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Teslin is a waterproof synthetic printing medium manufactured by PPG Industries. Teslin is a single-layer, uncoated film, and extremely strong. Its official website states that it is recyclable and non-toxic. [1] The strength of the lamination peel of a Teslin sheet is 2-4 times stronger than other coated synthetic and coated papers.
The paper has applications for wet or damp environments, including outdoor, marine, field uses as well as printing applications for similar environments. The paper presents recycling challenges. Historically, waterproof paper was described in Scientific American in 1884.
Silk Maps: The Story of MI9’s Excursion into the World of Cartography, Barbara Bond, Cartographic Journal, Vol 21, No.2, Dec 1984, pp141–145. MI9 Fabric Maps 1939–1945, Barbara Bond SMRO/SLR, Maps Division Dec 1982 (interlibrary memo). Maps Printed on Silk, Barbara Bond, Map Collector, No. 22, 1983, pages 10–13.
Orienteering maps are produced by local orienteering clubs and are a valuable resource for the club. Orienteering maps are expensive to produce and the principal costs are: the fieldwork, drawing (cartography), and printing. Each of these can use up valuable resources of a club, be it in manpower or financial costs.
The map shows all footpaths and the format is similar to the Explorer maps, but with less detail. OS Landranger Active (1:50,000) Select OS Landranger maps available in a plastic-laminated waterproof version, similar to the OS Explorer Active range. As of October 2009, 25 of the 204 Landranger maps were available as OS Landranger Active maps.
The Monk Competition is an event where a team of two competitors is required whilst underwater to plan and then navigate from the start to the finish of the course via a number of orienteering points (also called control points) shown on a waterproof map provided at the start of the event within a maximum time of 18 minutes. The map contains ...