Virtual Orienteering
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Aug 2024
8:50pm, 18 Aug 2024
196 posts
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Chicken 🐔 Legs
Without plotting, and with a tight 20m tolerance (which with GPS bounce could miss you a flag even if you ran through it), you don't stand much chance of completing a course. I've zoomed the 2 courses I completed to the max, and apart from the start which is dependent on your first GPX fix, I do an X pattern of at least 20m at each flag to ensure I pick it up. I've loaded my GPX to Excel with a formula to show the proximity of every ping to every flag, taking the min value. So far my furthest ping was 8m, and start points were within 3m Still no rankings or acknowledgement. I think I'm on a shadow ban. |
Aug 2024
8:54pm, 18 Aug 2024
17,440 posts
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chunkywizard
I got 9 out of my 10 points on my first try. The missed one was my own fault. I put it at a library. The issue was the library is in school grounds and so you can only get to it when the school or library is open which is wasn’t at 7:30 this morning!
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Aug 2024
8:59pm, 18 Aug 2024
197 posts
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Chicken 🐔 Legs
@chunkywizard On my to do list is Hayling 1. It has a flag in the middle of a Theatre, which won't give a GPX fix when you're indoors. I'm planning on asking the staff if I can walk the perimeter of the building and hope it picks up the flag.
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Aug 2024
9:02pm, 18 Aug 2024
17,441 posts
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chunkywizard
😂 I asked Fetch if I can move the library flag outside the school gates. It would make the course much easier!
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Aug 2024
9:03pm, 18 Aug 2024
43,936 posts
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Ness
Oops. Sorry @Chicken 🐔 I plotted the route while I was on holiday there last week and didn't think about that.
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Aug 2024
9:07pm, 18 Aug 2024
198 posts
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Chicken 🐔 Legs
This one's about as close as you can get (as the actress said to the Bishop) 😉 Route: fetcheveryone.com/routes-view.php?id=1867098 Flags: fetcheveryone.com/ori-course.php?id=41 Amble: fetcheveryone.com/t-23485999 |
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Aug 2024
9:19pm, 18 Aug 2024
199 posts
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Chicken 🐔 Legs
@Ness No worries. Makes it more interesting 👍😁
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Aug 2024
8:34am, 19 Aug 2024
200 posts
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Chicken 🐔 Legs
OK, so it was a billy basic error on my part. My Training Settings had all tracking data protected. Orienteering needs the GPX track to be visible to all for it to register. |
Aug 2024
12:07pm, 20 Aug 2024
30,996 posts
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fetcheveryone
A few little tweaks: 1) your run no longer needs to start at the start point. You can run to it, and continue from it to collect flags, without having to interrupt your run. 2) if ONLY YOU have visited a course, you can switch it back to edit mode. This *does* remove all your attempts at the course, but it will give you the opportunity to get your flags right. 3) when placing a flag, I've increased the zoom level - this will hopefully help you get your flags in the right place. |
Aug 2024
12:18pm, 20 Aug 2024
18,069 posts
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Alice the Camel
Thank you @fetcheveryone , that should help things a lot!
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