{"id":67869,"date":"2022-11-22T13:22:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T13:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=67869"},"modified":"2022-11-22T13:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T13:26:07","slug":"no-satnav-allowed-competitors-learn-to-navigate-cardiff-with-only-a-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/11\/22\/no-satnav-allowed-competitors-learn-to-navigate-cardiff-with-only-a-map\/","title":{"rendered":"No satnav allowed: Competitors learn to navigate Cardiff with only a map"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An orienteering club is encouraging people to stop relying on their phones<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

SOUTH Wales Orienteering Club<\/a> is teaching the people of Cardiff to navigate their area with just a map in a series of competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competitors are not allowed to use their phones to navigate and must use a map to hit several checkpoints in their area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Firth, from South Wales Orienteering Club, said: \u201cThe idea is to get people outside in the winter and have some fun while exercising safely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its winter series, MapRun, gives people 60 minutes to make their way around a part of Cardiff and visit several checkpoints designated on a map. Each checkpoint is worth between 10 and 30 points, with 25 checkpoints to reach. The aim is to get as many points as possible within an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competitors can only use their phones as a time chip to record when they hit different checkpoints, using the app MapRun6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe try and teach people to read a map instead of relying on their phones to navigate everywhere. You never know when you might need it,\u201d said Andrew.<\/p>\n\n\n

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