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[lhall]

[City Labyrinth] Dallas

[jasper]

Seems like somewhere it says these are supposed to be within the "city limits" which could be tricky. Is it easy to tell if you're in the Dallas city limits and haven't wandered into Farmers Branch or some place?

I think we can manage the one way streets (if they are necessary) by combining the horse power with runners- have a runner get out and walk while the vehicle navigates to the next turn, by-passing the one ways.

I'm willing to come and help, though the number of times I've been lost driving in Dallas is beyond belief.

[jasper]

small attempt

[AUZ505]

I really like it
Is there any chance to "fix" the upper left corner?

[jorgeguberte]

I saw the design earlier, but i couldn't remember the word. Now, somehow AUZ's post made me remember it: crispy. lol
It looks crispy. I hate when the streets doesn't help at all.
Besides the crispiness, it's good!

[jasper]

[lhall]

Oops, I posted these on Ariadne's forum but forgot to add them here, too. Just playing around with some stuff. I like jasper's though, as it's very symmetrical!

Smallish labyrinth, standard shape. Begins and ends in parks.

The big'un, about 95 miles long in total. What can I say...I got a little excited when I saw that Dallas was one of the knot cities. Anyone up for it?

Historical shape, based on the Sao Paolo-style labyrinth linked on Ariadne's blog. I'm working on scooting the bottom right segment over to be closer to the rest.

Let me know what y'all think!

[jasper]

The thing I'm wondering is whether we should be trying to get as large and complex as possible, or if smaller and neater will work as well.. The designs get wonky as we try to force in more circuits and/or cover more ground. I saw the math on size and circuits and power, but presumably, we're going to generate a lot more power this olympiad by simply having more of these than past teams. 3 stadia isn't all that huge is it? Though more circuits are probably more fun. . . but looking at your 95 miler that starts north of Lover's Lane, - wouldn't it work using just the first few circuits?

I tried to adjust mine to avoid the central expressway- though I still cross the expressway - too power hungry?
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=113481603571624592715.00044e9bb269bfc6105a6&z=14

[jasper]

[lhall]

[lhall]

Just heard from Kai, the trackstick is on its way! \o/ Go Team Texas!

[jasper]

the Dallas maps are apparently elegant and charming in the eyes of Eli Hunt (or he was describing lhall.)
We need to calculate the strength now. I can't do the math. I don't understand how to count the circuits to start.

[lhall]

[lhall]

Here is the four-quadrant labyrinth that Eli called "charming" (haha!)

I am not too sure about my calculations here, so please let me know if they're wrong...

- 4 quadrants, 7 circuits (calculated in the same way as the Sao Paolo labs)
- measured from Inwood to Skillman, so 5647 meters, or 30.5 stadia
- (30.5 x 7) / 6 = 35.6

[lhall]

I finished the Dallas labyrinth tonight, based on jasper's design: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&ptab=2&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=113481603571624592715.00044e920d37b61a8f769&z=14

I have photographs but won't be able to add the Trackstick data until tomorrow, when I can get to a computer with Windows: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lhall/sets/72157605946866548

It took about two hours all told and I got a decent signal on the Trackstick the whole time, so I'm excited to see how it turned out. The strength for this one is 17.82 so I hope that'll help bump up the omphputer rating a bit.