Comments on: New IOF Rules: No more GPS-watches on WRE-events

By: The SOLUTION

The SOLUTION — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:33:08 +0000

The answer is simple!
Participants with this kind of equipment register it before start. Then officials stick nontransparent sticker on the screen. If it is damaged or removed- participant should be disqualified.

Another option is to allow use this equipment to carry on leg not on wrist position- it will be to uncomfortable to follow screem in this way:)

If there are problem then there are always simple solution!

By: BTG

BTG — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:02:01 +0000

When the best runners in the world started to share the real track they run, the IOF forbids the watch GPS! It’s really sad news for those who want to learn from the elit orienteerers and from their own mistakes.
I have been using a Garmin Forerunner for a couple of years and I never never never found it as an advantage since I would loose more time trying to cheat than reading the map.

I really hope this rule is cancelled!

By: Jagge

Jagge — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:11:56 +0000

All the hints about getting an advantage of GPS watch during an orienteering race are welcome

Get a Forerunner 205/305. Ask your friend who starts early run with it and take splits at every control. It may be someone at in other class but who runs the same course. Then as a late starter run with the same gps unit. Use the map mode, so you’ll see map of your contols (even numbered right) and your own location and track so far. Let the screen guide you to the control if you are unsure or when you think you are about to make mistake. Like this you will avoid most mistakes and will not lose time for hesitating. Easy and simple way to cheat since spring 2006.

By: Jan Kocbach

Jan Kocbach — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:43:16 +0000

@Tarmo re Jukola: The Swedish language news explicitly disallows all GPS devices.