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All symbols from the basic orienteering map specification is applicable for the park orienteering map.
The larger scale of park and town maps, easily invites to additional "large scale" symbols, such as light poles, benches etc. This could be of interest for educational maps such as school maps, and as mentioned initially the map maker has to have a certain degree of freedom in this respect. However for competition maps they are of very limited interest. As a matter of fact, the symbols defined for traditional foot-o maps covers most of the needs. If the "special features" (the "x" and "o" symbols) are used, they must always be described in the map legend.
In parks and cities, one can expect to find several areas that are permanently out of bounds for orienteering. Examples are planted flower beds etc. that often serves as barriers (e.g. along a road) and could affect a route choice if they cannot be crossed. It can be argued that the map user should know from common sense not to pass these areas. However, for the sake of goodwill it is of importance to mark them on the map. The symbol 527 – settlement – should be used (yellow 100% / green 50%).
Park and city maps has a lot of black and therefore black north
lines should be avoided.
Colour: blue. Line width 0.25 mm
Maps for park orienteering should be drawn with lines, line screens and symbol dimensions 50% greater than those used for 1:15 000 foot-orienteering maps.
This section describes additions to and deviations from the foot-orienteering map specification. The deviations are of two types namely deviations in cartography (symbols) and deviations in feature definitions.
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Building symbols and "pass through"Very essential features in park and town maps are buildings. Normal o-maps use 100% black to depict these, but for maps with a lot of buildings, this makes black the dominant colour, which gives a very "dull" map. A lighter tone is recommended for the buildings. Further, it is very important to get information about "pass through" possibilities in buildings. This is accomplished by an even lighter shade of grey . This creates also a possibility to depict features "under the roof". |
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851 BuildingA building is shown with its ground plan so far as the scale permits. Buildings smaller than 1 mm on the map should be drawn with 100% black.Colour: black 50%, min 0.5 x 0.5 mm |
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852 Building pass-throughA building pass-through means that it is possible to run through a building or under a roof or similar, without having to open doors or gates. It is shown with its ground plan so far as the scale permits.Colour: black 30%, min 0.5 x 0.5 mm |
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853 Building outlineA black line surrounds the outline of a building or a pass-through. It may also be used to show characteristic structures or apparent height differences of a building.Colour: black |
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Roads and stairwaysPotential legibility problems exists around roads and tracks, having
to do with the amount of other types of black linear symbols in these
type of maps. In order to avoid this, the minimum width of the symbol
– minor road – is changed to 2m so that it can be used for all types of
roads. For roads and vehicle tracks less than 2m symbol 505
– vehicle track – should be used. Symbol 504 –
road – should not be used for park and town maps. |
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861 Road without car trafficRoad where car traffic is not allowed, for example "walking streets"
or similar . The space between the black lines must be filled with brown
30%. A road under construction may be shown with broken lines. |
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862 StairwaysStairways are road or track features. There should be at least two or
more steps in connection and the symbol must be generalised to show at
least two lines on the map. Large stairs should be drawn to exact width.
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