The integration of urban areas into the
arena of orienteering sports causes some major problems from a cartographical
point of view.
The urban terrain differs completely from the
classical forest terrain. Especially in the center of
old downtowns, the degree of
details can be much higher then in a forest.
The urban areas, generally paved areas, permit
very high running speed.
However, in urban area, theyre also many restrictions (forbidden or dangerous areas),
which runners must take into
consideration;
The short distances / sprint (2.5 to 4.0 km) permit the use of large scale within the range of 1:2000 -
1:5000.
