Ridecamp: Re: [RC] maping, marking and GPS

there are already organizations doing this, I don't remember where I
read about it, but I always take a compass on trail rides



Charles wrote:
> 
> 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:
> >
> > >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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