Maps and courses – from the organizer and IOF-ASEA point of view Markus Puusepp, Event Director WOC2017 Ivar Maalen, Assistant SEA WOC2017

WOC 2017 MAPPING AND COURSES 03.02.2018 HLES 2018, RIGA

OVERVIEW 4 WOC maps 3 Model Event maps 1 extra Spectator race map 4 warm-up maps 31 km2 Training maps prepared by clubs

OVERVIEW (2) Printing Žaket (CZE), extra printing of Sprint Final maps in Norway and Sprint Q maps in Estonia (laser print) Cost of mapping approx. 8000 euros Main challenges Late fieldwork -> printing rather late (around June 20-25) Sprint Final course/map had to be changed Sprint Q course changed the night before due

TARTU Tartu (1,8 km2) using old basemap used for EOC 2006 updated entirely (including changing the style of mapping) 2016-2017 SPRINT QUALIFICATION AND FINAL

VILJANDI Viljandi (1,4 km2) entirely new mapping based on lidar and orthophotos (NB! No measured data (houses, streets etc) from the municipality available in 2014/2015 when mapping started). Core area was initially mapped by Markus Puusepp. Later Mait Tõnisson continued. SPRINT RELAY

RÕUGE Rõuge (24 km2) entirely new map in 99% of the area based on lidar and mapped in 2015 with corrections due to logging during the whole time final huge updates in spring 2017.

Solving the arena passage challenges Final solution (for men) => A compromise; to reach all the area types and still get the extra «arena value» One intermediate solution => Women’s course will be too long or less use of the more interesting areas

VITIPALU Vitipalu (3,8 km2) Entirely new mapping 3,5 different “final” maps to be correct).

Mapping development Old version Final version Intermediate version (Two additional, intermediate versions were made)

Logging of forest More than 100 areas were logged in the SE area of the long distance terrain the last two years

General considerations about map printing - Close contact (also geographically, if possible) with the printing company is very important! Need for an emergency plan for re-printing of maps/courses the last days/hours Motivation from WOC2017: Changes in both sprint final (one week before) and sprint qualification (the day before!) (Maps were printed 2 weeks before in CZE)

Sprint final

Relay: How to find the correct way to the 2nd loop Team leaders and runners were allowed to visit the arena before the start. A (too small?) sign was placed here How it was presented at TOM Map for 1st loop Map for 2nd loop

Co-operation with landowners Sprint relay: Mapping was done according to how the grass in the open fields were cut the prior years and after agreement with the municipality. The weather in June 2017 was very wet, so the grass cutting was delayed. Some last minute cutting of supposed route choices was done (by the AASEA)

Insight in course planning for long distance Unexpected choices, through the pre-start… Possible route choices.

Special solutions Setup for the technical model event Setup for forest (still without the labels)

Cabling for the long distance

Winning times Competition Bulletin 4 Winning time Sprint men 13 14:30 Sprint women 13:55 Sprint relay 4 x 14 = 56 63:35 Long men 100 105:25 Long women 80 79:10 Middle men 33 33:12 Middle women 32:34 Relay men 3 x 33 = 99 94:50 Relay women 101:12

About the contact between organisers and SEAs - Keep the communication between the mappers, course planners and SEAs/NC open through the process! - It is much more easy to discuss a draft than a “final” solution.