Training Log Archive: boyle

Mapping clinic - Vincent Massey Park 09h-16h30

Review Facilities - Parking, washrooms, drink, food, telephone, accommodation, transportation to practice facilities, etc.

Mapping Basics & Base Map preparation
Clarity, consistency, accuracy, runner’s view/visibility.
Review good and bad examples.
Sources for base material – stereo photos, gov’t maps, other photos, old maps. Show now – practice details later in course. Ch. 5

Set-up for basic fieldwork in the afternoon (*base map exists) Ch. 6
Prepare map boards and field checking material.
Planning areas for checking, scheduling, attack.
Getting Ready – what to bring.

Lunch Break (1200 – 1300)

Sat. Afternoon (1300 – 1730)
Field Checking Basics – symbols, colours, distance (pacing), bearings, triangulation, estimating contours. Ch. 6, App. C & D
Field Work (2 hours) – Confirming reference points, roads & paths, major features, level of detail.

OCAD seminar 19h00-21h50

Map information - scales, age (version), old symbol sets and fonts, colours, objects, layers, select & hide

Toolbar Functions and Symbols - symbol types, drawing tools, pointers, etc. - cover the Toolbars

Drawing basics - preferences, lines, points, areas, changes in symbol, holes, cuts, contrast

Moving large objects and sections of the map like titles, scales, etc.

Course Planning Basics - objects, courses, previews, moving and re-sizing symbols, placing the control descriptions

Changing the map layout to accommodate larger scales, partial maps, printing costs.
- mandatory elements of the map layout - title, scale, version, copyright, owner
- space for control descriptions
- creating partial maps from larger ones

Printing - print quality concerns for photocopying

Meech P12 trails 40; 2; 21; 28 Ramparts and back
McClosky Road 5°

I have now returned to the south shore of Meech Lake, where the earliest and latest snow lives. I had hoped to snowshoe orienteer near Wakefield but there is just too little snow cover.

I turned back short of the north end of the Ramparts as the snow was too sparse. I got bad soakers on trail 21 about 250 metres beyond the intersection with trail 20.

Gatineau Parkway
P5 to Pink Lake Trail
16°

I just missed the negative split. With 0% of the trail system recommended for skiing, any skiiers skiing were in a good mood, as was I. However, 200m of the route was snow free.

The first run in a month felt good: 6°. Some endorphins kicked in after 2k. I did not view my watch before completion.

walk in rain w/ myr 3.4k

walk w/ myr 2.7k