For creating maps such as topographic maps, city maps and orienteering maps. It is free and can achieve all of the functions of the fullversion myomaps. We host charity balls, corporate hospitality days, festivals, reenactment and mountain biking events. Gps navigation, maps, and orienteering adirondack forum. Orienteering maps are always produced with the top of the map aligned to magnetic north. The layout layer allows you to add peripheral information to a map. British orienteering public liability insurance cover applies to the mapping activities of all mappers, provided they are a member of british orienteering and earn less than. Basemaps for orienteering eddie bergeron, svo all orienteering maps start with a basemap. Openorienteering open source orienteering software. For easier field work the gps realtime module can be used. The program works on android, windows, macos and linux. Georeferenced usage of templates created with terra. Park and street orienteering is a fun, social way to give your body and mind a great workout.
Openorienteering mapper is a software for creating maps for the. Automated omap creation at the moment there are at least two software that enable creation of whole map, both are shareware. Occasionally at meets youll see a highly detailed sprint map of a smaller park at a 1. A base map is the skeleton map that is used to produce an orienteering map. A third party piece of software such as an antivirus or firewall that plugs into your web browser affects the way it displays pages. Welcome to the digital orienteering map archive of orienteering australia. For park and school maps of smaller areas, the scale may be even larger eg 1. British army inter unit orienteering championships 2014 exercise smart runner 2014 day 1 wednesday 4 june 14 pippingford park training area day 2 thursday 5 june 14 mereworth woods training area if you plan on attending and have not made contact with the organiser, please do so now. Use the satellite with streets layer to give you ability to place controls on features such as power poles, track junctions and fences. We use cookies to collect information about how you use gov. These include using an ordnance survey base, aerialsatellite photos or gps. Other computer software is available that will link with ocad, or with the digital map. We have decades of expertise that can deliver amazingly detailed and accurate stateoftheart maps that prove well worth the cost. An additional 4 points designated on the map with letters are to challenge the orienteerer as their skill level increases.
The tucson orienteering club maintains a permanent orienteering course at greasewood park. 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. Three scottish clubs travelled to pippingford park in the ashdown forest, west sussex, on sunday october 20th, to compete in this years compasssport cup final, with one claiming a clear victory. A local park about 300mx300m from this aerial photo plus openstreetmap. Notable examples in the us include pawtuckaway state park, new. Cascadeoc will be making some issom maps in the coming years.
Orienteering map from pippingford park regional level 2 event by mole valley oc. Good luck to our 37 runners in this years compasssport cup final at pippingford park on sunday. In many cases the maps used during our orienteering events will be newer versions. Producing simple orienteering maps wickham slideshare. Undulating forest and moorland with streams, lakes and views across ashdown forest. In case of interest i will create other types of maps, not just for orienteering. 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. The first one is olaser, produced by swedish jarker borman, while the other, karttapullautin, was pro. Click on the selection on the left to view an overlay of each mapping area. However, templates could be made to reappear by exiting and restarting the software. Map registration mapping resources printing, software, gps, mapping standards earliest maps trinity map archive. This work is very entertaining for me and is also my hobby. If you have any comments, leave them at the end here.
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. Derwent valley orienteers dvo are the orienteering club for derbyshire. Mole valley orienteering club invites you to a l evvell obb euukkooll uaanndd ssouutthh eaasstt lleeaagguee eevveenntt sunday 23rd february 2014 venue. Fieldwork with open orienteering mapper lerjen kartografie. After posting orienteering maps made from openstreetmap data on his doma archive, people asked kastensson how it was done. Pippingford park regional level 2 event january 18th. 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.
Use of these forums, and information found herein, is at your own risk. You can also find out more about openorienteeringmap, and keep an eye on my blog for news on updates. A map that is reliable and accurate is essential so that a course can be provided which will test the navigational skills of the competitor. I will assign you a school andor nearby park that could use an orienteering map.
Its probably good to read up on the documents on the. Results with split times, winsplits, splitsbrowser and routegadget do not take account of the voiding of control 218. The beauty about orienteering mapping software is that all of the map symbols are already in there and to spec, so you either select isom or issom from the beginning, and all of the symbols you would need show up in the toolbar. The only problem i found minor, easily solved, and which could be finger trouble was templates becoming invisible after printing or exporting a map. The permanent course consists of a set of numbered concrete posts, marked on the map with a circle and a dot, and numbered. Ocad is a powerful swiss software application for cartography and orienteering. Omaps orienteering maps from trainings and competitions all over the world updated several times every day. If you have any questions about these courses, please contact the webmaster.
Export your map to one of the many formats for printing or further use. Creating orienteering maps cascade orienteering club. Openorienteering mapper is an orienteering mapmaking program and. I did maps from school map to international world ranking events. Apr 06, 2009 i found a good source for free topo maps. Map making for irish orienteers orienteering in ireland. Focus on mapping and due to open source makes mapper an excellent option for map. Events welcome to pippingford park pippingford park. Openorienteering is a project developing a collection of tools which help with the creation of orienteering maps and the organization of orienteering events. Orienteering unlimited uses the ocad map drawing software for the production of most of its maps. An example for a proprietary mapping software sometimes used for orienteering maps is ocad. Pippingford in sussex is an excellent venue with parking for over cars. The software is extremely easy to use, and to adapt for special requirements. Are you willing and able to represent your club at the compass sport cup final in october.
That simplifies map reading when you have to navigate while moving quickly. Find useful map data from the internet such as satellite imagery, street map data, and contours, import it with georeferencing into an open orienteering mapper file, and trace it to make a nofieldwork map. This said, its easy to understand that free software offers orienteering a good way to cater for its needs. Openorienteeringmap, the easy streeto map creation tool.
Logos, titles as well as other graphic objects such as autogenerated map legends can be added onto the map. There are open areas, some woods and park facilities. Permanent orienteering courses are ideal as an introduction to orienteering, or for use as training areas. Hi, lately i updated my version of open orienteering mapper to 0. Im a very recent convert to mapper, using both windows and linux versions. This is particularly useful if you dont have an orienteering map for the area you are going to us. News page 5 of 33 scottish orienteering association. Due to the fast growing conditions in florida, the details shown on many of these maps may have changed significantly since they were made. The numbers used to reference the permanent courses are ordnance survey grid references. Our members cluster around the towns of reigate, epsom, dorking, sutton, leatherhead and their surroundings. Maps permanent courses new england orienteering club. For example, we can easily create trail and facility maps from an orienteering map. Drawing an orienteering map is often portrayed as a complex task best left to the experts.
Openorienteering mapper runs on android, windows, macos and linux. This group is for a national and international exchange between orienteering mappers. Declination doesnt come into play, because all orienteering maps align with magnetic north, not true north. When figuring out where to make your first map you should look for a popular, easily accessible area. How to generate an orienteering training map from openstreetmap data. Independent schools would normally have to buy a plan from an os agent. It is maintained by the ioa mapping officer, mapping at orienteering. He therefore came up with a stepbystep instruction which is posted below. Its probably good to read up on the documents on the specs. This includes the ability to load your own map and course files onto your device without needing to have an administrator do that for you it provides an easy way to try out gps orienteering. Automation in orienteering map production fiction or reality. Our friends from premier sport are bringing back a family friendly orienteering course around the festival site, just pick up a map and an. You can run openorienteering mapper on windows xpvista78 operating systems.
Maps are generally owned and ed by the orienteering usa club nearest that terrain, and these clubs often make their maps available for a small fee to outdoor enthusiasts, educators and land managers, in addition to their primary use as the basis for the local and national orienteering competitions they host. Compass sport trophy final sarum orienteering club. Memories of the jk online have you got any old photos, maps, stories, snippets to share. This official release includes bug fixes and updates. Another one is opensource openorienteering mapper application. You can quickly and easily set a map, add controls, and create a printready, high quality vector pdf.
Finalize your map with a layout layer, which allows you to add peripheral information to a map. Howto generate an orienteering training map from lidar data. Routegadget at jk relays 2017, bnc 2014 and pippingford and windy ridge 2009 the map scale is 1. Then click on the marker to see maps available for purchase or download as pdf. Orienteering maps are almost always measured in meters, which makes the scale conversions much easier. Ocad the industry standard this proprietary and fee based windows program that is dedicated to orienteering map making. For a somewhat superceded, but still useful especially if you are using ocad software article on how to make a streeto map, see our make a streeto map page. 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. The annual jk moved to easter in 1969, and now regularly attracts a field of four thousand or more. Longford park is a very pleasant, small, flat, urban park, suitable for beginner orienteers. We use this information to make the website work as well as.
One of the great advantages of using the ocad software is that it is fairly easy to transform maps from one style to another. Use of this site by members and nonmembers alike is only granted by the administration provided the terms and conditions found in the full disclaimer have been read. Open the program open orienteering mapper and select create a new map. News page 6 of 34 scottish orienteering association. These maps are however useful for general hiking in these areas. Pippingford park and adjacent parts of south ashdown, nr nutley, east sussex. The basic orienteering course is located near the park visitor center and consists of 10 points, the first six points constitute a loop of approximately 1. Events festivals, corporate, reenactments pippingford park. Mole valley ukol2se league february 23rd 2014 orienteering. Trophies pippingford park, near forest row, east sussex sunday 21st december 2014 venue. Building a basemap from screen captures orienteering. We are proud to announce the release of openorienteering mapper 0. Howto generate an orienteering training map from openstreetmap data. This webpage contains sources of information for irish orienteers involved in mapping projects.
Click here for the final details well done to dan for pulling together a great team of over 50 sarum members. An orienteering map is a map specially prepared for use in orienteering competitions. This overview will get you started to learn where all our maps are. Once youve used an orienteering map, nothing else compares. You can also find out more about openorienteeringmap. As an alternative follow the links provided to an external web site for a map. Issom 20xx international specification for sprint orienteering maps. Importexport of area pattern clipping options to ocd 12. View the live status of each system, or replay the last 48 hours of data to see the ebb and flow of bikeshare bikes. Permanent orienteering courses mole valley orienteering club. You can create your own digital orienteering map archive by entering the access code provided by the administrator.
Get some fresh air and a fresh perspective by exploring your local parks and streets with a map. All required functions for drawing maps are implemented and the program works very. The program is completely free, every programmer can improve it. Mole valley orienteering club affiliated to british orienteering. Mole valley orienteering club covers parts of south london and surrey and the river mole lies at its heart. Neoc has permanent courses at the following locations. Compass sport cup final octavian droobers the orienteering club for warwickshire, coventry and solihull in the west midlands, uk. Features like layout layer, drawing and editing tools reshape, interpolate, stairway or multiple point mode etc. Wondering where events are held in western australia. List of software for orienteering international orienteering federation.
In the portfolio i have samples from several countries, which i did either alone or in cooperation with other mapers. The event is scheduled for sunday october 20th, and the venue is pippingford park, sussex. Mar 15, 2020 openorienteering mapper is an orienteering mapmaking program and provides a free and open source alternative to existing commercial software. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points. Openorienteering mapper is a free software product listed under the gnu general public license gnu gpl or gpl license which means that it is fully functional for an unlimited time and that you have freedom to run, study, share copy, and modify the software. Most schools will use the ordnance survey superplan series for the base map. Jk relay april 17th 2017 orienteering map from alex carcas. A scale bar shows the scale of the map usually, 1 cm equals 150 metres 1. Robin strain led the workshop and imparted some of his vast knowledge and experience to those of us who attended. 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. The tucson orienteering club maintains a permanent orienteering course at greasewood park see location. Welcome to pippingford park in the heart of ashdown forest. A basemap is the piece of paper upon which a mapper adds all the additional features in the terrain that he or she finds while performing the fieldchecking. Over the jk week, british orienteering will publish as many as possible so we can share our experiences and understand more about this fantastic event together.
Indicate the type of mapping work you need done, the location of the work and. Octavian droobers the orienteering club for warwickshire, coventry and solihull in the west midlands, uk. 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. Mole valley orienteering club affiliated to the british orienteering federation district level c event including s. Free software let us change it to make it do what we wish. A mixture of seminatural woodland and heather heathland, with more contours than are usual in the southeast. Details can be found on the mole valley orienteering clubs website, including the courses applicable to each age class.
Openorienteering mapper is an orienteering mapmaking program and provides a free alternative to the existing proprietary solution. Providing event management, training, location filming, coarse fishing, horse livery and offices to let in a beautiful countryside location. And free software lets us redistribute copies, even our modified versions, to others. Your orienteering map is a topographic map thats customized to cover the meet area in rich detail.
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