was reading this
article today and thought that the next urban orienteering should start exploiting the verticalities of a downtown city, like in a movie such as
Blade Runner or
Brazil.
Then, the orienteering "map" is no longer a paper sheet, but an actual plastic
model of a city.
I see in Pittsburgh many opportunities, as there are several bridges connecting buildings above ground. The one connecting checkpoints 36 and 37 in this
map is quaint, a vintage non-linear run-down
pedestrian bridge connecting with the 3rd floor level of parking garage. It's the kind of architectural feature that attracted the filming on location of the latest Batman movie, so much that the director Christopher Nolan published a full-page
newspaper ad thanking the city for the hospitality.
The FUTURE of ORIENTEERING has arrived. ORIENTEERING IN 3-D is here.
I can see a bunch of urban runners carrying a plastic model rendition of a downtown city, looking for the ubiquitous white-and-orange 10" flag.
... or maybe, a
pop-up book would suffice ...