OCAD in general
On the orienteering Attackpoint forum, search OCAD Mac Linux for the latest.
OCAD does run on Intel Macs with appropriate middleware such as Virtual PC or Parallels Desktop. For middleware discussion, read this Attackpoint forum article.
OCAD seems to run just acceptably for some users according to the Attackpoint forum contributors. It would pay to monitor this forum to see if anyone reports a trouble free operation with certain middleware.
Breaking control circles and lines on our orienteering maps seems to be a dying practice judging by this year’s events (championships excluded). That some maps had no broken circles at all seems to indicate a lack of appreciation as to why it should be done. Other maps didn’t go far enough thus also contributing to unfairness on those courses. New course planners could be forgiven for such lapses. Is it that there is a trend to not having controllers and thus a lost opportunity to educate course planners? Continue reading Breaking Up Seems Hard to Do
Drifting off course just might not be your fault on a long compass leg. This year I happened to notice a few orienteering and rogaining maps with the wrong correction angle applied or specified. There may well be a few more like that.
Intrigued, I did a bit of sleuthing and came up with a convenient culprit Continue reading Magnetic Variation a No No?!*
