okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Mapping and the new O-Sport
GPS and OCAD are great. The technology helps mapping. It also seems to have resulted in a few more people trying their hands at mapping. That's good, at least in the long run.
The problem with the technology is that it doesn't make someone a good mapper and doesn't address the difficult part of mapping -- making cartographic decisions.
Here is an amusing quote from a relatively new mapper:
It is amazing the number of such detail corrections that can be made without actual field work. My simple 4 hour quick visits take weeks of spare time to incorporate into the map. Some parts of the map are begining to look really good while other parts (such as the southeast corner) remain a mess.
New O-Sport
Maybe this is old news, but apparently there have been some changes with O-Sport magazine. If you're a subscriber (or potential subscriber) you'll want to read the discussion from Alternativet.
I'm a huge fan of the magazine and really hope it succeeds.
posted by Michael |
7:01 PM
