From: Terje Mathisen <Terje.Mathisen@hda.hydro.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 22:53:57 +0100
Subject: [++] Re: How to get a bearing.....
Message-Id: <34C3CB75.2001@hda.hydro.com>
EDDIE REDDISH wrote:
> The reason why I use such a map to get a single bearing is simple: We're
> going to ski on a frozen lake over a distance of 35 miles. Next year, we
> plan to cross the Jame Bay (Quibec) over 150 miles. This is why we can
> take only one bearing (the two point being on the shores, it is
> impossible two take a bearing between a point on one shore and the
> middle of the lake!).
and then Christina St-Pierre replied:
> I'd take the real easy way out. Note the latitude & longitude of both
> points then go visit a friend/outdoor store who has a GPS and load the
> points in. Find the bearing.
A very good idea. If you can figure out the (obviously different!)
datums used by the two maps, this will indeed give an exact answer.
However, if you're actually going to ski for several days (240 km)
across a frozen bay, I would definitely suggest that you buy, beg or
borrow that GPS for the time of the crossing.
This way you can use it just like Bxrge Oustland used GPS last year when
making the first ever solo crossing of Antarctica, from Berkner Island
via the South Pole to McMurdo Sound, a distance of about 3000 (!) km.
I am just reading the book he wrote (which I heartily reccommend! (sp?))
for my kids, one chapter each evening!
Bxrge used a compass during the daytime, but mostly he just checked the
angle that the shadow of his poles crossing his skis made, and verified
this with the current local time.
He managed to keep a very straight line doing this, even when the wind
was good so he could parasail for some hours.
Terje
PS. Since this will probably interest the xc skiers as well, I have
included rec.skiing.nordic as well.
--
- <Terje.Mathisen@hda.hydro.com>
Using self-discipline, see http://www.eiffel.com/discipline
"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"
From: "Keith O'Brien" <K.Obrien@bendigo.latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 10:41:03 +1100
Subject: Re: Multi-Day Event Dates 1998
Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980120104103.006f0e18@sheoak>
At 21:27 17/01/98 GMT, you wrote:
>Below is a list of multi day events around the world in 1998,
>
>Apr 11-13 Australian 3 Days, Maldon, Victoria, Australia CD
>1.3.98
> Peter Creely, 51 Lowndes Street, Bendigo, Victoria 3550,
>Australia. Tel: +61 3 5443 1975. Fax: +61 3 5444 7977
>
This event has a WWW page
http://redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/~obrien/Maldon.htm
Also Australia has a 5 days 27-31 December, Blair Trewin would have the
details -
blair@met.unimelb.edu.au
Hope this extra info is of help
regards
Keith O'Brien
Bendigo Orienteers
From: Ned Paul <compass.sport@dial.pipex.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 98 21:27:00 GMT
Subject: Multi-Day Event Dates 1998
Message-Id: <MAPI.Id.0016.00743434202020203230364430303036@MAPI.to.RFC822>
Below is a list of multi day events around the world in 1998, as
requested a few days ago by Olive Kearney. This is the basis of the
list to be published in CompassSport later this month. If any
organiser finds the details of his/her event wrong or missing please
let me know asap. It has been compiled from quite a lot of different
sources including replies to internet postings over the last few
days. It is certainly more complete than the IOF electronic calendar
list.
By posting the list I am putting it in the public domain.
Reproduction is OK with acknoweldgement to CompassSport.
Also feedback on whether it should have been posted here ie is it
useful or just an annoying use of bandwidth.
Whichever, have good orienteering vacations in 1998.
Ned Paul
CompassSport
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Mar 6-7 Israel Open Championships, Eshtaol/Ruchama, Israel.
ISOA, P.O.B 1392, Ramat-Hasharon 47100. Telefax:
+972-9-7481758
Mar 7-8 Portugal =93O=94 Meeting 98, Lisboa, Portugal. CD 28.2.98
Federa=E7=E3o Portuguesa De Orienta=E7=E3o, Apartado 2, Pt - 2640
Mafra, Portugal. Tel/Fax +351 61 812710
Mar 7-8 Lipica Open 98,Postojna, Sexana, Slovenia. CD 20.2.98
Roman Vol=E8i=E8, Preglov trg, SI-1260 Ljubljana-Polje,
Slovenija. Tel:+386 61 140 03 22
Mar 7-8 10th Trofeo Costa Calida, Murcia, Spain
FORM, Apartado de correos 27, 30840 Alhama (MURCIA), Spain.
Tel: +34 68 63 91 36. Fax: +34 68 63 99 52
Mar 21-22 XI Trofeo Martin Kronlund, Madrid, Spain.
ADYRON, Gran V=EDa 66, 6=BA, pta. 3, 28013 Madrid. Tel: +34 1
541 54 57
Mar 27-29 Spring Cup, Hiller=F8d, Birker=F8d, Denmark.
Svend Tantholdt, S=F8vang 4, 3460 Birker=F8d, Denmark. Tel: +45
42815574; fax: +45 4 281 5574 e-mail: gert_steffensen@dialog.dk
http.//www.geocities.com/paris/2330
Apr 10-12 Veteran Cup , Turnov, Czech Republic. CD 28.3.98
Vaclav Zakouril, Dvorakova 332, 511 01 Turnov, Czech Rep.
Tel: +420 436 25403.
Apr 11-13 3 Jours du Sud-Ouest St Jean de Luz, Aquitaine,
France
Ligue d=92Aquitaine C.O.,19 bd Wilson, 33000 Bordeaux. Tel:05
57 22 42 13; fax:05 57 22 42 14.
Apr 11-13 Australian 3 Days, Maldon, Victoria, Australia CD
1.3.98
Peter Creely, 51 Lowndes Street, Bendigo, Victoria 3550,
Australia. Tel: +61 3 5443 1975. Fax: +61 3 5444 7977
Apr 18-19 V=E5rspretten/V=E5rstafetten, Halden, Norway
=D8ivind Holt, B=E5stadlundvn. 46 C, N-1781 Halden. Tel: +47 69
18 74 00 (w); +47 69 18 28 53 (h). Fax +47 69 18 74 14.
May 1-3 Ilves 3 Days, K=FCka/Tartu, Estonia. CD 13.4.98
OK Ilves Tel +372 7 476886; fax +372 7 420651. e-mail
pillet@cut.ee
May 2-3 SAXBO 98, Zittau, Germany. CD 1.4.98.
Volker Ender, Wilhelm-Fr=F6hlich-Weg 12, D-02763 Bertsdorf,
Germany. Tel: +49-3583-701761
May 2-3 IX Trofeo Intern. La Coru=F1a, Spain
RTABROS, Santa Teresa 14-bajo, 15002 La Coru=F1a, Spain. Tel:
+34 81 21 31 15; +34 81 21 20 29; fax+34 81 22 03 41.
May 2-3 Tiomila Relay,Tyres=F6, Sweden.
Ola Svensson, Vidablicksv=E4gen 24, 135 54 Tyres=F6, Sweden.
Bengt Forsander, tel: +46 8-53182545.
http://styx.dd.sigma.se/tiomila/1998/index.html
May 8-10 Otep=E4=E4 Spring 3-Days, Otep=E4=E4, Estonia.
cl/ch.start. CD 24.4.98
OK Kape, tel: +372 7 465839; fax: +372 7 425475. e-mail
tpani@math.ut.ee
May 15-17 Vilnius-98 3-days, Vilnius, Lithuania. CD 1.5.98.
OK Perkunas, Filaretu 17, Vilnius, Lithuania. Tel:
+370-2-696632; fax:. +370-2-220149.
May 30-31 Twin Peak =9298, Lake District, England. Classic &
Short Race in connection with World Cup races. CD 1.5.98.
Peter Lomas, 31 Chatsworth Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport,
England 5K7 6BJ Tel: +44 161 483 4332
May 30 - Jun 1 Drie Daagse van Belgie 1998/Belgian 3-Days, Lommel,
Belgium CD 1.4.98
Frans Van de Moortel, Grasbos 40, B-3290 Diest, Belgium.
Tel/Fax: +32-13-31.22.40. e-mail: omegabe@ping.be
May 30 - Jun 1 International 3-Days, Leipzig, Germany. CD 30.4.98.
Maxim Reichardt, Buchenweg 6a, D-04451 Panitzsch, Germany.
Fax: +49-34291-22427.
http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~usc_ol/index.html
email: usc_ol@rzaix530.rz.uni-leipzig.de
May 31- Jun 2 Queens Birthday 3 Day ,Auckland, New Zealand
Linda Brighouse, tel: 64-9-2988380
Jun 11 Forssa Phone Games Short Race, Forssa, Finland. ca 100 km
from Helsinki. All IOF classes.
Timo Rapakko, fax 00 358 3 4383 682. e-mail:
timo.rapakko@sci.fi
http://www.surffi.net/lhr
Jun 13-14 Venla & Jukola Relays, Siuntio, Finland. 40km from
Helsinki. This will be the 50th Jukola Relay. Park World Tour race
the day before.
JuhlaJukola, Tytyri, 08100 Lohja, Finland. Tel:
+358019318051; fax +358019318052
http://www.kolumbus.fi/jukola98/
Jun 18-21 ILVESTEADE. (4 Days of relay orienteering),
Prangli/Tartu, Estonia. CD 28.5.98.
OK ILVES, tel: +372 7 476886; fax +372 7 420651. e-mail
pillet@cut.ee
Jun 23- 24 Midsummer 2-Days, Aegviidu, Estonia cl/ch.start.
CD11.6.98
OK Orion, tel: +372 2 681801. e-mail orion@rk.ee
Jun 26-28 XVII Wawel Cup, Krakow, Poland. CD 30-4-98/15.5.98.
WKS Wawel, Sekcja BnO, ul. Bronowicka 5, 30901 Krak=F3w,
Poland. Tel: +48 12 514465. Fax: +48 12 370645.
http://polbox.com/w/wojkos
Jun 26-28 Norwegian O-Festival, Oslo, Norway. 2 Days plus Relay
Tore Langaard, Dalbakkvn. 88, N-0682 Oslo. Norway.
Tel: +47 22 66 24 16 (w); +47 22 27 08 06 (h); Fax +47 22 66
24 94
July 1- 5.7.98 World Masters O-Championships , Novy Bor, Czech
Republic.
Miroslav Beranek, Sadova 745, 473 01 Novy Bor, Czech
Republic.
Tel: +420 424 31449; +420 424 513; +420 424 32058.
July 4-6 S=F6dra Hallands (South Halland) 3-Day, =C5led, Sweden
Lars Memmi, Guldflyv=E4gen 31, 313 03 =C5led, Sweden.
Tel: +46 35-39650; fax: +46 35-120432.
http://hem.passagen.se/ol
July 5-11 S=F8rlandsgaloppen =9298, Arendal & Grimstad, Norway.
6-days event (4 classic, 2 short)
Widar T L=F8land, Grooseveien 92, 4890 Grimstad, Norway.
Tel: + 47 37 04 21 87; fax + 47 37 04 77 96.
July 6-8 OK Milan, 3-Days, Nora, Sweden.
Stefan =D6berg, Barkv=E4gen 1, 713 30 Nora, Sweden Tel:
+46 587-12416; fax: +46 587-10774.
July 6-11 Kainuu Rastiviikko, Kajaani, Finland. 4 Days
orienteering Mon-Tue-Thu-Sat.
Kainuun Rastiviikko 98, PL 249, 87101 Kajaani, Finland.
Tel: +358 8 615 5697; fax: +358 8 627601. e-mail:
KRV98@kajaani.fi
http://www.kajaani.fi/tapahtum/krv/krv98/uk/krv98e.htm
July 7-9 Pan-Kristianstad, 3-Days + Trail-O, =C5hus, Sweden.
Bertil L=F6=F6f, Stolpegatan 43 226 35 =C5hus, Sweden Tel:
+46 44-241413.
July 7-11 5 Days of Valle di Non, Trentino, Italy.
Orienteering Club Predaia, Via delle Albere 50, 38010 - Taio
(TN), Italy. Tel/fax: +463 467 194.
e-mail: predaia@mbox.vol.it
http://www.datas.it/orienteering_predaia
July 8-11 4EST 4-Days, V=E4rska, Estonia. cl/cl/cl/ch.st.CD
15.6.98
OK Peko, tel: +372 79 64756; fax: +372 79 64949
July 8-12 Takas-98 5-Days, Zarasai, Lithuania.
cl,sh,cl,cl,cl 5 CD 1.6.98.
OK Takas, a.d.558, 3031 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Tel./fax.: +370-7-205733; tel. +370-7-728701 (home).
July 8-10 Gotlands 3-Days, Tingst=E4de, Sweden.
Bro OK, Kjell Skalberg, Mj=F6lkgatan,620 33 Tingst=E4de, Sweden,
Tel: +46 498-274030.
July 10-12 Pite=E5 IF, Norrbottens 3-days, Pite=E5, Sweden.
Christer Norberg, Bj=F6rkgatan 27, 94136 Pite=E5, Sweden.
Tel: +46 911-10452; fax: +46 911-59018
July 10-12 Eskilstuna Week 3-Days, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Anders Larsson, S=F6der=E4ngsgatan 2 C, 633 56 Eskilstuna, ,
Sweden.
Barry Widelund, tel: : +46 16-21500, fax: +46 16-216 00.
July 13-18 Fin 5 , Ikaaliinen/H=E4meenkyr=F6, Finland. 3 Classic, 2
Short. CD
FIN5, 39500 Ikaalinen, Finland. Tel/Fax: +358 3 458 9670.
e-mail fins.nouski@pp.kolumbus.fi
http://koti.kolumbus.fi/~fin5
July17-19 Sjaellandsk 3-dages, Farum, Denmark.
I Raun-Petersen, Jaettevangen 6, DK-3520 Farum, Denmark Tel:
+45 4499 2009
July 20-24 O-Ringen 5-days, G=E4vle, Sweden. Includes Trail-O.
O-Ringen 98, Box 1998, SE-811 26 Sandviken, Sweden.
Tel: +46 2619 98 00; fax: +46 26 19 98 01.
e-mail: oringen@mm.se http://www.oringen.mm.se
July 25-28 Canadian Championships, Kamloops, British Columbia,
Canada. 2-days classic; short distance; relay. See also Aug 1-2.
Sage Stomp 98, c/o Orienteering Assn of British Columbia, 1367 W.
Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V6H 4A9, Canada. Fax: + 1 604 737 6043
e-mail ss98entry@oabc.bc.ca. http://www.oabc.bc.ca/ss98/
July 27- Aug 1 Uslar International 5-days, Uslar, Germany. Three
classics, a short race and a chasing start. CD 1.6.98.
OLV Uslar, Werner Drese, Amelitherstr. 88, D-37194 Bodenfelde-Polier,
Germany
email: drese@t-online.de
July 28-30 Link=F6pings 3-Days, Link=F6ping, Sweden
Sven E Jonsson, Ortgatan 19, 587 39 Link=F6ping, Sweden. Tel:
+46 13-154580; fax: +46 13-164602.
July 31-Aug 2 Fj=E4ll Orienteering, =D6stersund, Sweden. Famous annual =
event. 3-days Capricorn-style mountain orienteering in 2-person
=93patrols=94.
Berndt =C5kerlund, Kvarnv=E4gen 2, 881 50 =D6stersund, Sweden.
July 31 Junior Tio Mila Relay, Sk=F6vde, Sweden.
Anders Eriksson, H=E4sthovsv=E4gen 10, 541 55 Sk=F6vde, Sweden.
Tel: +46 500-433616;fax: +46 500-433616.
Aug 1-2 N.American Champs 2-Days. Kamloops, British Columbia,
Canada.
Sage Stomp 98, as July 25 above.
Aug 2-7 Lake District 5-days, NW England. CD 16.6.98.
Lakes 5, 221 Hale Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, England WA15
8DN.
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/amulet/staff/doug/Lakes98/
Aug 4-5 3rd World Roganing Champs, Kamloops, British
Columbia, Canada.
Sage Stomp 98, as July 25 above.
http://www.oabc.bc.ca/ss98/wrc/wrc3home.htm
Aug 5-9 Jicin 5 Days, Jicin, Czech Republic Ladislav Hruby, Nad
cihelnou 862, 506 01 Jicin, Czech Republic. Tel: +420 433 23252.
Aug 7-9 Pacific Northwest O-Festival inc. US Classic & Relay Champs.
e-mail: bill3@u.washington.edu
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~bill3/usch98/index.html
Aug 10-14 World Masters Games, Portland Oregon. Orienteering
is part of a 14 day multi sports programme; warm-up, short race and
2-Day classic. The orienteering is hosted by Columbia River OC. You
must pay an inclusive fee of $200 to register for the Games (includes
entry, souvenirs, party, spectator opportunities, goody bag). 1998
NIKE World Masters Games,
55 S.W.Yamhill, Portland, Oregon 97204, USA. Attn: Athlete
Registration. Fax: + 1 503 226 7700. e-mail: info@worldmasters.org
http://www.worldmasters.org/orienteering.html
http://www.norzang.com/croc/
Aug 14-23 Rocky Mountain 1000 Day, Laramie Wyoming. Incls US
Night Champs, Crystal Relays, 4-Day Chasing Start individual, 2 mass
start individuals, short race.
Dan Walker, 1138 Northridge, Erie, CO 80516 USA. Tel:
303-828-3491. email: dwalker@csd.net
email: mikell@sprynet.com
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Stadium/7418/1000day.htm
Aug 15-16 Baltic Championships, Otep=E4=E4, Estonia, Classic &
Relay
Tel: +372 6398681; fax +372 6398653 e-mail eol@spin.ee
Aug 21-23 Cerkno Cup 98, 3-Days, Idrija, Cerkno, Slovenia. CD
31.7.98
OK Azimut, p.p. 27, SI-5282 Cerkno; Slovenija. Tel: +386 65
745 030; +386 65 71 551.
Sep 18-20 Grand Prix Slovakia 3-Days. CD 31.7.98
Stefan M=E1j, Studenohorsk=E1 91, 841 03 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Tel: +421 7 760042 (home)
Sep 19-20 Hj=E4rnarps Elitkamp, =C4ngelholm, Sweden. Short &
Classic
Kjell Henrysson, Ljungsgatan 9, 262 53 =C4ngelholm, Sweden.
=C5ke Persson, tel: +46 431-16305.
Sep 26 25 Person Relay, J=E4rf=E4lla, Sweden
Hans Edvall, Torpv=E4gen 17, 75 43 J=E4rf=E4lla, Sweden. Tel/fax
+46 8-58016202.
e-mail: hed@celera.se
Oct 17 Blodslitet, Fredrikstad, Norway
P=E5l Sandnes, Gudbrands vei 37, N-1712 Gr=E5lum, Norway.
Tel: +47 69 11 25 00 (w); +47 69 14 19 50 (h); Fax +47 69 15
65 12.
Oct 24-26 Labour 3 Day, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Malcolm Ingham, tel: 64-4-4793281. e-mail:
malcolm.ingham@vuw.ac.nz
Oct 24-25 Sm=E5landskavle Relay, Sm=E5landsstenar, Sweden.
Lars-G=F6ran Stenberg, Annerogatan 4, 333 30 Sm=E5landsstenar,
Sweden. Tel: +46 371-30733.
Dec 26-30 11th Sylvester 5-days, Leopoldsburg, Belgium. CD
1.11.98
VVO, Lutgart Vanhees, Heidestraat 100, B- 3581, Beringen,
Belgium. Tel: +32 11 34.39.06
From: "W. Platt" <mikell@sprynet.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:22:09 -0700
Subject: Re: How to get a bearing
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From: EDDIE REDDISH <reddishe@xtra.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 09:31:44 +1200
Subject: Re: How to get a bearing.....
Message-Id: <34C3C640.2EA2@xtra.co.nz>
From Eddie Reddish <reddishe@extra.co.nz>
Re:How to get a bearing......
>
> In article <34BF8B6D.2F2E@gci.ulaval.ca>, Christian St-Pierre <Christian.St-Pierre@gci.ulaval.ca> writes:
> >I've got this problem:
> >
> >I'know how to get a bearing on a single map. Now I've got two adjacent
> >maps (scale 1:250000) and I have to get a bearing between two points
> >that are not on the same map. My first point is on the left one and the
> >other is on the right one.
> >
> >When I fit the maps togheter (aligning the borders of them) I obtain a
> >different bearing from the two map.
>
I'd take the real easy way out. Note the latitude & longitude of both
points then go visit a friend/outdoor store who has a GPS and load the
points in. Find the bearing.
From: Christian St-Pierre <Christian.St-Pierre@gci.ulaval.ca>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 15:43:08 GMT
Subject: How to get the bearing
Message-Id: <34C374AC.6646@gci.ulaval.ca>
Thanks for the tips!
The reason why I use such a map to get a single bearing is simple: We're
going to ski on a frozen lake over a distance of 35 miles. Next year, we
plan to cross the Jame Bay (Quibec) over 150 miles. This is why we can
take only one bearing (the two point being on the shores, it is
impossible two take a bearing between a point on one shore and the
middle of the lake!).
Thank you!
Christ.
>
>A) Get a physically larger map (that includes both points on the same
>map)
>B) Get a map at a smaller scale (that includes both points on the same
>map)
>
>More importantly though, what are you using this for? I can't think of
>any reason to take a bearing over such a long distance. Use waypoints
>instead.
>
>
From: s.simson@qut.edu.au (Scott Simson)
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 98 06:51:08 GMT
Subject: vegetation areas with OCAD a side piont
Message-Id: <69ut4l$hok$1@dove.qut.edu.au>
A little side issue in drawing vegetation.
On my first map there were several over printing problems. The
map was printed from six colour separation eps files. Black,
blue, green, yellow, brown, and gray. to generate printing plates
by photographic methods.
The problems where that these separations don't have wholes cut
in them where higher level colours over lap. ie. 50% brown for
road in fills was printed over blues, greens and yellows. This
looks a bit gastly bit its still fine to read and follow.
Unfortunately the gray (bare rock) was printed as a black screen
the gray and the black being combined as a negitive. the result
was that the gray (black screen) over printed the black. Thus
many of my cliffs thinned or disappeared into bare rock.
The morale of the story. Don't use a separate gray separation
unless you are printing a separate gray separation.
Scott Simson
TFO Australia
From: "Ed Hicks" <edhicks@bestweb.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 23:23:58 -0500
Subject: Re: address for shareware spell checker
Message-Id: <199801190525.AAA19142@miro.bestweb.net>
The correct address for the shareware spelling program - Spellwrite is
http://www.nerdsunlimited.com
I posted the address last week but had left out the www part of the
address.
The shareware spell checker program has been acclaimed to being capable of
spell checking Ocad files. According to Hans S. the program will only work
with Ocad6.
With line text you must activate the spell checker for that line of text
before pressing the enter key.
I found it cumbersome and not very efficient to use with formatted text.
I would appreciate the secrets for getting this program to work efficiently
if someone has been more successful.
The program does work well with programs that don't have spell checkers
like wordpad, spread sheets, e-mail
programs, etc. For the purpose of checking e-mail messages it is well worth
having available.
The program loads when you start up Windows and can be activated by
pressing the F9 key.
It has a dictionaries for both the US and the UK. The are separate editions
for Win3.1x and Win 95. Available at:
----------
> From: Dmjcarto <Dmjcarto@aol.com>
> To: edhicks@bestweb.net
> Subject: Re: Ocad help sheets, correct address for Ashby Mapping, Ocad
Utilities
> Date: Sunday, January 18, 1998 6:26 PM
>
> Very good tutorial on what's availible, but; the item that is of prime
> interest to me at the moment is the address for the share-ware program
for
> spell checking. (you've seen my pathetic vocab skills) Every time I
attempt
> the address you sent it comes up as "unavailible". Is it really off
line or
> did you miss a period or ?? here as well?
>
> mark