Oriantica from melin software is very similar to catching features. 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. Openorienteering open source orienteering software. It is server with web based interface which is meant to support competitor data and results processing during an orienteering event. Orienteering is competitive crosscountry navigation using a map and compass. Swedish orienteer and business man bjorn kjellstrom, who moved to the united states in 1946, had a major influence on the sport there. Importexport of area pattern clipping options to ocd 12. Oringen jukola tiomila kainuu orienteering week jan kjellstrom festival. Winol is realtime orienteering software for windows. This said, its easy to understand that free software offers orienteering a good.
Jul 27, 2010 now however weve learnt of a new option for making orienteering maps, using completely free software, available across mac, windows and linux platforms. 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. T these programs are able to host competitions over the internet. Notice that this list is no recommendation by the iof, however, it is for information. Good event today, djouce woods is really nice, some very runnable forest. Orienteering team building experiences in epping forest.
Look up for prices, request your estimate and find the best offers in uk orienteering clubs in united kingdom. Ocad is a powerful swiss software application for cartography and orienteering. Nopesport the uk online orienteering community view. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points.
Orienteering is an exciting and challenging outdoor sport that exercises both mind and body. All you need is the iorienteering app, a course and a little time. Winol is a good program overall, although less sophisticated than the others. An orienteering map is a map specially prepared for use in orienteering competitions. The program retrieves the card number from the unit and then reads the associated details from a preloaded database. 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. If youve tried to read a map whilst running, without getting lost or falling over, then youve experienced the thrill of orienteering. Openorienteering is a project developing a collection of tools which help with the creation of orienteering maps and the organization of orienteering events. Unlike some other programsservices you do not need your own server. In fact, the swiss software company ocad, which has developed the route analyzer, a tool to compare the lengths of different routes on sprint courses, and will.
The software is extremely easy to use, and to adapt for special requirements. Orienteering toolbox opensource orienteering software. The history of orienteering begins in the late 19th century in sweden, where it originated as. A typical orienteering event offers five, six, or seven different courses of varying difficulty.
Gps orienteering is the app for all of you enjoying orienteering. The definitive breakthrough came in 1995 when ept was used in all major international orienteering events, including the world cup in germany. Im a very recent convert to mapper, using both windows and linux versions. Also provides mapping services and orienteering programs.
Orienteering without the need to set out controls points. Starts are staggered and the person successfully completing the course in the least amount of time is the winner. The italian orienteering federation was founded in 1978, and joined the international orienteering federation in 1979. 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. Contact a meet director or board member if youre interested in helping out. For schools, nature centers and camps, youth groups and corporations, orienteering unlimited incorporates the natural fun of a treasure hunt into programs that inspire any age group in any setting while supplying all the training and equipment you will need. Orienteering has been likened to a scavenger hunt in the woods, but its much more than that.
This is done by using the integrated gps in the smartphone to decide if you have reached a control point. It shows the long term vision of the company and it should show the best way to get. On this page we have listed some commonly used orienteering software. Besides, like other no media sports, it has a permanent lack of money for its development. There are no official sportident drivers for mac os x. 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. Contribute to innovad 4mila development by creating an account on github. The program works on android, windows, macos and linux. Thanks to everyone who has invested their time and effort in the club.
First class requirement the orienteeringrelated requirements for first class. And free software lets us redistribute copies, even our modified versions, to others. The 2014 world championships in foot orienteering were. Last christmas i spent a while searching the internet for free software that could provide a platform for the production of orienteering maps. The goal is to find all the controls, in the shortest time possible. For creating and editing interactive and printed maps such as topographic maps, city maps and orienteering maps. The 2014 world championships in foot orienteering were held in the districts of asiago and lavarone, italy. A triangle is used to indicate the start and a double circle indicates the finish. Mapper openorienteering open source orienteering software. The best starting point for international orienteering news, giving you news from all big and small orienteering sites around the world. Orienteering events offer a range of courses, of varying physical and technical difficulty, to meet the needs of competitors.
Varens installda tiomila innebar ett stort ekonomiskt bakslag och ansokan gors om krisstod via rf. Reads sportident dibbers to produce meet results and splits files. At its simplest, orienteering is navigating, normally using a map, to find check points or markers. They will have to deal with or exploit to reach the end of their journey. Draw the course in the smartphone, run the course and evaluate the race directly using the smartphone. The search proved fruitful when i discovered inkscape. The orienteering maps are drawn by computer software. List of software for orienteering international orienteering federation. The best starting point for international orienteering news. Ultimate activity company orienteering orienteering. Orienteering in united kingdom is a perfect activity for birthdays parties, corporate entertainment, team building, social events, weddings and original gifts.
The main purpose of the app is that you shall be able practice orienteering in an efficient way without having to set out control points. We will fix them and introduce new features depending on your comments. This is the code repository for the classic 4mila 1. The program is completely free, every programmer can improve it. Georeferenced usage of templates created with terra.
What prompted your development of the oscape extensions. Meos started as a small project to make it simple to organize small orienteering events and trainings. Inkscape is a crossplatform open source vector graphics editor distributed under a. Generating pr in addition to promotional literature, the press and media is a key element in promoting and selling the sport of orienteering. Oct 14, 2012 4mila is an orienteering event management software for use with sportident or traditional controls. It is hard to guarantee coverage in the national media so websites and the local media newspapers, radio, tv are vital sources for increasing awareness of our sport as well as social media sites such as. Bring new life to your property and your programs with custom orienteering maps and personalized training plans. A 21stcentury version of orienteering, geocachers rely on a gps device, such as a smartphone, to discover waterproof containers known as caches. At josh jenner orienteering coach and mapper, we provide a full range of orienteering services.
Everybody can contribute to by requesting an account and then proceeding to the add content page. Croatia open is croatians biggest orienteering event. These packages have been designed to inspire communication, team management and problem solving. I suggest that your correspondent has a look at the british orienteering federations software resources page, which you will find at the following web address.
Orienteering is powered by enthusiasm and hard work. A start list is generated which can be loaded possibly periodically into event software like meos. You can see a result table, your route on map and a result profile. Italy participated in the world orienteering championships first time in 1981. We offer four different corporate orienteering team building experiences. Drosera server is the main application in the project. Free software let us change it to make it do what we wish. Orienteering is a sport, which combines outdoor adventure with map reading and navigational skills.
Simply scan the course set up qr barcode, then the start code and you are off. By doing this, we can share our work with the whole orienteering commuity. Note that accounts will be restricted in the current betatesting period, so please describe yourself when requesting an account. Orienteering has many features that involve technology issues. This official release includes bug fixes and updates. Both oriantica and catching features can use ocad maps to create simulations of real orienteering events. Orienteering is a great activity for boy scouts and can help scouts satisfy a first class and some orienteering merit badge requirements.
Orienteering is a great team activity, particularly for. Food, refreshments and electronic timing equipment are provided as standard and any package can be tailored to suit your individual needs. Join us at ultimate activity company orienteering and learn skills that will serve you will in the outdoors as you take in the beatuty of the stunning countryside of the united kingdom. You can also replay the race and compare with one or more opponents. Openorienteering mapper is a software for creating maps for the orienteering sport. Orienteering is a high degree of field sports to play to their wisdom and physical. We are proud to announce the release of openorienteering mapper 0. Using a map and compass, complete an orienteering course that covers at least one mile. These packages are primarily operated from our base in epping forest and have been designed to inspire communication, team management and problem solving. We offer four different orienteering team building experiences. Successfully used in the cartography, city and surveying offices, universities and orienteering clubs. A business topographic orienteering map shows each owner their own strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as well as their companys. By using inkscape, an open source cross platform vector graphics editor, coupled with an orienteering specific set of extensions oscape, you can now draw orienteering maps for free.
Show a topographic map with magnetic northsouth lines. Orienteering can take place anywhere from remote forest and countryside to urban areas, parks and school playgrounds. Ocad the powerful swiss software application for cartography and orienteering. Show how to measure distances on a map using an orienteering compass. Today, meos has grown into a full featured event organizing program. As a result, it has become possible to create orienteering maps using gpled free software. 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.
This process was chosen as it gave a higher quality for the fine linework than the industry standard fourcolour process cmyk. Glad it wasnt cancelled, this naming of storms seems to panic people. This video is a general introduction to the user interface. For creating maps such as topographic maps, city maps and orienteering. The initial design was made in benin, west africa, in the summer 2007 during a mathematics conference. Croatia open orienteering international competition home. Orienteering is a sport which combines map reading, navigating from compass bearings and time management skills. 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. Project orienteering toolbox is set of opensource applications and utilities build for orienteering competition management drosera. Development and research on orienteering competition. Tell why you must consider declination when using map and compass together. Croatia open orienteering international competition. Athletes is regulated by individual orientation technology, map reading skills and compass use, and to think for themselves to judge, in the unfamiliar wilderness environment, find the tournament preplacement of each control point. Afterwards you can upload your results to the website to.
The winner is the competitor who completes the course in the shortest time. Electronicpunching and timing system ept for orienteering. Please note that this is currently in beta, so you can expect bugs. Therefore 4mila orienteering software comes with a sportident driver installer. This system was developed in collaboration with norwegian and swedish orienteering federation. Originally a training exercise in land navigation for military. In orienteering a map and compass are used to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Nopesport the uk online orienteering community view topic.
The gps will detect when you are at the controlpoint and will automatically punch. The system is divided into management system before the. The orienteering course is marked in purple or red on a map. Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills. About iorienteering how it works types of orienteering. The goal of orienteering is to complete a course in pointtopoint order. Every maproute can be private, if you dont want others to see it.