[TexasARDF] [ARDF] 1:10000 vs. 1:150000

[Vadim Afonkin (Comcast)]

Most countries use 1:150000

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker at kenharker.com>
To: <ardf at kkn.net>; <texasardf at texasardf.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 12:53 PM
Subject: [ARDF] 1:10000 vs. 1:150000


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