[ARDF] 1:10000 vs. 1:150000

[Kenneth E. Harker]

     The organizing committee for the 2008 USA ARDF Championships is having 
an internal debate about the map scale to use for the competition.  We would
like to have the maps fit on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper.  

1:15000: Same scale as used in World Championships.  We can probably get
         slightly longer courses on the maps, but that might involve slight 
         overlap in terrain from day 1 to day 2.

1:10000: Easier to read, including some terrain detail (principally dry 
         ditch markings) that tend to get lost at 1:150000.  Courses would 
         necessarily be shorter in order to fit entirely on the map - some 
         classes would probably have an optimal course length < 6 km.

     I would like to get a sense of what everyone would prefer.  In 2006
in North Carolina we used 1:15000.  In 2007 in California we used 1:10000.

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Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker at kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/