Brief Notes on Creating a Street-O MapRun Course Using the OOM Website ====================================================================== 1. Create the Base Map KMZ & PDF files using OOM + go to the Open Orienteering Map (OOM) v4 website (with added contours :-) using the following URL (its positioned over the ACT): https://oomap.dna-software.co.uk/#/new/oterrain-LIDAR-10/12/149.1364/-35.3384/ + Hit ok to dismiss the welcome popup (though you may want to open the Help link in another tab/window first) + Drag map around and use +/- buttons to zoom in/out to get area wanted + Then click where you want the map center to be - will show as dark blue dot + If you accidentally click and set a map area when not wanted, select "Delete: Sheet" to dismiss it, so you can try again + You can click & drag the blue dot to move the map area around + You can change the map scale, orientation, rendering style (I prefer PseudO), and which contours are used (nb. some don't show in this view, only when you save the map as PDF - see below) using assorted buttons in top-left box + When happy with that you need to edit the Map Title from the default "OpenOrienteeringMap" to something meaningful (eg. "Melba OACT Sept 2022") by clicking the "pen" button beside it to get the edit popup + You also need to edit and race instructions (to anything, stops it whinging) + Then click "Save & get PDF" (as it says). It will offer a name like "oom_5e912c9549a3b.pdf". Change the "oom" to something useful like the suburb name, but keep the MapID part (the "5e912c9549a3b" in example) in name as you can use that to go back to a saved map configuration + After that you can click the buttons for KMZ & JPG to download those files (for maprun & Purple Pen use respectively) + You don't need to give a donation (though if you feel like doing so sometime, I'm sure its appreciated, I have in past) You now have a PDF you can print and scribble on when out walking. And the KMZ to use later when creating a checksites course. 2. Create the Initial Course KML & PDF files + you have choices here. You can do this using Google Earth as I describe in my guide for that (see link below) OR + you can create the initial KML & course PDF using the OOM website, just continuing on from the above, as follows + Assuming you have the base map selected from above still open, or you have reloaded it using the MapID (copy & paste into box labelled "Map ID:" upper right & hit "Load") + Start clicking on locations iside the selected map area (you get to specify whether you're adding start, finish or a control, and number if control) + Again you can click on these and drag to move around + You can also edit any control and change where the number displays + When happy with what you have, click "Save & get PDF" again (it'll now have a new MapID), but you'll have a draft map with controls on it to print + Then click on the KML button to get KML file 3. Adjust the KML control positions to align with features as seen in the satellite imagery using either Google Earth or the MapRunners site + For details on using Google Earth to tweak your KML course file, see my guide "Brief Notes on Creating a Street-O Course File for MapRun Using Google Earth" http://lpb.canb.auug.org.au/omaps/course_set_ge.txt OR + Use the new MapRun Create KML Course page at: https://console.maprun.net/#/event_create_files + there are instructions on that page on how to use it, but in brief: + load your KMZ & KML files from OOM (or wherever) + check positions look correct on the KMZ map, then make the KMZ transparent + you can now see the controls on the satellite imagery + select each control in turn, zoom in, and drag the control so it is accurately positioned over the desired feature (if visible) or at best guess location + As noted in my Google Earth notes, it can be really useful to have a browser window open with Google Maps and use Streetview to help locate where the feature is in relation to visible objects around + When done, make sure you Save/Download the Course KML before leaving the page (or all your edits will be lost!) 4. Create a MapRun CheckSites Course + a MapRun CheckSites Course is used to check the accuracy of control locations + you create this on the MapRun server, at: https://console.maprun.net/#/check_sites_create + fill in all the details on the form. In particular the "Event/Map Name" is *critical*. It must uniquely identify this test instance of the event, and include the correct course type codes. So start with the event name (eg. "Florey May 2020"), add a tag for testing (eg. "test1"), and the correct course type codes (eg. "PXAS ScoreV60" for our Street-O events). So a suitable name to use here would be something like "Florey May 2020 test1 PXAS ScoreV60". + Leave the expiry date as is, since usually enough. Fill in your name & email details. Select the KMZ map file, and your new KML course file. Double-check everything :-) Then "Submit". TAKE NOTE of the map code then shown at the bottom of the page. You need this for you or anyone else to access the course in the MapRun6/F app. And this is the only place you will see it! + And thats it! Now you can go out and try the course out. + In the MapRun6/F app, select "Check Sites" from the menu on the home page, and enter the course code + I then highly recommend changing "Option and Settings" to: - Display present location (so you can see where MapRun thinks the control actually is in relation to your current position) - punchTolerance changes to 8m (so tighter than used in actual event, again to ensure positioning is accurate enough) - Display location pins (so you can place markers at corrected control locations, which you can view later, nb. MapRunF only, MapRun6 enables this automatically if display present location is on) - Start Anywhere (if you want to start checking at other controls) + then head to the course start, and select "Go to Start" in the MapRun6/F app + navigate the course, checking placement of each control is close enough to the chosen feature. If not, place a location pin at the correct location. + once you've completed the course, when viewing the course Results, you can use the "Email Track" menu option to email (or save to Drive) the track, including location pins, for the course you've just checked. + then open the GPX track file in Google Earth Pro. After its converted, you can see the track you took, and any location pins, and compare with current control locations. You can then nudge the control locations as needed. + iterate above steps as needed to refine map & course until satisfied 5. Finalise Printed Map PDF + While the best quality maps are produced using either Purple Pen or OCAD, the OOM website map can be used, as follows: + reload the course using the MapID generated with the initial KML + select & move any controls that need adjusting + select and edit any controls that need number position changing + When happy with what you have, click "Save & get PDF" again (with new MapID) + you now need to add control descriptions and other instructions as needed + type these up in a text file + then edit the PDF to add whiteout areas and text (or images as needed) using Acrobat etc if available, or an online PDF editor such as ILovePDF https://www.ilovepdf.com/edit-pdf And then you hopefully have a MapRun course ready for publishing!