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OSM Ski Resort Routing

Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, 2021
We present OSM Ski Resort Routing, an app that combines the concept of pathfinding and navigation with skiing. It provides an interactive 2D and 3D visualisation of arbitrary ski resorts using OpenStreetMap data and can be used to compute and display the optimal route between any waypoints in the resort.
Wenzel Friedsam, Robin Hieber, Alexander Kharitonov, Tobias Rupp   +3 more
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Epidemic Giardiasis at a Ski Resort

New England Journal of Medicine, 1969
Abstract An outbreak of protracted, intermittent diarrhea, often associated with symptoms suggesting malabsorption, occurred in persons who vacationed in Aspen, Colorado, during the 1965–66 ski season. A survey of 1094 skiers showed that the characteristic illness had developed in at least 11.3 per cent.
G T, Moore, W M, Cross, D, McGuire, C S, Mollohan, N N, Gleason, G R, Healy, L H, Newton   +6 more
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A ski injury risk assessment model for ski resorts

Journal of Risk Research, 2020
We propose a ski injury risk assessment model which allows ski resorts to take targeted and preventive actions towards critical ski regions.
Delibašić Boris, Dragana Makajić-Nikolić, Marko Ćirović, Nataša Petrović, Milija Suknović   +4 more
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Ski Injury Statistics, 1982 to 1993, Jackson Hole Ski Resort

The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 1995
A retrospective analysis was conducted on injury statistics compiled over 12 seasons, from 1982 to 1993 (2.55 million skier-days), at a Wyoming ski resort. The population at risk was determined by ticket sales per year. A total of 9749 skiing injuries was indexed by anatomic region and se verity according to diagnosis on initial evaluation.
W J, Warme, J A, Feagin, P, King, K L, Lambert, R R, Cunningham   +4 more
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Sustainable Ski Resort Principles: An Uphill Journey

2008
As discussed throughout this volume, sustainability has become a stated goal for many tourism businesses and destinations. For ski resorts, there are a number of drivers behind the goal of sustainability (see also Chapter 2 in this volume). There exists a growing, though still incomplete understanding of the impacts ski resorts have on mountain ...
Daniel Scott, Tania Del Matto
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Acromioclavicular joint injuries at a Colorado ski resort

The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 2021
Acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) injuries are among the most common injuries in contact and non-contact sports. As winter sports become more popular, there has been an increase in shoulder injuries among recreational skiers and snowboarders.This was a retrospective analysis of all patients who presented to the Denver Health Winter Park Medical Center with
Naomi Kelley, Lauren Pierpoint, Jack Spittler, Morteza Khodaee   +3 more
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Snowed: Deceptive Advertising by Ski Resorts

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
Casual empiricism suggests that deceptive advertising is prevalent, and several classes of theories explore its causes and consequences. We provide some unusually sharp empirical evidence on the extent, mechanics, and dynamics of deceptive advertising.
Jonathan Zinman, Eric Zitzewitz
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Land Degradation at the Stara Planina Ski Resort

Environmental Management, 2012
The environmental impacts of ski resorts in the Balkan region are great and can lead to landscape degradation and loss of land functionality. In this study, we present an example of the negative effects of human activities at the Stara Planina ski resort in southeastern Serbia.
Ristić, Ratko, Kasanin-Grubin, Milica, Radić, Boris, Nikić, Zoran, Vasiljević, Nevena   +4 more
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Customers' Perceptions of Ski Resorts' Images: Implications for Resorts' Positioning Strategies

Tourism and Hospitality Research, 2008
Image is a core element in a communication strategy especially in regards to destination branding and positioning strategy. The present study aims at investigating to which extent French ski resorts can develop different positioning strategies, based on tourists' perceptions of a set of pictures taken from brochures and representing the resorts in ...
Isabelle Frochot, Dominique Kreziak
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