Virtual Orienteering

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StuH
StuH
5 Oct
6:33pm, 5 Oct 2024
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StuH
So I managed to have a go on my course today. Hit every control, but the results say 16/0 🤷‍♂️
roberton
roberton
5 Oct
9:44pm, 5 Oct 2024
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roberton
Oh. No idea either what that means!
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
6 Oct
7:13am, 6 Oct 2024
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fetcheveryone
Send me some feedback so I don’t forget, and I’ll have a look on Monday.
Groundhog
Groundhog
6 Oct
12:38pm, 6 Oct 2024
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Groundhog
I did @Shortcut Cam 's course in Farnborough. A nice course with all the targets being post boxes, 19 of them! I walked an almost 6 mile course. Should have slowed my watch to get better GPS fix at the start as I nearly missed the start point.
Groundhog
Groundhog
6 Oct
12:39pm, 6 Oct 2024
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Groundhog
...should have "allowed" my watch to get better GPS. .
fetcheveryone
fetcheveryone
6 Oct
3:14pm, 6 Oct 2024
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fetcheveryone
Nice montage 😎 This is the sort of thing I’d love to see happen more.
Gooner
Gooner
6 Oct
4:31pm, 6 Oct 2024
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Gooner
https://youtu.be/8I_5Bw1U4s4?si=TQsgQD3wOEmw5mDy
Groundhog
Groundhog
6 Oct
4:47pm, 6 Oct 2024
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Groundhog
Did another course today as well, though no montage for this one. @JustCommando! 's Woodford Park course and the same location as Woodley parkrun. fetcheveryone.com/ori-course.php?id=137

A potentially very quick course as it could be doable in 10-15 mins. I did this one at a mildly confused walking pace with MrsGH. Started heading south from the start then a clockwise lap finishing with Teletubby Hill.

I didn't realise your finish time is the time you get to the last checkpoint, rather than when you get back to the start point again.
Shortcut Cam
Shortcut Cam
6 Oct
5:28pm, 6 Oct 2024
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Shortcut Cam
Glad you enjoyed it Groundhog. One of the post boxes is a rare Queen Victoria edition.
chunkywizard
chunkywizard
6 Oct
6:35pm, 6 Oct 2024
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GH, I couldn’t find the monkey bars or the hill (well I found the items but not the points) at Woodford Park. How did you manage it?

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I had an idea the other day whilst walking with Katie. A lot of Fetch games rely on randomly-placed markers to encourage you to vary your routes - but what if you could design your own virtual orienteering course? Drop a dozen or so virtual flags on the map, and then you've got a challenge for yourself and anyone else who is passing through the area.

I've built some pages that allow you to construct a course:

fetcheveryone.com/ori

There are some notes on that page ...

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