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The Southern Michigan Orienteering Club (SMOC) is holding a GPS-friendly orienteering meet this Sunday, May 4, 2003, at the Highland Recreation Area. The location is on the south side of M-59, about halfway between US-23 and I-75 (about 15 miles west of Pontiac). The meet runs from 12 noon to 3 pm, and there is a 3-hour time limit on completing your course (so arrive at noon if you want to use the entire three hours!) If you are not familiar with orienteering, please visit www.williams.edu/Biology/orienteering/o~index.html for more information. The sport basically consists of navigation, using a map and compass, to find orange and white flags, or "controls", hidden in the woods. For the first (and possible only) time, SMOC is providing UTM and lat/long coordinates for the controls, for those who wish to try their hand at orienteering using a GPS. Four courses of varying length and difficulty will be offered (the easiest course will not be GPS-friendly). Each course will consist of 10 to 14 controls. For more information on orienteering meets, you can check out the following SMOC web pages: www.angelfire.com/mi/SMOC/smocgenm.html for general meet information, and www.angelfire.com/mi/SMOC/first.html for information on "your first meet". You may also contact the Meet Director, Linda Burke, at LBurke1@twmi.rr.com if you have any questions or need more information. Hope to see you there!

The Southern Michigan Orienteering Club (SMOC) is having a meet this Sunday, May 4, at the Highland Recreation Area in White Lake Twp. For the first time, I will be providing control locations in UTM and lat/long coordinates, in addition to the usual mapped location. If you've ever wanted to try your hand at orienteering using your GPS, this is your big chance! For questions, or more info, contact me, Linda Burke, the SMOC Meet Director, at LBurke1@twmi.rr.com Hope to see you there!

The Southern Michigan Orienteering Club is holding a meet at the Highland Recreation Area (M-59 in White Lake Twp.) this Sunday, May 4, from noon to 3 pm. For the first time, I will be providing UTM and lat/long coordinates for controls on the orange (intermediate) and red (advanced) courses, and possibly the yellow (advanced beginner) course. If you want to try your hand at orienteering using your GPS, this is your opportunity! Of course, if you want to do it the old-fashioned way, with map and compass, you'll be in good company too! We begin picking up controls at 3 pm, so get there as close to noon as you can. For more info or questions, e-mail me, Linda Burke, the SMOC Meet Director, at LBurke1@twmi.rr.com, or call me at 248-471-9185, evenings. Hope to see you there!