Comments on: EOC 2022 Long: Maps, Results & GPS Analysis

By: Val Jones

Val Jones — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:22:46 +0000

Cliffs don’t usually change but an additional complication with rivers is that they can be ankle deep and easily cross-able after a dry spell but can be a raging torrent after heavy rain the night before.

By: Terje Wiig Mathisen

Terje Wiig Mathisen — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:17:40 +0000

One additional point on the illegal vs impassable ISOM distinction: While the IOF MC was lead by the late Håvard Tveite (RIP), the MC and the Foot O commission got into a strong argument, finally being decided by the IOF Council separating the powers: the MC defines the mapping standard, while the Foot O group defines the competition rules. I personally think this is a very good idea, but it does allow unfortunately side effects and misunderstandings like we saw here. :-(
It would have been easier if we didn’t have ISSprOM as well, since on those maps the rules are in fact totally determined by the mapping standard, and the intention was always that the two mapping standards should differ at little as possible.

By: Anders

Anders — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 08:59:45 +0000

Of course you can use overprinted purple to mark forbidden areas, but sometimes it is practical to have a by-heart rule. For instance when using a map for recreational purposes (no course printing) or a training event where people mark their course themselves on existing maps (still pretty common still in these days of laser printers), or at a competition where there is a lot of farmland that would make readability worse with overprint or if someone is out of bounds at a place on the map where the course setter didn’t expect.

But for this particular case on this course it was simply a big mistake from the course setter to assume that no one would dare cross the river, looking at the legs it is obvious that they thought the choice would be between marked crossings. It is just luck that the champion didn’t loose too much time on the ambiguity to miss out on his well deserved title.

By: Marcel

Marcel — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 07:43:42 +0000

The EOC 2022 was not the first Championships with artifical „out of bounds“, see the middle distance in Tronheim 2010 , http://omaps.worldofo.com/index.php?id=26981