Computer software is available to aid in the drawing of digital maps. Once the files are extracted, you should run the setup program to install the software. And free software lets us redistribute copies, even our modified versions, to others. Mapper openorienteering open source orienteering software. Winol is realtime orienteering software for windows. Openorienteering open source orienteering software. Buy cheap apple and mac software online at discounted prices. A really wonderful software to visualise and analyse gps traces in many different ways speed and elevation variation, etc. Software to process orienteering results from a sportident download box after the event, then create html version of the results and iof xml export. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points.
This said, its easy to understand that free software offers orienteering a good way to cater for its needs. The orienteering canada officials program provides standardized training for orienteering canada. Orienteering resources for teachers provided by orienteering western australia include. Please contact british orienteering via email for an activity guide and. The orienteering for schools booklet aimed at teachers interested in developing their own orienteering programs lesson plans from mike sibbald, an orienteering coach and teacher, whose school st brigids ps has consistently achieved success at interschool orienteering competitions. What prompted your development of the oscape extensions. Drosera server is the main application in the project. The orienteering program feature is a great way to develop and hone map and compass skills, and have a lot of fun in the process.
With its systematic approach, discovering orienteering can help readers chart a course to fun and adventure in the great outdoors. All you need is a gps capable smartphone like iphone, android, windows phone 7 or windows mobile device. The program works on android, windows, macos and linux. So you decide when you want to upgrade and buy cheap software in the future. Jun 30, 2016 the orienteering program feature is a great way to develop and hone map and compass skills, and have a lot of fun in the process. Skills, techniques, and activities offers an excellent introduction to the sport for beginniners and a comprehensive resource for educators, youth leaders, and coaches.
Show a topographic map with magnetic northsouth lines. Orienteering canada has developed various coaching programs with assistance from the coaching association of canada. Download equipment, event computer, printer, paper, extra printing ink, power source. We use our free software for making free maps, but are of course free to choose. Automated production of orienteering maps seemed to be completely impossible due to extreme detainees and terrain adaptation of those maps. Orienteering is included in the programs of world sporting events including. Teaching resources from the orienteering usa website. Currently windows xp, windows vista and windows 7 are supported. We are proud to announce the release of openorienteering mapper 0. Resources for teachers orienteering western australia. We can professionally map your school, a nearby park or camp. By doing this, we can share our work with the whole orienteering commuity. Orienteering is a sport which combines map reading, navigating from compass bearings and time management skills.
The goal is to find all the controls, in the shortest time possible. Orienteering is the sport of navigation often held in unfamiliar terrainusing a map and compass. This video shows how to use service program siconfig. Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to. Tiomila, pwt and many other important competitions. Free trial version works for 21 days, limited functionality. You can see a result table, your route on map and a result profile. The best starting point for international orienteering news. It involves navigating though the bush, parks or streets with the aid of a specially produced map and orienteering compass, with the aim being to locate checkpoints controls on various natural and manmade features along the way, such as a boulder, track. Its easy to learn and a fun way to exercise your body and mind as you enjoy the outdoors. Besides, like other no media sports, it has a permanent lack of money for its development.
For creating maps such as topographic maps, city maps and orienteering maps. This official release includes bug fixes and updates. Reads sportident dibbers to produce meet results and splits files. Oriantica from melin software melin software has two version of their game now. Quickhorse 10 horse racing software is designed for those serious handicappers, and not only because it assumes that users already have a fundamental understanding of how horseracing and wagering. Ocad 2019 orienteering edition orienteering edition is dedicated for orienteering mapmaking. He therefore came up with a stepbystep instruction which is posted below. Meos is free to use, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions, see the license agreement for details. An orienteering map is a map specially prepared for use in orienteering competitions. A network of points controls are planned across a mapped site e. The final map is produced on ocad, a cartography software program, and can be printed in colour or black and white. A typical orienteering event offers five, six, or seven different courses of varying difficulty.
Their new simulation is called oriantica and is very similar to catching features. There, the two oldest recurring orienteering meets have been held since the 1940s jukola relay and tiomila, and the single largest orienteering meet. Show how to measure distances on a map using an orienteering compass. Though this short video has a preponderance of compass. Oct 14, 2012 4mila is an orienteering event management software for use with sportident or traditional controls. Last christmas i spent a while searching the internet for free software that could provide a platform for the production of orienteering maps. This video is a general introduction to the user interface. People of all ages enjoy orienteering as a leisurely walk in the woods or as a competitive crosscountry race. Automation in orienteering map production fiction or reality. These programs are able to host competitions over the internet. British orienteering has developed an activity guide and a year in a box to provide ideas and inspiration to coaches and leaders delivering community orienteering sessions. Our modular software is used by customers worldwide to manage their fleets of 1100 aircraft.
Oriantica from melin software is very similar to catching features. Next all we need to do is to go outdoor, play and have fun. Nopesport the uk online orienteering community view topic. Automation in orienteering map production fiction or reality dusan petrovic university of ljubljana, faculty of civil and geodetic engineering, jamova 2, ljubljana, slovenia abstract. Our orienteering program is designed to integrate aspects of the year 4, 5 and 6 hpe, geography and mathematics curricula into a fun introduction to the sport. An introduction to the sport of orienteering equipment, rules, course categories etc how to interpret an orienteering map colours, symbols, etc. The book is filled with ideas and exercises for teachers, instructors and youth coaches to teach the students in orienteering and navigation skills.
Note that accounts will be restricted in the current betatesting period, so please describe yourself when requesting an account. Ocad 2019 orienteering orienteering unlimited, inc. Its a sport for everyone and beginners are always welcome. For creating and editing interactive and printed maps such as topographic maps, city maps and orienteering maps. 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. In order to use the software, you will need to download winzip to extract the files. Technical training for sprint orienteering by gustav. Little bennett park, with its extensive forest cover, challenging slopes, many. Orienteering events offer a range of courses, of varying physical and technical difficulty, to meet the needs of competitors. Orienteering toolbox opensource orienteering software. Orienteering is a sport, which combines outdoor adventure with map reading and navigational skills.
Being a niche market, orienteering mapping software such ocad can prove prohibitively pricy for individuals looking to get started in mapping, plus you are restricted to being a windows user. I spotted several small problems, which are now solved and released as oevent 4. This course is suited for those new to the sport that would like to learn basic skills in order to participate in club events. Computerized aircraft log manager has been serving the aircraft maintenance community for over 25 years. We have over 10 years experience in the business and were committed to providing you with the widest range of products, at the best value, combined with excellent customer. A triangle is used to indicate the start and a double circle indicates the finish. Openorienteering mapper is an orienteering mapmaking program and provides a free alternative to the existing proprietary solution. Includes features like layout layer, drawing and editing tools and the dem module are implemented. Lesson plans from mike sibbald, an orienteering coach and teacher, whose school st brigids ps has consistently achieved success at interschool orienteering competitions. This is the code repository for the classic 4mila 1. Oringen jukola tiomila kainuu orienteering week jan kjellstrom festival. You can also replay the race and compare with one or more opponents. Orienteering basics college of saint benedict and saint. During summer months we make use of the daylight by training in terrain.
Web application for route choice analysis from competitions and. For creating maps such as topographic maps, city maps and orienteering. The gps will detect when you are at the controlpoint and will automatically punch. All software for sale on our software store is a one time purchase only. Free software let us change it to make it do what we wish. Making maps for orienteering can be an expensive business. Another one is opensource openorienteering mapper application, created by.
The updated version of cool, awesome and educational. Everybody can contribute to by requesting an account and then proceeding to the add content page. The location is chosen appropriately for the weeks exercise and publicized in advance via the baoct email list. Originally a training exercise in land navigation for military officers. Im a very recent convert to mapper, using both windows and linux versions. Ocad the powerful swiss software application for cartography and orienteering. From carthography to event management there are lots of information technology involved. Winol is a good program overall, although less sophisticated than the others. Also, there have been several enhancements implemented. The software is extremely easy to use, and to adapt for special requirements. Ocad map making software training orienteering unlimited. T these programs are able to host competitions over the internet.
The program is completely free, every programmer can improve it. Please contact british orienteering via email for an activity guide and enquire about the availability of a year in a box. Jul 27, 2010 orienteering community, forum, news, podcasts. Orienteering is competitive crosscountry navigation using a map and compass. Tools for orienteering in the backcountry amga amga. Large individual differences on how much time you must spend on your orienteering routines desktop time. Starts are staggered and the person successfully completing the course in the least amount of time is the winner. The orienteering for schools booklet aimed at teachers interested in developing their own orienteering programs. At cdrbsoftwares we always go the extra mile when it comes to providing our customers the best possible service. Pdf application of gps in orienteering competitions. Draw the course in the smartphone, run the course and evaluate the race directly using the smartphone. 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.
For new coaches, we have rolled out the community sport coach program and are about to finalize our intro to competition program. The best starting point for international orienteering news, giving you news from all big and small orienteering sites around the world. Schools that already have ocad maps can have minor updates done free of charge. The iof has released standards standard mapping specifications for several different types of orienteering sport competitions as a general rule, orienteering maps usually provide contour data and with a standard scale of 1. Both oriantica and catching features can use ocad maps to create simulations of real orienteering events. Nopesport the uk online orienteering community view. Local central venue leagues or a one off district competition can be used to qualify teams for a l3 county competition recommended marchjuly. Tuesday night technical training in the east bay meets tuesday evenings at 6. Successfully used in the cartography, city and surveying offices, universities and orienteering clubs. The goal of orienteering is to complete a course in pointtopoint order. Orienteering has many features that involve technology issues.
We have over 10 years experience in the business and were committed to providing you with the widest range of products, at the best value, combined with excellent customer service. Tell why you must consider declination when using map and compass together. With osm we are not using a map drawing program, we are using a gis. Inkscape is a crossplatform open source vector graphics editor distributed under a free software licence and can. At all for orienteering, were passionate about orienteering and give a lot of attention to the details runners care about, because were all runners ourselves. Howto generate an orienteering training map from openstreetmap data after posting orienteering maps made from openstreetmap data on his doma archive, people asked kastensson how it was done. List of software for orienteering international orienteering federation. Openorienteering is a project developing a collection of tools which help with the creation of orienteering maps and the organization of orienteering events.
The orienteering course is marked in purple or red on a map. It is server with web based interface which is meant to support competitor data and results processing during an orienteering event. Download clue delaware valley orienteering association. Virtual orienteering for windows mobile virtual orienteering is a new way of practicing orienteering outdoor sport.
Orienteering without the need to set out controls points. The winner is the competitor who completes the course in the shortest time. The search proved fruitful when i discovered inkscape. First, let us introduce you to the names we have given the basic pieces of the compass. Recently a public beta version of 4mila orienteering software was released. Ocad is a powerful swiss software application for cartography and orienteering. Ocad map making software training orienteering unlimited, inc. Orienteering canada officials training program 200 level manual. On this page we have listed some commonly used orienteering software. Project orienteering toolbox is set of opensource applications and utilities build for orienteering competition management drosera. Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed.