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How many trees in the City Map? (Object counts in Adobe Illustrator CS3)

This is one of the questions that the organiser asked me a few days ago.
Here is a short script, written in Javascript, which, when run from within Illustrator, will count and list the number of occurrences of each type of symbol (or SymbolItem) showing in the visible layers. As a bonus, it also counts the [...]

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The Arena Awaits

Five days to go.

Hopefully it will be a bit drier than it was today.

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Shapes

Some building outlines from the City of London map that debuts in 7 days.

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Mapping the People

I’ve been using Google Docs and Spreadsheets to manage the planning for the City Race. There are some very “cool” features in Google Docs - one is the visualisation widgets for spreadsheets. They are extremely easy to use - just click and place them in, and they visualise your data, updating dynamically.
Here’s a quick visualisation [...]

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Using the iPhone for Mobile Control-Checking

This afternoon, I was around, checking the control for the City Race. Rather than take pen and paper, which would have been the traditional thing to do, I took the iPhone.
Prior to going out, I created a spreadsheet in Google Docs. In the spreadsheet, I named the first workbook “Controls” and added a number of [...]

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City Race Entries

If you haven’t entered the City Orienteering Race then get your skates on - entries close on Tuesday and some courses are nearing capacity. The event is less than two weeks away and shaping up to be a classic. The map has been a year in the making.
Today I was out checking some of the [...]

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French 6 Days

This was my summer orienteering holiday. I last went to the French back in 2003. This time, the races were on the Larzac Plateau, in the Massif Central in south central France. It was the combined SLOW and JOK holiday, and OUOC were also there, so there were plenty of people I knew who I [...]

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City of London Race - Entries Now Open

Entries are now open for the City of London race, the race is filling up fast! It’s on in just six weeks.
The official race website is at http://www.cityrace.org/ and you can enter through there.
Here’s a teaser section of the map:

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Aargh, where have our medals gone?

Have been staying up late, watching the Olympics all the last week. Great stuff from Team GB.
The BBC seems to have temporarily erased the 19 silver and bronze medals we currently have though! Let’s have them back please!

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Odd Maps

While doing some research for a project, I came across a number of unusual orienteering maps:
“Trog-O” - In an underground warren of caves, in south London. Article, map.
“Metr-O” - Orienteering above - and in - a major underground station in Italy. Article, map.
“Ship-O” - On three levels of a cruise ship, in Turkey. Article, map.
“Urb-O” [...]

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