International Specification for Sprint Orienteering maps ISSOM

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps (ISSOM)

• Structure of the presentation
• History of ISSOM (development)
• Main approaches if ISSOM (goals)
• Lacks of ISSOM (intermediate stage)
• Experiences of ISSOM in urban areas, Switzerland
• Outlook of ISSOM
• Discussion / open questions

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps (ISSOM)

• Introduction History of ISSOM
• August 2001 Decision of Extraordinary General
  Assembly of IOF to integrate Sprint Orienteering
  as new discipline in to the WOC
• August 2001 Presentation of principles to
  generate specifications for maps (9th ICOM,
  Tampere FIN)? coloring, bright colors for large
  areas (example)? scale and contour interval
  relationship
• February 2002, Presentation of a working draft
  Int. specification for Orienteering maps in
  urban areas ? No differentiation urban/forest ?
  ISSOM must cover all types of terrains

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps (ISSOM)

• Introduction History of ISSOM
• May 2002, start collaboration with the map makers
  of WOC 2003
• July 2002, First application of the 1. Draft
  ISSOM in WC Lausanne, Switzerland (1. Test-Print
  spot color print)

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps (ISSOM)

• Introduction History of ISSOM
• 2. Test-Print spot color print, regional event
  in Switzerland, Liestal
• November 2002 Extraordinary MC-Meeting in
  Budapest Discussion of the 1. Draft of ISSOM ?
  Lack of time for WOC 2003 ? Focusing on the
  definition and graphic implementation part, no
  application and generalization part.
• Serie of test print of Compo-City10 Testprints

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps (ISSOM)

• Introduction History of ISSOM
• February 2003 Ordinary MC-Meeting in
  HelsinkiDiscussion of the 2. Draft of ISSOM, ?
  still many contradictory things ? Lack of time
  for WOC 2003 ? release of a final draft
• March 2003 release of the final draft ? to make
  the specification available for map makers and
  elite runners for WOC preparations (5 months)
• Pdf-document and Web-Version

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps (ISSOM)

• Introduction History of ISSOM
• May 2003 application of the final draft of ISSOM
  for the 1. Swiss Sprint Orienteering Champion
  Ship Mendrisio (3. Test-Print)
• July 2003 regional event in Switzerland, Basel
  (4. Test-Print)
• June July 2003 Applications of the final draft
  ISSOM in different countries (Norway, Finland,
  Hungary etc.)
• 5. August Sprint final WOC

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps (ISSOM)

• Main approaches of ISSOM
• Focus on urban areas, because of WOC 2003 in
  Rapperswil and not mentioned very much in ISOM
  2000
• Focus on the most important problem passable an
  impassable features (walls, fences, private
  properties)
• scale 14000 or 15000
• contour interval 2 m or 2.5 m

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps (ISSOM)

• Main approaches of ISSOM
• recommended map size A4, not larger than A3
• the map must show a clear picture of the main
  level of the terrain(example)
• the minimum dimension of a feature shown in a map
  is 2 x 2 m.
• An object smaller than 2 x 2 m can be shown if it
  is very visible or high.

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps (ISSOM)
A map with few well chosen features, will give a
much better map, than a map cluttered with many
insignificant features. (Eduard Imhof)
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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps (ISSOM)

• Main approaches of ISSOM
• Represent barriers and passages
• Graphic implementation? overemphasize
  impassable fences, wall ? black thick line
  (0.35mm)? reduce graphically passable features ?
  gray line / thin line (lt0.1mm)

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps (ISSOM)

• Main approaches of ISSOM
• Fairplay / Competition rules? declaring that
  impassable features are also forbidden to pass ?
  disqualifying competitors

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps (ISSOM)

• Main approaches of ISSOM
• Fairplay / Competition rules? declaring that
  impassable features are also forbidden to pass
  ? adapt this rule to all other features (water
  body, vegetation features)

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps (ISSOM)

• Lacks of ISSOM
• Contradictory things? Content minimum dimension
  2m x 2m ? for urban areas o.k. ? in forest ?
  vegetation patches of 2m x 2m!? Undergrowth
  (green line screen) ? not suitable in urban
  areas? Flowerbeds corresponds to undergrowth ?
  to be consequent, passable cliffs must be
  represented in gray?
• Application of ISSOM in forest terrain
• Optimize color setting ? no money for series of
  test prints (spot color prints)

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps
Experience of ISSOM in urban areas, Switzerland

• Strong cooperation between map maker and course
  setters is very important (open/close doors,
  gates, gaps)
• Course setters may not provoke unfair actions of
  the competitors (no legs over an im-passable
  wall/fence)

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps

• Outlook of ISSOM
• Collect experience of ISSOM applications
• Present the final recommendation
• Start Hearing of Federation
• Present the ISSOM

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International Specification for
SprintOrienteering maps

• Experience of ISSOM in urban areas, Switzerland
• All reasonable measures must be considered to
  prevent accidents with other human activities in
  urban areas such as traffic, pedestrians,
  spectators, etc. (Separate competitors,
  pedestrians and spectators by the use of a cordon
  (tape) in crowded areas.)

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Coloring
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Line width

• Classification individual characteristics
  grouped into classes for comprehension and ease
  of representation

Comprehension
0.1 0.13 0.18 0.25 0.35 0.5mm
0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35
0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
Not distinguishable not comprehensive
occurrence
ISO-Norm
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