Traces by User "PLAYER1"

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  Trace by: PLAYER1

  Location: Vancouver south

  Distance: .420

  This running track has an unusual shape because it surrounds a cricket oval.

  Date: 28 November, 2014
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  Trace by: PLAYER1

  Location: Ottawa, Canada

  Distance: 3.39 km

  I wanted to try the Shanghai river run again, on a different body of water. Looking at the trace online, I drew it on a tourist map of Ottawa, following the curves of the Ottawa River below/behind the Parliament buildings, and back along Wellington Street, which passes in front of the same buildings. Then I…

  Date: 28 May, 2014
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  Trace by: PLAYER1

  Location: Dunbar Memorial Park, Vancouver

  Distance: 1.46 km

  I knew that this track was quite short by distance, so I thought it would fit well within the limits of one of the sports parks I frequent. However, I kept overestimating the distances from the original meandering track when walking the flat grounds of the park, so the shape isn’t very accurate. This trace…

  Date: 26 April, 2014
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  Trace by: PLAYER1

  Location: Vancouver

  Distance: 6.98 km

  I thought it would be interesting to map the urban space of Shanghai onto the smaller scale of the Vancouver waterfront. I know Vancouver’s scale well, so I guessed that the 7.35 km of the track would fit well around False Creek, starting from near the Burrard Bridge. I manually entered the coordinates of Burrard…

  Date: 26 April, 2014
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  Trace by: PLAYER1

  Location: Vancouver, BC

  Distance: 2.74 km

  The original track describes the cemetery as being laid out like a city, so I thought it would be amusing to shift the track just a few blocks from the original. The scale proved to be quite similar. I chose not to cut across private property, but use city streets and alleys. This trace was…

  Date: 21 April, 2014
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