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Creating some images of the ground with OL LaserI use OL Laser to generate images of the ground from lidar/laser scan data. You can save the images and then open them as templates. The images can be helpful for fieldchecking.
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Using OL LaserI created a short screen cast to demonstrate how I use OL Laser to generate contours and cliffs from Lidar (laser scan) data.
If there is any interest (and maybe even if there isnt), Ill make some ... |
 And.... We're Back! It\s so hard to restart a routine when you\ve let it slide. Like when you\re a day behind on your Attackpoint log and you think Well, I can\t log today until I log yesterday, so.... And then the next ... |
Modified 31 Day Challenge 2012Im starting 2012 with a modified 31 day challenge. The 31 day challenge is to orienteer (i.e. run a course on a map) each day in January. I did 31 day challenges in 2009 and 2010 - meeting the chall ... |
 We're coming home! Our circus tent was ugly, but made with loveThis will be the last blog entry from Sweden for the next three weeks, but hopefully I\ll write some from home. I don\t know about what, exactly, but I\m s ... |
 Continuing the Swedish Christmas Reviews I think my last post was too boring, so this one is going to be about some of my other favorite things - julöl, glögg och godis. I stopped in at Systembolaget yesterday and picked up two ne ... |
Kansas Orienteering Champs 2011Joe ran the course with a headcam.
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 I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas We\ve had a few snow flurries here, but then it rains and washes it all away. I\m playing Christmas music as much as I can, in hopes of inspiring the weather, but it doesn\t seem to be working. Ross, ... |
A quick base mapHeres a quick base map of the mountain bike/hiking trails at Perry. The area is small (the magnetic north lines are 150 meters apart). The contours (2.5 meters) are generated from OL Laser. The gre ... |
 We're residents! Mountain Man Ross (there, less info seems safer, even though I don\t know what that number means anyway)Our resident permit cards came in the mail today! We both look super goofy, but, hey now we can ... |
Mapping runnability with lidarIve been experimenting with trying to map vegetation - the runnability of the forest - from laser scan/lidar data.
The map below shows one of my tests.
I created the map using OL Laser. I used the ... |
 Thanksgiving and Visas The midday sun was high in the sky.Last weekend Ross and I flew to Oslo to see good friends and to get our work visas. We met up with Cristina, Melissa and Caroline at the train station and spent the ... |
Aspleaf's dream...nightmare?Back in the day, Aspleaf predicted the future of orienteering as an olympic sport.
The race shown in the video isnt quite what Aspleaf predicted, but it isnt that far off....and it looks pretty coo ... |
Karst terrain contoursHeres some very nice terrain that needs to be mapped.
This is a small section of the terrain at Rock Bridge State Park near Columbia, Missouri. The map clip shows a small bit of terrain (abou ... |
More tests with laser scan/lidar data for mappingIve been experimenting with laser scan data and the latest version of OL-Laser. Ive been learning more and more about how to use the data and what sort of information I can get.
Heres an image that ... |
 Jul Cider and Beer There were doubts expressed at the Linné Gala that Jul Cider existed. But I found some at Systembolaget and I figured Ross could get in on the Jul flavored alcohol testing. The cider was Rekor ... |
 A break from our Christmas programming Last weekend was so much fun, it deserves its own blog entry before we move on to more reviews of Swedish Christmas foods. Saturday night was the Linné Gala and Sunday was Vinterrejset. Before ... |
Comparing the map and the lidar dataHeres a comparison of the current orienteering map and some laser scan (aka lidar) data of the same area. First, take a look at the current orienteering map with 5 meter contours.
Im not sure of ... |
 Guest blogger, guest taster Hi friends! It\s been so long since I\ve posted anything on this blog that it feels kindof like a cameo appearance. I have been pressed into duty tonight because Samis busy chopping garlic in the kit ... |
 New comparisons coming soon! Sunset this eveningToday I biked over to the big Coop Forum in Stenhagen for some shopping variety and for a nice bike ride. I rode carefully, as there is a thick layer of frost coating the pavement ... |
 Christmas Time! Ok, so you may be thinking that it seems a bit early for Christmas. But in Sweden, Christmas comes early. How is this possible, you ask? Well, it starts with the fact that there is no celebration for ... |
 Sunrises and Sunsets As the sun has been out the past two days, I have seen some beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Well, only one sunrise, which I watched from the bedroom window before climbing back into bed. I tried to c ... |
 Recent Happenings Orienteers everywhere are the same. When we finish our race, we really want to tell everyone about it and compare notes. Not having the map on hand doesn\t stop us from telling our tales of woe. I lo ... |
 Smålandskavlen This weekend Ross and I traveled south to Småland with the club to compete in our last real race of the year, the relays at Smålandskavlen. The format of this relay is different and fun. ... |
 Biking in Uppsala I\ve been thinking this week a lot about biking in Uppsala. Some of these thoughts started when I read on Facebook that a friend back home got door\d when biking in Boston. She was luckily wearing he ... |
10,000 hours of practiceTheres a theory out there that you need 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert in just about anything. Thats a lot of practice. But to be really good at something you need to practice a lot. ... |
Annichen and Jorgen in an old videoI watched an old Swedish TV sports report about orienteering that Per Frost sent me. The video features two of the all time greats - Annichen and Jorgen.
As TV coverage of oreinteering it is pretty ... |
 Birthday Week! Hugo and I discussing how green it was. He thought it was just fine.I quit because I couldn\t take the stinging nettles anymore.As Ross wrote last week, I was in Switzerland visiting Sandra and Marc ... |
 Two Roads Diverged And two long roads they were, as this weekend Sam and I signed up for two separate and equally daunting orienteering courses. I ran the Blodslitet in Norway and Sam ran the Swiss Long Distance Champi ... |
 More orienteering... and more kanelbullar Ross playing on the playground equipment the night before.Last weekend Ross and I raced at the Swedish Ultra Long Championships. We stayed at a ski resort the night before and had a view of a beautif ... |
Yesterday's race with special trail ruleOur local event yesterday was a sprint score orienteering course followed by a point-to-point race. Both events had a twist. By rule we could only run on the trails in the forest. The rule made th ... |
 Work Time Okay, I know this is going to be a break from the scheduled programming, as this channel is mostly orienteering trips and snack breaks, but I\m going to take a moment to describe what I do between me ... |
WOC of the pastWith all the talk about the World Champs of the future, I thought itd be interesting to reflect on the WOC of the past.
I started orienteering in 1980. The first World Orienteering Champs after I b ... |
 Middle and Relay SM We have to go back in time a bit for this one, but it was fun and worth writing about. Two weekends ago we again traveled for many hours in a van to Västergötland for the middle and r ... |
 Our First Books Last week, Ross and I biked back to his work after running intervals to join his coworkers for beer club. In a little nook at the end of the hallway outside their labs and office, a handful of people ... |
Early GPS for orienteering mappingBack in the early 1990s, Lou Betros began using GPS for making orienteering maps. This is his early set up. The GPS is a prototype from Garmin. He added batteries and an external antenna. The gear ... |
 Food and Orienteering It was suggested today at OK Linné\s orienteering event that I should write all my blog entries about food and orienteering, since that\s all I do. How well everyone here is getting to know me ... |
 Busy! Although, yes, I\m unemployed, I somehow still manage to keep myself busy. Sometimes it\s by running twice in one day and going on a bike ride. Other times it\s by reading an entire young adult ficti ... |
NOD sprint course The long sprint orienteering course from todays National Orienteering Day event.
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 Exploding Mushrooms As I\m sitting here enjoying my own fika with myself (can you have fika by yourself?)...My own fika, complete with kanelbullar.I put together a video of some amusing moments here in Uppsala. I laugh ... |
Orienteering video from WyomingMary and I just got back from a long weekend of orienteering practice in Wyoming. I shot a bit of video of the terrain.
I put the video together as an experiment - trying to see what I could do wi ... |
Another look at the toughest legI spent some more time looking at the GPS tracks for the section of the WOC womens middle distance final that I wrote about yesterday. But before I got to the 14th leg, I noticed a couple of runners ... |
Toughest leg on the WOC women's middle final?You can make a case that the leg to 14 was the hardest leg on the entire course for the womens middle final at WOC. I was looking at the splits in WinSplits Pro. I looked at the performance index fo ... |
Just ignore them allThis is one of the better training log entries Ive read in a long time, from Alex Jospe, on the day she ran the WOC qualifier:
I think everyone assumed Id be nervous for my first WOC race, and pretty ... |
Route from the WOC relayI thought this was one of the more interesting routes from the WOC relay. It is leg 5 to 6 on the first leg of the mens relay. Ive shown the routes of the medalists - Philippe Adamski (France), Carl ... |
 Our fearless leaders WOC 2011 is over. We cheered, we laughed, we gasped in horror at the mistakes shown on the big screen. There were some very fine moments from Team USA, and there were some moments that won\t illicit ... |
Ireland's WOC versus the peer nationsNow that the World Champs is over, I looked at how Ireland did against each of the peer nations. I used my usual list of nations (USA, BEL, CAN, IRL, PN, NZL and POR) and calculated a win-loss record ... |
Men's relay - and they're off! Ross is off on the first leg of the men\s relay!Added: Ross is in and has handed off to Jordan!Added: Jordan is in but Canada has taken a small lead. Sergei is chasing down Will Smith on the last leg ... |
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