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Virtual Orienteering

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Funky Chicken
Funky Chicken
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12:00pm, 2 Aug 2024
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My start-point is about 4 miles away from where I live - if I were to do a single long run from home, and then back again, would the game just count the distance and time between when I run through the start-point and past the last of the flags?
Jen HB
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fetcheveryone wrote:You have to start at the start, it doesn’t check all runs.


I asked the same question, and got the above answer...
Funky Chicken
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1:08pm, 2 Aug 2024
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Doh, I don't understand how I could have overlooked that - I even went back through previous pages to check it hadn't been asked and answered elsewhere!
geordiegirl
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Aug 2024
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fetcheveryone wrote:You have to start at the start, it doesn’t check all runs.


Missed that requirement 😖 todays run was tough in the humidity and sun and I thought no keep going see how this works. I had realised I’d picked up some flags from another route but that they’d not count as I hadn’t passed go.

Another time
Rosehip
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I just got around to building a course - and then saw EdJ has made a very similar one

Is this a problem if we have overlapping courses with flags in aboutthe same place or should I delete mine?
fetcheveryone
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It shouldn't be a problem :-)
NordRunner
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I'm late to the party, but is it assumed that people will print out the maps with flags and orient to them? Making them into a course with flags on Garmin, for instance, seems like cheating.
♪♫ Synge ♪♫
♪♫ Synge ♪♫
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fetcheveryone wrote:If you prefer, I could withdraw that one @♪♫ Synge ♪♫ ?


Yes, please! I’ll start again!
fetcheveryone
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I've deleted that course for you now @♪♫ Synge ♪♫ :-)
fetcheveryone
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NordRunner wrote:I'm late to the party, but is it assumed that people will print out the maps with flags and orient to them? Making them into a course with flags on Garmin, for instance, seems like cheating.


You're welcome to print out a map and do it on the fly - but I expect people will plan their route in advance - and there's no obvious way of preventing that, so it's safer to assume that it will happen.

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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

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