Follow the contour

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Orienteering Exercise: Follow the contour

Key information
Exercise Type: Contours, GPS evaluation
Target Level: Elite level, Junior level
Intensity: Low, Medium
Preparation time: More than 30 minutes
OCAD Required: Yes
Min participants: 1

Course where only a single contour is shown between controls (or between some of the controls). Good to use GPS in evaluation of the training.

Aim: Be able to follow the height/follow a contour accurately.
Variants: Combine this with a normal Brown map training.
Aids: OCAD needed in order to remove all details except for the single contour.
Terrain:
Preparations: A contour-only map must be made in OCAD by removing all other details. See Tips_on_OCAD_usage for tips on how to make the contour-only map. You then have to remove all details except for a single contour.
Tips:
Examples: http://omaps.worldofo.com/index.php?id=21686

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Image Follow the contour.jpg Course where only a single contour is shown between controls (or between some of the controls). Good to use GPS in evaluation of the training.

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