Mapping standard for sprint orienteering: standardized competition maps for urban, park and forest areas

摘要

Orienteering maps are one of the map products where the symbol set is standardized, no national deviationsudare allowed. Orienteering has developed a new form of competition which was originally held in parks or urban areas.udThis competition form is a very short and fast event where good media coverage is possible.udThe use of parks and urban areas has a significant advantage: it brings the sport into the midst of people and offersudopportunities for increasing public and media awareness of orienteering.udThe international specification for traditional orienteering maps contains symbols for man-made features. However, theudsymbol set needed revision and extension in order to provide a clear and unambiguous interpretation of urban terrainudrequired for fair competition in sprint orienteering. There are a number of reasons why the mapping of urban areasudneeds a modified approach compared to that used for the depiction of the 'classic' forested terrain.