17 thoughts on “Earthquake Park 6/17/20-6/30/20”

  3. I had my phone in my pocket, with Gaia logging my track. I DID NOT look at it while doing the course. However it is interesting to see it now. You might want to find a way to upload recorded tracks to Route Gadget, rather than just drawing then in by hand?

  4. Thanks! I just did that. Seems like there is some sort of datum or projection issue? Using the 3 points I can get part of the GPS track to align properly for where I know I was on a main trail. But then another part of the track will be off. When I adjust to get that part right, the first part is off. Anyway, it is fun to play with.

    Cheers,

    Tom

      • As I indicated previously, I didn’t look at the GPS while I was on the course. I did the course purely with map and compass. I had the GPS on in my pocket, and recording, so that after completing the course I could see my actual route. Next time maybe I’ll try to draw my route the old fashioned way (without reference to GPS) with Routegadget, then upload the GPS track to Routegadget, and compare them. It might be interesting to see how closely I could sketch my route from memory, as compared to the actual recorded track.

        • Yes, this is often what I do. Usually I use a highlighter once I get home to draw my route on the print map while its fresh then deal with RouteGadget later.

    • If you would like to fine-tune your route you can add a blue square anywhere along the route by right-clicking a spot on the route. Then dragged that blue square wherever you want it. You can remove the blue square by right clicking on the square. By adding a square were the route is correct and then a drag spot, freezes the part of the route that matches.
      If you really make a mess of the route you don’t have to save it and can start over.
      Mark

      • Thanks! I’ll give that a try. There are a number of spots where I know exactly where I was, for example when I was on the main trails. There is always the issue of the accuracy of the GPS track, of course. In the woods of Earthquake Park I’d guess my GPS is probably about +- 6 to 8 meters, based on other times I’ve recorded tracks there.

        I’m kind of a map geek, so sometime I’d like to learn more about how you guys develop these maps.

        Tom

  5. Always a fun venue, the XL course was pretty straightforward with the occasional quasi-hidden control. After Far North Bicentennial earlier this season, the mosquitoes everywhere else don’t seem so bad.

  7. Thanks, Springer – a good fun course. As usual at Earthquake Park, once I dropped off the bluff into the jumble left by the quake, I felt like I was in the haunted dark forest of a fairy tale, where the trees could talk and slime creatures could grab me from the pools of swamp water!

    • If Tolkien had run a meet in Earthquake Park, he would have had attacks by giant mosquitoes, rather than spiders.

      Thanks for the hard work Springer!

  8. Thanks, Springer. That was my first orienteering race in several years, and it was fun–EXCEPT for the horrible horrible mosquitoes. Have I mentioned how horrible the mosquitoes were? Although I’ve lived in Anchorage for 39 years, that was the first time I’ve penetrated the mysterious deep dark bizarre world of Earthquake Park. During the earthquake it really must have felt like the end of the world. I’m glad your meet got me in there to finally see it. By the way, the mountain bikers on those trails must be absolutely crazy.

  9. Long course was nicely done! Unfortunately my new bug dope didn’t work any better than the old stuff I had, so it was extra challenging to read the map while swiping skeeters out of my face and off my hands. But we endured to the finish!

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