Name That Course

I do not see why there would be an issue with it.
I have always named my calibration courses after the street name. Like Alcorn Ave.

Why would you name a cal course after a race? If you measure the cal course, then have it certified, you can use it for more than just that particular race. I prefer to name it after the street, or cross-streets, as J.A. says.

I don't like using a sponsor's name in a course name, as many times the sponsors change over the years. Just name the course after the park, or part of town, or whatever. Just my opinion.

I've always used street names - helps to locate the course - for my cal courses. But here's a guy who wants his business name used. So I guess that my question would be: who has naming rights?
Or does it make any difference/

I agree that we should use street names for calibration course names, as it at least gives an idea where the course is, before opening the map.

But, if Ricky's Race Services is paying for a calibration course (is a surveyor being hired to do it? I have never charged for a calibration course, as I use them for many course measurements), I guess it could be called Ricky's Calibration Course.

However, if a Ricky's Race is being run, and a calibration course is set up which happens to be used to measure Ricky's Race course, I don't see why the cal course should be called "Ricky's". It will be used for other course measurements, and he is paying for his race course measurement, not the calibration course.

Just my thoughts.

In this case it seems like the cal course is being named after a measuring/timing service rather than a specific race. I'm sure Pete Volkmar would be within his rights to name his home course "Guido Brothers 1,000 Foot." In fact Pete has been known to have some whimsical names for cal courses. There was a "Just Ducky" course in Danbury alongside a park's duck pond, and another "Dick's Special" named after a particularly pesty race director.

Good point, Jim. Just so no one gets the impression that Ricky's Cal Course can only be used by Ricky. They are still open for anyone to use, if they are on public property.

I like the whimsical names, as long as there is enough info on the map to find the course.

I don't have a copy of the email, but I seem to remember being told that cal courses should be named using "Street Name and length."

Duane brings up a good point. Perhaps we shouldn't allow names for cal courses that imply ownership.

Nobody owns a calibration course. The fact that it's certified and the map is posted online pretty much insures that it's "in the public domain".

Let them call the course what they want to call it.

I'm with Jay. Who would want to use a calibration course who would not know that it is in the public domain?

What is useful for me that I do not see on some cal course maps is an address. If there is no close-by address, a GPS coordinate would help. Is it not a requirement to record an address on cal course so that they may be easily located?

Lyman - when we assume everyone knows what we know, then we open the door for misunderstanding.

If I were a new measurer, and had read the manual, I may look for a calibration course in my area. If it was named "Lyman's calibration course", I may assume that each measurer is to set up their own course. That, of course, would be incorrect, but how would they know? They are new, and don't know their way around the measuring community.

One can never assume others have the same knowledge they possess.

I see your point, Duane.

How about we apply similar reasoning to requiring cal course maps to show an address near one end or the other? In a major metropolitan area such as D.C., "Duckburg" and "Main Street" or the like do not cut it in terms of locating the course for the first time.