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