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Big maps or Big scales?
Dont you just hate it when you pick up a massive map at the start, so big its like a sail flapping around when your running....maybe its just me but I think I would prefer to run on a larger scale map (1:15,000 rather than 1:10,000) instead of having to…
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deal with all the excess map folding all the extra bits on a map like legend, control descriptions and logos. All I care about when Im running is the map and the course on it. Overseas a lot of the long distance races are on 1:15,000 maps, no matter how detailed they are. If Im not mistaken it is a requirement for World Championship Long Distance maps to be printed at 1:15,000. The reasoning being that you can view route choice options better, which I reckon is quite true. So why in New Zealand do we continue to hold National…
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