Very interesting!
It is the same question that a group of agonists asked me time ago. I think the rules prohibit to give informations about the field, mapping included. But if you give only the “strategy left or right” to perform the run? Is it considered a violation? If you look at the field and THEN you choose left or right you give an “additional” information to the robot… uhm… the border between allowed or not is subtle… just wait our TC to give us the right interpretations 
Other questions:
- if the players give the “strategy” always left or always right BEFORE the calibration time?
- is it allowed to give the “strategy” always left or always right DURING a lack of progress without change the software?
Thank you in advice to the TC!