British Orienteering

BOF Annual Mapping Awards 2024: Silva Trophy Winner – Graham Gristwood (FVO)

28 April 2025

Graham Gristwood, Forth Valley Orienteers, is awarded the Silva Trophy for his map designed for the World Orienteering Championships 2024 (Sprint and Knock-out Sprint Finals).

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Described as a “class example of sprint mapping”, the map has good clean cartography, and uses of contour tags along streets. The level of detail looks to be well judged, and despite its complexity, it doesn’t appear cluttered.

Extracts of the maps are available via the following links:

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Well done to Graham on his award!

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