GPS Position Report Form

CHAPTER 7 PREPARATION BEFORE EVENT
7.1 COMMON LAUNCH POINT (CLP)
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7.1.1 In accordance with the competition rules the Common Launch Point (CLP) must be
marked on the ground physically before the beginning of competition. The co-ordinates of
CLP must be announced at the General Briefing and may be written on each task sheet if
needed. There may be more than one Launch Area, in which case each Area should have
its own CLP.
7.1.2 When choosing the CLP, consideration should be made that this point is also suitable as a
goal during FIN or Minimum Distance tasks.
7.2 ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMON LAUNCH POINT
7.2.1 Determine the position of the CLP, in or near the Launch Area and mark it with a banner
or other suitable material. A road intersection can be used as the CLP.
7.2.2 Determine the co-ordinates of the CLP on the competition map. Be sure to check the
accuracy between the map and field. The Launch Area may be a huge field and will not
have any reference points, which directly relate to the map. In this case the survey
equipment or GPS, if available, may be used to accurately measure the co-ordinates of
the CLP.
7.3 SELECTION FOR GOAL SITE
7.3.1 What type of site is suitable for a goal?
NO power lines
NO livestock
NO crop within 100 meters circle of centre of target
NO main road avoid a field which is connected to a main road
FLAT area for getting accuracy for measuring and for ease of using laser
surveying equipment
Of course, those detail conditions may be changed by local area restrictions or wind
factors.
7.4 GETTING PERMISSION
7.4.1 It is important to obtain permission or authorisation from all landowners or tenants to use
their land for goals and target sites.
7.5 TARGET POSITION COORDINATES AXMER
7.5.1 When locating targets close to a goal it is important for the measuring team to obtain the
distance and direction from the intersection of the roads, that has been designated the
goal. Information of co-ordinates of the road intersection will be important for competitors
who drop their markers outside the target field.
7.6 TARGET POSITION COORDINATES AXMERG
7.6.1 Whenever markers are used in logger only events they normally will be dropped at targets
announced by the ED in the TDS. These targets are not related to a goal as in
conventional AXMER competitions but should be chosen so that an unobstructed
approach by balloons is possible and preferable in open cut grass or freshly harvested
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