Draw simplification map

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Orienteering Exercise: Draw simplification map

Key information
Exercise Type: Map memory, Simplification, Theoretical exercise
Target Level: Elite level, Junior level, Intermediate level
Intensity: Low
Preparation time: Less than 5 minutes
OCAD Required: No
Min participants: 1

Draw a simplification map of a leg / a course. A simplification map is a map containing only the details which are necessary to use in the orienteering. There is also a variant involving map memory. It is instructive to run the course on the simplification map afterwards.

Aim: Learn which details are necessary to use in your orienteering.
Variants: It is very instructive to run on your own simplification map in order to understand if it is good or not. A variant is to combine this exercise with map memory, i.e. you are only allowed to look at the leg for e.g. 30 seconds before drawing the simplification map for the leg.
Aids: None required
Terrain: There should be some details in the terrain.
Preparations: Draw a course on a map.
Tips: Increase the difficulty (more and more details / longer legs) when the competitors get better. A blank map with the controls on makes it easier to draw.

Many inexperienced runners will see that contours are more important than they think in their orienteering when drawing a simplification map.

Examples:
Image Draw simplification map.jpg Draw a simplification map of a leg / a course. A simplification map is a map containing only the details which are necessary to use in the orienteering. There is also a variant involving map memory. It is instructive to run the course on the simplification map afterwards.

See an example here (Norwegian).

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