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  • Here’s a mystery building for you – can you guess what it is? It’s in the City of London. Tweet

    Mystery Building

    Here’s a mystery building for you – can you guess what it is? It’s in the City of London. Tweet

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  • There was a feature on orienteering on the news this morning – I screengrabbed it, take a look: Tweet

    Orienteering on the News

    There was a feature on orienteering on the news this morning – I screengrabbed it, take a look: Tweet

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  • Google has added Terrain Maps – physical maps with relief shading based on a DEM (Digital Elevation Model) – to the Google Maps API, and they look beautiful. I’ve set...

    Google Maps API – Terrain Maps

    Google has added Terrain Maps – physical maps with relief shading based on a DEM (Digital Elevation Model) – to the Google Maps API, and they look beautiful. I’ve set...

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  • Here’s a building – actually two, the main one is on the left – as seen on an orienteering map. Dark grey = building, Light grey = canopy. Hint 1:...

    Name That Building

    Here’s a building – actually two, the main one is on the left – as seen on an orienteering map. Dark grey = building, Light grey = canopy. Hint 1:...

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  • I’ve added 50 new extracts (based on Routegadget scans) – mainly for clubs in Scotland and the South-East of England. This brings the total number of extracts to more than...

    50 New Extracts

    I’ve added 50 new extracts (based on Routegadget scans) – mainly for clubs in Scotland and the South-East of England. This brings the total number of extracts to more than...

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  • I’ve tidied up the database behind the Map of Maps 3 list of orienteering maps in the UK. The source database I got the data from lists old as well...

    Dupes

    I’ve tidied up the database behind the Map of Maps 3 list of orienteering maps in the UK. The source database I got the data from lists old as well...

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  • Google is currently ranking the UK Orienteering Fixtures Map around 30th or so (out of ~40,000,000) when searching for the word “Fixtures”. I’m quite chuffed that the page is ranking...

    Googlejuice

    Google is currently ranking the UK Orienteering Fixtures Map around 30th or so (out of ~40,000,000) when searching for the word “Fixtures”. I’m quite chuffed that the page is ranking...

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  • Map of Maps now has small extracts of some of the maps. These are photographs from my own collection, that I did for the original Map of Map 1 project...

    Map of Maps – Extracts

    Map of Maps now has small extracts of some of the maps. These are photographs from my own collection, that I did for the original Map of Map 1 project...

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  • I’ve added a new feature to Map of Maps – you can now specify a club or region. Instead of displaying the 100 maps nearest to you, it displays all...

    Map of Maps – View by Club

    I’ve added a new feature to Map of Maps – you can now specify a club or region. Instead of displaying the 100 maps nearest to you, it displays all...

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  • I’ve added a Map of Maps to go alongside my UK O-Events Map page. Both pages look similar as they have the same structural layout and stylesheet. The Map of...

    Map of Maps

    I’ve added a Map of Maps to go alongside my UK O-Events Map page. Both pages look similar as they have the same structural layout and stylesheet. The Map of...

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