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

2. WOC 2017 MAPPING AND COURSES
HLES 2018, RIGA

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

4. 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 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

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

8. 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

10. 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

12. 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

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

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

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

17. 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)

18. Sprint final

19. 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

20. 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 was very wet, so the grass cutting was delayed.
Some last minute cutting of supposed route choices was done (by the AASEA)

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

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

23. Cabling for the long distance

24. 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

25. 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.