The Knights Templar School: Baldock Gold – Memory Map Training Summit of Chwarel y Fan – Black...

The Knights Templar School: Baldock

Gold – Memory Map Training

Summit of Chwarel y Fan – Black Mountains


Welcome

This PowerPoint presentation will be available in the Gold section of the school DofE website.

Please take notes as this course will show you the exact format required for your submitted routes.


Double click on Memory-Map to start the application.


First Configure your Memory Map for our needs.

Select the Mode menu and set.

• Continuous Scroll = tick

• Units = metric

• Magnetic Variation = 3° West

• position format = BNG

• In the main Tool Bar click Data button On.


Use the Find button to find Talybont-on-Usk. With the Drag button selected, centre the map at Talybont-on-Usk.

Use Scale + - buttons to select the 1:25000 map (see title bar 1:25k).

Use mouse roller button or Zoom + - buttons to zoom map in and out.

Position map with Talybont-on-Usk in the lower right corner, so that you can also see Pencelli to the NW.


Select the Route button and create a route from Talybont-on-Usk to Pencelli

Do not overdo the waypoints. Significant changes in direction or junctions only please. Typically 50 for a full 20km day.

Right click on the final waypoint of each day and change to a to show your campsite. Do not change any other waypoints from the default Blue Dot.


Be sure to practice the following moves …..

• use the Mouse roller button to zoom in/out for a better view

• use the keyboard cursor arrows to position the map if you need

• use the Esc key to stop the route and go back to the drag button

• practice right clicking on the last waypoint and Add a waypoint after to continue the route

• practice right clicking on any waypoint and Delete to delete a waypoint

• right click on any part of the route to Insert a waypoint

• double click on last waypoint or press ESC to end route


Double click on your route (not a waypoint) or right click and select Properties this will open the Overlay Properties window.

• Change the Route Name to Day1

• Change the Colour according to group to:1.Andrew Young Blue 4.Ishbel Brierley Green2.Kathryn Sweetlove Purple 5.Yellow3.Josh Woodhouse Red 6. Orange

Change Line Style SolidLine Width Normal

TransparencyOpaque

• Press Save default style to save colour and style for all future routes; practice and assessment.


In the Overlay Properties window, right click and select New category. Name the new folder one of:

1.Andrew Young

2.Kathryn Sweetlove

3.Josh Woodhouse

4.Ishbel Brierley

5.

6.

Now pick up and drop your Day1 route into this folder.


We will now create a route for Day2.

Use Find to locate Upper Cantref Fm. Then create a new route from Pencelli to Upper Cantref Fm. To keep Day2 separate, do not start on the last waypoint of Day1.

Name this route Day2 …

… and move this route to your group folder.


Finally for Day3, use Find to locate Pen y Fan.

Create a new route from Upper Cantref Fm to Pen y Fan and back in a circular walk (different route up and down).

Name this route Day3 …

… and move this route to your group folder.


Now review your routes, make any changes, delete or add waypoints.

Finally to submit your routes, right click on your group folder and select Save as… . Name the file:

1.Andrew Young_v1 4.Ishbel Brierley_v1

2.Kathryn Sweetlove_v1 5.

3.Josh Woodhouse_v1 6. where the "v1" is the version of the file. Increment this number each time you submit a set of routes. Now email this to [email protected]


Routes will only be accepted in this exact Name, Colour and Style format.

Once approved, you will be asked for printed copies of each day. Please print with the following settings:

• Adjust scale buttons to set map at 1:50,000.

• Use the group folder tick boxes to show only the day you wish to print.

• Try to fit each day on one piece of paper.

• Select Map and Print and use the settings on the next slide


Print Settings


Move the print frame to include the whole route for each day if you can.


Route Submission Summary

• Check default settings, see slide 3.

• Check group colour, line style, see slide 7.

• Check group folder and day names, see slide 8.

• Check maximum 50 waypoints per day.

• Check submitted .mmo file in correct name format e.g. 2.Kathryn Sweetlove_v3



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