Indicate the type of mapping work you need done, the location of the work and. The level descriptions of events have the following meanings. Independent schools would normally have to buy a plan from an os agent. Orienteering maps isom was published in 2000 and included specifications for foot orienteering, ski orienteering, mountainbike orienteering. The stories about mapping for woc 1993 include some controversies, but the main fact is that the final product is a high quality map of world class terrain. The isom 2017 specification and issom 2007 specification are available from the iof web site. If you are searching for an orienteering mapper to create or revise orienteering map and have been unable to find a mapper locally, please begin by sending inquiry email to the canadian orienteering mapper registry at mappingorienteeringcanada at yahoogroups dot com. Log in with your eventor details to upload and edit maps. Orienteering maps are always produced with the top of the map aligned to magnetic north. The aim of orienteering map specifications is to provide rules that can accommodate.
A new format, the sprint competition, required new map specifications issom which were finalized and published in 2007. All required functions for drawing maps are implemented and the program works very. List of software for orienteering international orienteering federation. Openorienteering mapper is an orienteering mapmaking program and. And free software lets us redistribute copies, even our modified versions, to others. While we believe there is orienteering software out there that is worth paying for, free options help open up the sport to individuals and small clubs who cant afford the cost of software. North lodge park find a map of the permanent course hereareas further afield coatham woods near long newton find a map of the permanent course here. Orienteering is a competitive form of land navigation.
Please feel free to distribute these files unchanged or print them out for noncommercial use. We finished our summer term off with an evening at plessey woods with 4th. Currently we can recommend the areas below as having an uptodate map and, so far as we know, control markers in position. The quinquennial survey was completed in the course of the year. The friends of geneva woods have a facebook page, if you would like more information about the area. A base map is the skeleton map that is used to produce an orienteering map. Last christmas i spent a while searching the internet for free software that could provide a platform for the production of orienteering maps. The map orienteering maps are drawn to an international standard using specific colours and symbols and unlike most maps, use white to show woods which are easy to run through. After eating their picnic tea, orienteering of various abilities was the main theme. To publish a new map that all gps orienteering users can acces the following procedure shall be followed. Jul 27, 2010 draw the map using oscape, use purple pen to plan your courses, then use or to manage entries and results on the day.
One of the great advantages of using the ocad software is that it is fairly easy to transform maps from one style to another. I did maps from school map to international world ranking events. The san francisco bay area orienteering club in orienteering you use a map and compass to navigate a course through unfamiliar terrain. There are many organised orienteering events with local clubs up and down the country, and even across the globe. The park offers 100 acres of woodland, meadow and riverside to explore. Openorienteering mapper is an orienteering mapmaking program and provides a free alternative to the existing proprietary solution. In the portfolio i have samples from several countries, which i did either alone or in cooperation with other mapers.
The park has an excellent visitor centre with maps, guides and a cafe. The program works on android, windows, macos and linux. There are several permanent orienteering courses in norfolk. In the map source tab lower right, uncheck web map 7 run these commands in commander tab. It relies on free base map material from open street map and the usgs national map web pages and free open source software for map drawing from open orienteering mapper. Openorienteering is a project developing a collection of tools which help with the creation of orienteering maps and the organization of orienteering events. Posted on may 9, 2017 may 9, 2017 categories orienteering, schools orienteering tags gold coast how to use purple pen purple pen is free software used to put orienteering courses onto orienteering maps. Darker shades of green are used to show that a wood is slower to run through. Region north east club clok nearest town stocktonon. Mar 15, 2020 openorienteering is a project developing a collection of tools which help with the creation of orienteering maps and the organization of orienteering events. The software controls are most intuitive, and therefore, make a good introduction for those unfamiliar with orienteering. Clok darlington areas mapped for orienteering innear. Long lines across the map with arrowheads show the direction of magnetic north. We are proud to announce the release of openorienteering mapper 0.
On this page we have listed some commonly used orienteering software. It provides the suspense and excitement of a treasure hunt. With plenty of parking and good public transport links, it is an ideal place for a family day out. In case of interest i will create other types of maps, not just for orienteering. An introductory map is set on the better defined tracks and is one route around, visiting points of interest. Mapper openorienteering open source orienteering software. Rename the file to whatever name you want for the map for example helsinki. 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. It is for all ages and degrees of fitness and skill. Im a very recent convert to mapper, using both windows and linux versions. Plessey woods country park ordnance survey map view and print off detailed os map. Orienteering without the need to set out controls points.
This official release includes bug fixes and updates. Omaps orienteering maps from trainings and competitions all over the world updated several times every day. Colors used on a map by the fifteenth century, most european maps were carefully colored. Newcastle and tyneside orienteers nato run many events every year. Only a few orienteering maps have such a scent of legendary as surebridge mountain does. Open the gps orienteering app and select the maps tab. If by orienteering map you mean a map that is styled differently from the standard map you see at. Maps available for download see above and by post on request. By doing this, we can share our work with the whole orienteering commuity.
People of all ages enjoy orienteering as a leisurely walk in the woods or as a competitive crosscountry race. Free software let us change it to make it do what we wish. Profile drawings of mountains and hills were shown in brown, rivers and lakes in blue, vegetation in green, roads in yellow, and special information in red. You can also replay the race and compare with one or more opponents. This is the place to get a copy of a map for organising a bendigo orienteering. Region north east club clok nearest town stocktonontees postcode ts18 3rh available map get preston park for free more info. With that in mind, i put together a few screen casts of a way to prepare a simple orienteering map. If you have time you could head half a mile east to bedlington country park where there are more riverside trails to try through humford woods. The page also includes pictures from their orienteering open day. Plessey wood country park, bedlington british orienteering. Available map get plessey woods for free more info. The parks visitor centre with its cafe, displays and sales of books, maps and gifts is open at weekends. The map quality is not quite as good as the previous program.
This work is very entertaining for me and is also my hobby. Inkscape is a crossplatform open source vector graphics editor distributed under a free software licence and can be. The gps will detect when you are at the controlpoint and will automatically punch. Animator, event administration, speaker, course planning, analysis. Plessey woods country park great outdoors in bedlington visit.
Other map based services can obtain map data from omaps. What prompted your development of the oscape extensions. Draw the course in the smartphone, run the course and evaluate the race directly using the smartphone. Select the new map and accept to georeference the map using the kmlfile. Winol is good fun, and it can be played on almost any machine.
The issom 2007 sprint map symbols are those used for sprint orienteering maps at 1. 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 unlimited uses the ocad map drawing software for the production of most of its maps. Openorienteering open source orienteering software. A scale bar shows the scale of the map usually, 1 cm equals 150 metres 1. Oct 03, 2019 orienteering relies on your navigation skills to travel between different points on a map, called control points.
The object of orienteering is to locate control points by using a map and compass to navigate through the woods. Copy the kmzfile to the folder gpsorienteering\maps on your smartphone. You can see a result table, your route on map and a result profile. The small file size means that you can carry around a copy and share it with your friends. Permanent orienteering courses british orienteering. 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. For example, we can easily create trail and facility maps from an orienteering map. Omaps is the map database of swedish orienteering federation. Orienteering is the sport of navigation with map and compass. Some permanent courses suggest various routes you can take around the controls, varying from easy to hard.
The program is completely free, every programmer can improve it. The object is to run, walk, ski, or mountain bike to a series of points shown on the map, choosing routesboth on and off trailthat will help you find all the required points and get back to the finish in the shortest amount of time. Extra care should be taken on the river edge paths in wet, slippery conditions andor if the river is high. 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 load all markers very slow. The software is extremely easy to use, and to adapt for special requirements. Country park in a loop of the river blyth, part wooded, part open grassland. Most schools will use the ordnance survey superplan series for the base map. The search proved fruitful when i discovered inkscape. Newcastle and tyneside orienteers permanent orienteering courses. When you select a map, additional information is shown and you can download the map to your smartphone.
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