East • Don’t give lats and longs! Western Australian Rogaining Asscociation Setting and Vetting Seminar
Competition Map ProductionPutting the Pieces Together • You are given the components needed… Western Australian Rogaining Asscociation Setting and Vetting Seminar
Competition Map ProductionHey Presto! • And you will make… this afternoon… Western Australian Rogaining Asscociation Setting and Vetting Seminar
Competition Map ProductionCharacteristics • Characteristics of WARA Maps/Events • 1:50,000 or 1:25,000 rarely • A3 (24 and 12 hour) or A4 (most 6 hour events) • Standards to abide by (no choice) • Maximum of 72 controls – don’t have to use them all. • Punch card is in rows of 6, each row must have same value – in case of power/computer failure. • Control values are multiples of 10, from 10 to 100. • The future • Different numbering system. May become standard? Western Australian Rogaining Asscociation Setting and Vetting Seminar
Competition Map ProductionMaking your map • You will get a base map, and some 1-to-1 OCAD tuition. • You don’t worry about standards – colours and line size for symbols. Done for you. Don’t change these. • All you need to do is: • Work out the map layout. • Place the controls, patrolled roads & out-of-bounds on the map • Crop out unwanted map data, add map attributes: • Date, WARA website, scale, legend, logos, setters and vetters, farmer names (useful for future reference), possession statement… All listed in manual. • During field work – make map corrections: new roads, dams, buildings. DEMONSTRATION Western Australian Rogaining Asscociation Setting and Vetting Seminar
Competition Map ProductionWhat Not to Include • Internal farm fences. • Not reliable. Farmers move these around. Data may be old. • Bare rocks. • Unreliable. May be a clearing. Unmapped bare rocks exist. • Problem! • Good teams will use the features like a street directory. Novice teams will make false assumptions and potentially go wrong. • Your choice – WARA not prescriptive on this issue. Western Australian Rogaining Asscociation Setting and Vetting Seminar
Competition Map ProductionGetting The Map Printed • Warn Bunbury Print 4 weeks before. • Wait for close of entries (10 days before) • The bulk of entries arrive in last days. • Find out count of entrants and number of maps to make. Ask Technical Officer. • Send OCAD file, special fonts, graphics to Bunbury Print by e-mail. Provide courier address for map delivery. Western Australian Rogaining Asscociation Setting and Vetting Seminar
Competition Map ProductionA Few More Things • WARA can loan an A3 colour printer with “special” paper. • Ask if you get stuck! Some aspects are tricky – particularly cropping and map layout. Western Australian Rogaining Asscociation Setting and Vetting Seminar
