Comments on: 101 Orienteering Maps you should run on before you die!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:21:47 +0000

Another great map:
“Lapano Duisburg”, a german map in old industrial terrain in the Ruhrgebiet, also this year European Capital of Culture. The map consists of several different floors in the old buildings.
http://www.patrick-hofmeister.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/night2.JPG

By: Ivan Nagy

Ivan Nagy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:48:41 +0000

Thanks Markku! The area you are talkning about got quite early on our candidate list. Whether it will be on the finl list, we will see :)!

By: Markku Vauhkonen

Markku Vauhkonen — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:27:25 +0000

Excellent idea.
My suggestion of a map to be added to the list is the 2001 WMOC maps from Nida and Neringa, Lithuania. The map is from and of the Curonian Spit, which is a 98 km long sand dune formation at the Baltic Sea. It is classed as an UNESCO World Heritage site and extends to the Russian border in the south.

By: Lambertseterobserver

Lambertseterobserver — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:20:17 +0000

It has to be the Volcano-area about 70 km east of the city of Temuco in Chile.

You run on Volcano-ash, absolutely fantastic !

By: Ivan Nagy

Ivan Nagy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:45:36 +0000

Markus, thanks for additional information!

By: Markus

Markus — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:34:09 +0000

The map of Þingvellir has now emerged on the Icelandic orienteering web page. Direct link to the map is here: http://rathlaup.is/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/thingvellir_09.jpg

Orienteering in Iceland has, for many years, been something that just the visiting o-travellers practice, but now the situation has changed. In December 10, last year, the first club “Rathlaupsfélagið” (meaning “The Orienteering Club” if my poor understanding of the Icelandic language is right) was established.
The club has copyrights for 4 maps (out of Icelands 13) and is in the process of drawing at least 3 or 4 more this year. The aim is to host an international event in a couple of years.

Link to all Icelandic o-maps: http://rathlaup.is/?page_id=12

By: Simon B

Simon B — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:27:59 +0000

Lossie Forest in Scotland would be my nomination. It is a really runnable forest with extremely intricate sand dunes in low visibility, enough to give you a headache, and also a flat runnable forest section with the tinyest of contour features mapped, the difference between the two sections of the map is what makes it exceptional I think and the transition between makes it even more fun/difficult.
It was used in a scottish 6 days recently, but I cant remember which.
http://omaps.worldofo.com/index.php?id=1250

maybe graythwaite too? but i dont think it will make the final list
http://omaps.worldofo.com/index.php?id=9544

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:06:57 +0000

I dont know if it has been mentioned yet but from my experience I think lossie forest. It has a headache worthy, low visability, runnable, intricate sand dune area which then opens into a fairly flat forest with the tinyest countour detail mapped. The transition between the two is what makes the area exceptional i think
http://omaps.worldofo.com/index.php?id=1250

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:03:33 +0000

I dont know if they have been mentioned yet, but from my experience Lossie Forest. It has a headache worthy intricate sand dune area which is low visibility and runnable which then opens into an also-runnable flat forest. The transition between them is what makes it exceptional i think

http://omaps.worldofo.com/index.php?id=1250

By: aleksa

aleksa — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:33:31 +0000

For me one of the best is fortress Petrovaradin.
http://omaps.worldofo.com/index.php?id=13705