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Tech Talk: Purple Pen 

Starts: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 6:30 PM
Registration:  Pre-registration is optional, but requested (so we know how many maps to print) by Wednesday, January 11, 2017 6:30 PM
Start Type: Interval (runners start at 1 minute intervals)
Map: Other
Organizer: Ed Despard

Join us at MIT to learn about how to best use Purple Pen to set courses! This is a vital skill for anyone setting courses, and it is an easy one, but helpful to learn from the pros. We've reserved classroom 32-141, in the Stata Center.

We will go over some basic best-practices of setting orienteering courses from beginner through advanced levels. We will discuss how to use the free software Purple Pen to set a better course and to yield a higher-quality map for printing. Purple Pen has many useful features that will help you set better courses. We'll finish with some q&a, and hopefully you'll leave with a better understanding of how to provide a beautiful map for orienteering courses. Optional: bring your laptop with Purple Pen already installed if you'd like to test this out on your next course setting opportunity.

http://student.mit.edu/searchiap/iap-9289af8d58cec5b80158d55c8eb70140.html

Tragically, we can't bring pizza into the classroom, so we'll all adjourn after the fact at a nearby pizzeria. Come on by, all are welcome!

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