Archive for March, 2008
Worst First Leg Ever?
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008I seem to fairly regularly screw up the first leg on orienteering courses. Often, the shorter the first leg, the worse the mistake. It’s as if I need a moment or two on a course to “warm up” my navigational abilities, just like I need a moment or two before the start to warm up [...]
Mystery Building
Friday, March 7th, 2008Here’s a mystery building for you - can you guess what it is? It’s in the City of London.
Layers used in the City of London Map
Saturday, March 1st, 2008Here is how I am layering the City of London map, which I am creating using Adobe Illustrator and the MapStudio plugin. I’m basing the features/colours on the ISSOM2007 spec, as much as possible.
Layers
Layer
Main Colours
Features
O-Courses
Purple, Brown
Courses, Corrections, Northing Lines
Tunnel Walls
Black Dots, Brown
Showing runnable routes below main level. May use thick brown lines to show tunnel [...]