Nillumbik Emus Orienteering Club

Mapping Guidelines

The map that participants take home is our prime marketing tool. If the map presents well and the participants are impressed they will come back. If the map doesn’t, they may not. We place a lot of emphasis on the accuracy of our maps, but presentation and legibility are just as important. We need to ‘brand’ our maps by showing that it’s a map used for Orienteering, by including the logo of the Club which produced the map, and by indicating how further information about Orienteering may be obtained.

Checklist for maps

To minimise confusion among our audience we need all maps to be consistent. As much as possible, please try to conform to the following standard on all maps:

Design the map to fit on A4 sheets. This makes them easier for competitors to read and less expensive to produce.
Show the Scale, a Scale Bar, the Contour interval and an arrow showing Magnetic North (please check your North arrows – many on current Park & Street-O maps point in the wrong direction).
Map Scale should be 1:10,000. (In some cases, the natural boundaries of a map may not fit A4 at a Scale of 1:10,000 - if it proves necessary to use a scale other than 1:10,000 make sure it is clear that you have done so).
Map legibility is most important – some existing maps are not as readily legible as they might be. Would all map providers please work on improving those maps before they’re used again. One important factor to check is the legibility of maps after they’ve been photocopied.
Show the logo of the Club which produced it and a copyright statement: e.g. Copyright Nillumbik Emus 2003.
Show an address or a telephone number where information on Orienteering may be obtained. The options are to show:
- a contact in your Club
- or the Orienteering Victoria office: 332 Banyule Rd., Viewbank 3084. tel: 9459 0853.
Show the link to the Park & Street-O web site: http://street.orienteering.com.au
Show the date on which the map was last updated and who by. This could prevent someone from inadvertently using an out-of-date map.

Event information

Control circles and Numbers - should be computer-drawn for best legibility whenever possible. Be careful with circle/number placement - a poorly placed or sized control circle can obscure details near the control and a poorly placed number - such as 1 - could be mistaken for a road/route choice if it abuts a road.

Maps for events must also show:

The Series name, map name and date of the event.
Control descriptions
Rules for Power-Walkers - the points score for controls, Finish Time (8:05pm), and the Late penalty – 3 points per minute or part thereof.
Scatter events – number of controls to find for each Course
Score events - the points score for controls, Finish Time for each Course (A – 8:00; B – 7:50; C – 7:45; D&E – 7:40; PW – 8:05), and the Late penalty – 3 points per minute or part thereof.

Sponsors’ logos

We must acknowledge our sponsors who, quite reasonably, expect recognition for the money and assistance they provide to Orienteering. Our sponsors’ logos should appear on all maps.

The logos below can be cut and pasted onto your map

On all maps	ESS Maps	WSS Maps	Where applicable
	OCAD 7 version	OCAD 7 version	Australian Sports Commission OCAD 7 version
OCAD 7 version			Parks Victoria OCAD 7 version

For OCAD users - the OCAD 7 versions provided can be imported and resized into any OCAD7 map. Depending on how your colour palette is configured you may have to change the order of colours. Space on many maps is limited so logos can be as small as necessary.)

For more information please contact Mike Hubbert - Park & Street-O Co-ordinator. If you have suggestions that would make this web page more accurate or more helpful, please use the email link below.