Open land and vegetation

The representation of vegetation is of importance to the competitor only for navigational purposes, not for route choices. If for example the forest is dense on one side of the path and sparse on the other, this presents navigation and positioning information. It is not necessary to grade the forest for "speed" purposes unlike maps for foot-orienteering, only for visibility. In order to meet the demands for highest possible legibility, the 100% green colour is not used at all. It should also be noted that the symbols 414 and 416 (cultivation boundaries) should be omitted since they may cause confusion with some of the symbols used for tracks and paths.

COLOUR
The basic principle is as follows:


401 Open land
Cultivated land, fields, meadows, grassland, etc. without trees, offering easy running. If yellow coloured areas becomes dominant, a screen (75%) instead of full yellow may be used.
Colour: yellow.
402 Open land with scattered trees
Meadows with scattered trees or bushes, with grass or similar ground cover offering easy running. Areas smaller than 10 mm2 at the maps scale are shown as open land (401). Individual trees may be added (418, 419, 420). If yellow coloured areas becomes dominant, a screen (75%) instead of full yellow may be used.
Colour: yellow (20 lines/cm).
403 Rough open land
Heath, moorland, felled areas, newly planted areas (trees lower than ca. 1 m) or other generally open land with rough ground vegetation, heather or tall grass. Symbol 403 may be combined with symbols 407 and 409 to show reduced runnability.
Colour: yellow 50% (60 lines/cm).
404 Rough open land with scattered trees
Where there are scattered trees in rough open land, areas of white (or green) should appear in the tone. Such an area may be generalised by using a regular pattern of large white dots in the yellow screen. Areas smaller than 16 mm2 in the maps scale are shown as rough open land (403). Individual trees may be added (418, 419, 420).
Colour: yellow 70% (60 lines/cm), white 48.5% (14.3 lines/cm).
405 Forest: easy running
Typically open runnable forest for the particular type of terrain. If no part of the forest is runnable then no white should appear on the map.
Colour: white.
406 Forest: slow running and difficult to run
An area with dense trees (low visibility) which reduces running to ca. 60-80% of normal speed.
Colour: green 30% (60 lines/cm).
408 Forest: very difficult to run, impassable
An area of dense vegetation (trees or undergrowth) which is barely passable.
Colour: green 60% (60 lines/cm).
412 Orchard
Land planted with fruit trees or bushes. The dot lines may be orientated to show the direction of planting. If yellow coloured areas becomes dominant, a screen (75%) instead of full yellow may be used.
Colour: yellow and green 25% (12.5 lines/cm).
413 Vineyard
The green lines may be orientated to show the direction of planting. If yellow coloured areas becomes dominant, a screen (75%) instead of full yellow may be used.
Colour: yellow and green.
415 Cultivated land
Cultivated land which is seasonally out-of-bounds due to growing crops may be shown with a black dot screen.
Colour: yellow 100%, black 5% (12.5 lines/cm).
417 Indistinct vegetation boundary
Indistinct boundaries between areas of green, yellow or white are shown without a line. The edge of the area is shown only by the change in colour or dot screen.
418, 419, 420 Special vegetation features
Symbols 418, 419 and 420 can be used for special small vegetation features. The definition of the symbol must be given in each case in the map legend.
Colour: green.