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> This page lists some easy mapping jobs - that don't require mapping skill! If you can do orange or red courses then you can share this work. Some of these just need a visit. Perhaps there are some hints that changes might have happened and we need to find out. (Logging, thinning, subdivision, remark from a competitor etc) Perhaps someone has suggested an area and it needs a second opinion. Perhaps the area seems good but we haven't talked to the landowners.

We also list some maps that need minor work. The usual method of updating is to put it off until an event is scheduled. This guarantees that fieldwork will be done in bad weather, and everything will be rushed! This list is designed to enable work to happen in a more sensible way. The best way is to ask the mapping officer for a map at a large scale (2-3X normal) and then to sketch on it. If you have a GPS the file is handy. Someone with our drawing software OCAD will then update the file - or get you started.

Major jobs aren't listed here. If you are interested in learning more please consult This page was updated on 10 Dec 20. © Orienteering Hutt Valley

MAP NAME	WHERE	ESTD TIME	WHAT IS NEEDED
Ecclesfield Reserve	Upper Hutt	An hour or so	Small area of bush tracks needs a review. Things on our rogaine mapping don't fit since we got better contours from UHCC.
St Pats Farm	Upper Hutt	An hour or so	At the north corner of the paddocks theres a triangle of scrub 200X100m which we've just been avoiding. Are there any routes thru it? Could it be mapped as a maze?
MAF Research Farm	Kaitoke	An hour or two	Re-establish contact with owner and see if we can map.
Riverbank	Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt	Chunks of half a day or so	The riverbank is our largest park, and is always changing. The river is eating away at the banks as I write, the newly planted willows are progressing from yellow to scattered white to white to green.... Choose a chunk and mark updates, or simply report that a zone is/is not OK.
CIT/HIBS	Upper Hutt	Half a day	We havent orienteered here for ages, CIT has changed hands, and HIBS has surely done building changes. What they need is a visit and talking to the (separate) owners to see whether there's still potential here.
Rivendell	Kaitoke	Couple of half-day sessions	Tiny area possible around the filming location where the bush is passable, and a 2km bush loop with occasional off-track possibilities. Would be used in conjunction with campground map 500m away. Have set up a basemap by GPS-ing the tracks, and installed good contours.
Bullamahanga Landowners	Moonshine	A day	Of 4sq.km we have only used 1.5 in recent years. We need to keep in contact with the owner of the 1.5, and see whether any of the other bits are still usable. So diplomatic rather than technical skill:-))
Belmont Bunkers Maintenance	Lower Hutt	A day or so	Planners have suggested there might be something passable in those fenced off bush blocks close to the Hill Rd carpark. The new track from the carpark to Old Coach Road might open up some passable routes too. (We have the track on the map.)
Boys Brigade Campsite	Wainuiomata	A few days	Ideally there should be a map that camp groups can use. There was a map in the 80's, which has been fitted to modern aerial photos and contours. Now needs fieldwork to make it usable.
Sacred Heart College	Lower Hutt	A few days	College is adjacent to current civic centre mapping. No contours to worry about!
Taita College	Lower Hutt	A few days	College is next to "The Learning Connection" (formerly the Soil Bureau) and we once had a colour map. Hasn't been used for years so best to start afresh. We have good contours and modern aerial photos.
Naenae College	Lower Hutt	A few days	College is next to Intermediate. Hasn't been used for years so requires extensive updating. We have the old map and modern aerial photos. No contours to worry about!