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Discussion: Australian conventions for the use of ISOM 2000

in: Orienteering; General

Jan 19, 2010 6:41 AM # 
AZ:
On the O.A. website I saw the following. Does this pamphlet exist (I was unable to download it) and is it in use, and what are the benefits of these 'deviations' from ISOM?

"The pamphlet ‘MAP SYMBOLS FOR ORIENTEERING MAPS: Australian Edition’ illustrates Australian conventions for the use of ISOM 2000 symbols. The Australian conventions are:
- 104.1 Slope line shorter (0.4), for use where space limited
- 107.7 Earth wall, line thicker (.18) and larger dot (.40)
- 201.2 Impassable cliff, short tags (0.4)
- 201.4 Impassable cliff, no tags, tapered ends
- 203.2 Passable cliff, short tags (0.4)
- 203.4 Passable cliff, no tags, tapered ends
- 118 Special landform feature. Termite mound added
- 710 Out-of-bounds area. Purple standard, Black added
- 711 Dangerous area. Purple standard, Black added
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Jan 19, 2010 8:14 AM # 
simmo:
I think it may have been withdrawn pending the current ISOM review. However, if you go to the Drawing Maps page, there is a link to 'ISOM 2000 OCAD8 Symbols Aust Ed.' Right click on this and save it to the Symbol folder in your OCAD 8 system file. Then you will be able to select it when you open a new file in OCAD8. (You could also convert it to a 9 or 10 file and save it in the Symbol folder of those system files.)

Just below that link is another one to a 2004 pdf (which I think is the document you are looking for). However, it is now out of date, at least for sprint maps.

On the Operational Manual page, at 2.9 not 6.2 as mentioned on the mapping pages, you will find Alex Tarr's very useful paper on mapping of rock features - which he updated in July 2008 (on the Mapping Standards page it says this file is dated Dec 97).

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