The event format is simple to understand and suitable for people with no orienteering bado information. In many cases the maps used during our orienteering events will be newer versions. Dirt roads will lead to the paved main forest road. We are proud to announce the release of openorienteering mapper 0. In the map source tab lower right, uncheck web map 7 run these commands in commander tab. A number of orienteering maps, using ocad and standard techniques, are now in production for orienteering maine. Contour lines which describe the shape of the land are drawn at vertical intervals of 10 feet. Omaps orienteering maps from trainings and competitions all over the world updated several times every day. You can see a result table, your route on map and a result profile.
We offer four different corporate orienteering team building experiences. All welcome and you dont need to be a member to get started. This provides a great opportunity for three different events in good technical terrain over one week end of orienteering saturday. Long lines across the map with arrowheads show the direction of magnetic north.
With the aid of a map and compass, you find your way on foot across the countryside from control to control. The event format will map availability front page pamber forest saturday 23rd november 2019 final details admin. These packages are primarily operated from our base in epping forest and have been designed to inspire communication, team management and problem solving. The software is extremely easy to use, and to adapt for special requirements. We are proud to cooperate with several orienteering clubs, enabling us to provide you with some of the best orienteering maps in portugal. We have decades of expertise that can deliver amazingly detailed and accurate stateoftheart maps that prove well worth the cost. It is maintained by the ioa mapping officer, mapping at orienteering. Openorienteering mapper is an orienteering mapmaking program and provides a free alternative to the existing proprietary solution.
This said, its easy to understand that free software offers orienteering a good way to cater for its needs. Indicate the type of mapping work you need done, the location of the work and. It is a great way to spice up a walk, a good way to challenge the kids and lots of fun to do as a family or with a group of friends. The software of choice for most orienteering map production is ocad, a cartographic software application specifically designed for orienteering mapping. A scale bar shows the scale of the map usually, 1 cm equals 150 metres 1. Basingstoke andover district orienteers the orienteering club for north hampshire.
Animator, event administration, speaker, course planning, analysis. The alex tarr 2006 map is excellent west australian granite terrain. Once youve used an orienteering map, nothing else compares. New novel about orienteering called forest runner dkp 41119 6519 17. I did maps from school map to international world ranking events. Orienteering without the need to set out controls points. S at 6th april nsw sprint championships kevin evans oval, holmesville. This webpage contains sources of information for irish orienteers involved in mapping projects.
Click a region on the map to load maps in this region, or click button below to load all maps can take up to a minute load all markers very slow heatmap options. One of the great advantages of using the ocad software is that it is fairly easy to transform maps from one style to another. Automation in orienteering map production fiction or reality dusan petrovic university of ljubljana, faculty of civil and geodetic engineering, jamova 2, ljubljana, slovenia abstract. The orienteering course has been drawn on a topographic base map. Automated production of orienteering maps seemed to be completely impossible due to extreme detainees and terrain adaptation of those maps. All required functions for drawing maps are implemented and the program works very. Florida orienteering maps due to the fast growing conditions in florida, the details shown on many of these maps may have changed significantly since they were made. Sorry for the inconvenience please tell me if this was an important function for you at jan at. If by orienteering map you mean a map that is styled differently from the standard map you see at. Openorienteering mapper is an orienteering mapping program as an alternative to the existing proprietary solution. Awesome intricate sand dune terrain with open pine forest. In the portfolio i have samples from several countries, which i did either alone or in cooperation with other mapers.
Orienteering is an exciting and challenging outdoor sport that exercises both mind and body. Printing orienteering maps with a 4color cmyk printing. Pamber forest saturday 23rd nov 2019 orienteering is an. So, now weve got free map drawing through oscape, you can now use entirely free software from start to finish of putting on an event. The program is completely free, every programmer can improve it. Orienteering can take place anywhere from remote forest and countryside to urban areas, parks and school playgrounds. An orienteering map is a map specially prepared for use in orienteering competitions. Openorienteering mapper is an orienteering mapmaking program and.
Printing orienteering maps with a 4color cmyk printing process. Orienteering maps are always produced with the top of the map aligned to magnetic north. Openorienteering is a project developing a collection of tools which help with the creation of orienteering maps and the organization of orienteering events. Inkscape is a crossplatform open source vector graphics editor distributed under a free software licence and can be. This event is part of the stir up weekend of events. Orienteering unlimited uses the ocad map drawing software for the production of most of its maps. Orienteering at forest park directions pdf orienteering map of forest park pdf. Map making for irish orienteers orienteering in ireland. Forest park orienteering course everett, wa official. According to czech mapper ales hejna, who has recently been in turkey evaluating the terrain and its suitability for orienteering, the. Made orienteering maps in finland, switzerland, spain, portugal, kanada and norway. Mapper openorienteering open source orienteering software. Generally, you start with a base map, possibly from something like usgs map, or aerial photography.
Last christmas i spent a while searching the internet for free software that could provide a platform for the production of orienteering maps. Draw the course in the smartphone, run the course and evaluate the race directly using the smartphone. Its core tools match ocad, while ocad has many more specific tools. A static map of pamber forest and upper inhams copse nature reserve.
You dont need a lot to get started so join your local orienteering event, choose a. All that is needed is an orienteering map the work towards getting this remarkable terrain mapped has been started. Orienteering in the redwoods is a simplified version of orienteering. My last plan was the dorset delight not far away in bisterne close near burley 2014, a similar area but i love the new forest and took the posted on tue, 14th february 2017 by jason falconer newforest, orienteering, regional club news, event reports wessex galoppen 2017. A new format, the sprint competition, required new map specifications issom which were finalized and published in 2007. The program works on android, windows, macos and linux. Orienteering has many features that involve technology issues. Orienteering maps and training camp areas orienteering. Automation in orienteering map production fiction or reality. Many orienteering mappers have discovered advantages to foregoing the traditional approach to printing maps which requires that a commercial offset printer use five, six or seven pantone matching system ink colors spot colors which are mixed especially for orienteering maps process black, pms471brown. Informal orienteering event pamber forest 29th august 2019.
Map reading, flow, sprint orienteering, map contact, speed adaption. Instructions click a region on the map to load maps in this region, or click button below to load all maps can take up to a minute. A third party piece of software such as an antivirus or firewall that plugs into your web browser affects the way it displays pages. This permanent orienteering course has been jointly created by peninsula and plain orienteers and the halswell quarry park rangers, with the help of a grant from the rata foundation. The gps will detect when you are at the controlpoint and will automatically punch. From carthography to event management there are lots of information technology involved. Making a good orienteering map is a time consuming task, although it has gotten much better over the last 20 years with computers and gps. What prompted your development of the oscape extensions.
Besides, like other no media sports, it has a permanent lack of money for its development. This provides a great opportunity for three different events in good technical terrain over one weekend of orienteering. Running at night with limited visibility, is a very good map reading exercise as one has to be more exact in ones orienteering. List of software for orienteering international orienteering federation. If youve tried to read a map whilst running, without getting lost or falling over, then youve experienced the thrill of orienteering. Finnish orienteering map maker with long experience of mapmaking and competining. Bado are holding an informal orienteering 1 hour score event on thursday 31st october 2019. On this page we have listed some commonly used orienteering software. It is a topographic map with extra details to help the competitor navigate through the competition area these maps are much more detailed than generalpurpose topographic maps, and incorporate a standard symbology that is designed to be useful to anyone, regardless of native language. The tucson orienteering club maintains a permanent orienteering course at greasewood park see location. Master of science degree in land surveying from university of helsinki. Type own map style in the search box above and read some of the answers to get an idea. Compass is also more important at night than in daytime. Focus on mapping and due to open source makes mapper an excellent option for map making beginners.
This official release includes bug fixes and updates. The event is around the streets of fairfield and basingstoke town. Basingstoke andover district orienteers bado orienteering is an. The search proved fruitful when i discovered inkscape. Map registration mapping resources printing, software, gps, mapping standards earliest maps trinity map archive. Pamber forest comes alive in spring, with the melodious song of blackcaps and. Pamber forest and silchester common, on saturday 23rd november 2019 full details at uk this event is part of the stir up weekend of events.
Im a very recent convert to mapper, using both windows and linux versions. The aim of orienteering map specifications is to provide rules that can accommodate. Woodpecker west, ocala national forest alexander springs recent map updates by ales hejna, vendula hejnova. Pamber forest and upper inhams copse nature reserve. Their idea of orienteering terrain is a bit different to ours runnable forests are. For example, we can easily create trail and facility maps from an orienteering map. The permanent course consists of a set of numbered concrete posts, marked on the map with a circle and a dot, and numbered. Orienteering woodhill forest orienteering new zealand. Fieldwork with open orienteering mapper lerjen kartografie. At josh jenner orienteering coach and mapper, we provide a full range of orienteering services. Rapid orienteering map creation with arcpad and arcgis.
Pawtuckaway state park, in new hampshire, usa, is excellent orienteering terrain good topography, rock and water detail, but also fascinating due to the size and number of boulderssome 15m highbut due to the hemlock forest over much of the map, even these largest rocks may only be visible less than 50m awaybut with good runnability. Over the last year, orienteering meets have been held at the university of maine in orono, castine, sedgwick, the bangor city forest, and at the. Rotc, scout, and other nonprofit groups interested in holding an orienteering event please refer to one of. Open runnable forest with more than half the map covered with extensive sandstone and conglomerate rock detail.
The australian orienteer march 2019 by orienteering australia. You can also replay the race and compare with one or more opponents. Ousa orienteering map program for schools and nonprofit youth. Orienteering maps isom was published in 2000 and included specifications for footorienteering, skiorienteering, mountainbike orienteering. After being away from orienteering for nearly 25 years, i found the software to be a major timesaver compared with how i remember producing maps in ancient times. Orienteering is a sport of navigation with map and compass, where the object is to run, walk, ski, or mountain bike to a series of points shown on the map, choosing routesboth on and off paths. This work is very entertaining for me and is also my hobby.