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Virtual Orienteering

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NDWDave Nov 2024 12:28pm, 4 Nov 2024 20,216 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave @AndyS Congratulations on completing my course. Didn’t think anyone would actually do it!
AndyS Nov 2024 2:53pm, 4 Nov 2024 3,098 posts	Quote Pin AndyS Thanks @NDWDave - it's fairly nearby, so I thought I'd go out and try it out.
Snail 3 Apr 11:03am, 3 Apr 2025 4,041 posts	Quote Pin Snail Have raised a feature request (number 2046) to help plotting routes around course - "On the "Plot-a-Route" page to be able to filter by "Orienteering Flags" to help complete a route in the Fetch Orienteering Game"
Snail 3 Apr 11:14am, 3 Apr 2025 4,043 posts	Quote Pin Snail Just to doublecheck - If i do a course - I obviously need to pass through all the flags, but (1) must the 1st flag be the Start and (2) I guess I can finish at any flag ? Hoping to do @Zeb tour of Lincoln tomorrow for a bit of sightseeing
CumbriAndy 3 Apr 11:23am, 3 Apr 2025 3,768 posts	Quote Pin CumbriAndy Would have to read back to be certain but, from memory, Yes - recording of your attempt begins when you pass the start. You can visit other flags before you get there but they won't 'count'. Yes - you can visit the flags in any order and recording will end at whichever one you visit last. (And I seem to recall a similar feature request previously - there were some issues around deciding which flags belonged to which route in areas where routes overlap)
Oranj 3 Apr 11:24am, 3 Apr 2025 4,478 posts	Quote Pin Oranj @Snail The game guide is here fetcheveryone.com/ori According to that: You only need to pass through 5 flags (including the start? I'm not sure). You have to start at the start flag. You can finish anywhere "Fetch will end your attempt at the last flag you collect"
Chicken 🐔 3 Apr 12:00pm, 3 Apr 2025 282 posts	Quote Pin Chicken 🐔 Interestingly you can complete multiple courses on the same run/walk/crawl, so long as you pass all the start flags and each of the course's flags thereafter. t takes a bit of planning to get them all correct, but it's doable
Snail 3 Apr 12:45pm, 3 Apr 2025 4,045 posts	Quote Pin Snail Thanks @CumbriAndy / @Oranj
Snail 4 Apr 6:52pm, 4 Apr 2025 4,058 posts	Quote Pin Snail Thanks @Zeb for your orienteering course around Lincoln. Took us 5:30 hours for the 5k route but that also included stopping for lunch and looking around the castle and cathedral. So that time is beatable!! Route took us to some interesting parts of the city that otherwise we would have missed so thanks for that

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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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