other orienteering events, skills, mapping, equipment, event organization, rules, miscellaneous
Orienteering Clubs and Associations:
- Alberta Orienteering Association Alberta‘s provincial association.
- Foothills Wanderers Orienteering Club The club for Calgary and area, including a schedule of events for the Calgary area.
- Orienteering Canada Responsible for the development of the sport in Canada, includes links to the National Team blog, Facebook page and Twitter.
- International Orienteering Federation Oversees the development and advancement of the sport on an international basis. Eventor – IOF ID numbers
- Orienteering USA Oversees the development and advancement of the sport in the United States. They have a great page with links to various sources of O’Gear.
- Manitoba Orienteering Association
- Orienteering Association of British Columbia, Vancouver club, SAGE/Kamloops, Kootenay/Cranbrook club
- Yukon Orienteering Association
- Orienteering Ontario, Ottawa Area clubs
- Orienteering Quebec
- Orienteering Association of Nova Scotia
- Orienteering New Brunswick
- World of O – news from orienteering around the world. Click on the Union Jack for news in English
Skills Development:
- Catching Features – a realistic game for practicing orienteering skills – run in the terrain, read the map (and, of course, get lost). Even the demo version is addictive!
- Control Descriptions – control description symbols from IOF as of Jan 1, 2018. Starting on page 16 there is a chart with the map symbol, a drawing of the feature, the control description symbol and text.
- Attack Point – compare splits, swap training ideas and track your fitness.
- Route Gadget A program for competitors to draw in their routes and others to see how they ran! Includes hints on using the program. Canadian Events listing.
- O GPS computer application for analyzing your route using speed, elevation and heart rate, from a Garmin GPS watch (using a file from Garmin Training Centre) and a picture of the map.
Mapping and Maps:
- International Specification for Orienteering Maps (ISOM) 2017
- International Specifications for SPRINT Orienteering (ISSprOM) for larger scale maps for sprint orienteering (1:4,000 and 1:5,000)
- OCAD – Orienteering Computer Assisted Drafting software for mapping
- Open source mapping program
Event Organization:
- Orienteering Canada Rules updated 2022.
- SPORTident -electronic timing system
- Condes – software for course planning, including a free demo version.
- WinSplits – SPORTident results with split times are published on this page from orienteering events all over the world. Go to the bottom of the table to narrow your search.
- Route Gadget . A program for competitors to draw in their routes and others to see how they ran! Includes hints on using the program. Canadian Events listing.
- Control Descriptions – control description symbols from IOF as of Jan 1, 2018 (skip to page 18 for illustrations of control descriptions).
Equipment:
- Canadian Orienteering Store aka ‘O-store’ – click on ‘for athletes’ for SPORTident electronic timing cards and thumb compasses. Also sells control flags, clothing, shoes etc.
- Fast Trax (Edmonton) sells trail running shoes, athletic clothing.
- Scarborough Orienteering (USA) includes SI cards and compasses
- Go-Orienteering (USA) includes SI cards and compasses
Other:
- Edmonton Sport Council – The Edmonton Sport Council’s mission is to provide a plan for a well coordinated, participant-centred, sport delivery system in Edmonton, so that as many people as possible can enjoy these benefits, to enhance community life.