Courses

Want to learn how to make orienteering maps? We offer an ever-expanding catalogue of introductory and professional development style courses. Check out our calendar and catalogue below.

Can't find what you're looking for or want a specific course offered for your club? Email jeff@navigationsports.ca

Upcoming Offerings

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Zoom | 7:30 PM ET | 2.5 hrs

Using Ocad

In this course, you will learn how to use the Ocad drawing tools. Participants will spend the majority of the class practicing using the software.

Details

Tags: Introductory | OCAD | practical | PRIVATE

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Zoom | 7:30 PM ET | 2.5 hrs

Karttapullautin

In this course you will learn how to use free software (Karttapullautin) to generate smoothed contours you can import and use directly in your map projects.

Details

Tags: Intermediate | PRIVATE

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Zoom | 6:30 PM ET | 2.5 hrs | 67.50

Intro to Mapping

This 2.5 hour online module will teach participants what you need to know to set up your first mapping project to modern mapping standards.

Details

Tags: Introductory | OOM | practical | theoretical

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Zoom | 6:30 PM ET | 2.5 hrs | 67.50

Intro to Mapping

This 2.5 hour online module will teach participants what you need to know to set up your first mapping project to modern mapping standards.

Details

Tags: Introductory | OCAD | practical | theoretical

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Zoom | 6:30 PM ET | 2.5 hrs | 67.50

Using Open Orienteering Mapper

In this course, you will learn how to use the Open Orienteering Mapper drawing tools. Participants will spend the majority of the class practicing using the software.

Details

Tags: Introductory | OOM | practical

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Course Catalogue

Introductory

Duration: 6 hrs Cost: $95.00 Level: Introductory

practical

This 6 hour module will teach participants the basics of fieldwork. This module has both classroom and field components.

In this module you will practice the following:

Preparing your project for fieldwork
Using the software and hardware for fieldwork
Making decisions in the field:
- Generalisation
- Classification of features
- Locating features
Post-fieldwork drawing

Upcoming classes: There are no scheduled classes. If you would like to request a class, email jeff@navigationsports.ca

Intermediate

Duration: 12 hrs Cost: $245.00 Level: Intermediate

practical

This 2.5 hour online course is part 5 of Navigation Sports' Introduction to Orienteering Mapping course. In it, you will practice adding new colours and symbols in the mapping software while adding key map elements to prepare your map for printing.

This module is set-up as a tutorial-style practice. Participants will also be provided with a take-away reference to use in future projects.

* Instances of this course will use either OCAD or OOM.

Upcoming dates:
Thursday, March 12, 2026 | Zoom
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 | Zoom
Thursday, March 19, 2026 | Zoom

Introductory

Duration: 2.5 hrs Cost: $67.50 Level: Introductory

practical

This 2.5 hour online course is part 4 of Navigation Sports' Introduction to Orienteering Mapping course. In it, you will practice adding new colours and symbols in the mapping software while adding key map elements to prepare your map for printing.

This module is set-up as a tutorial-style practice. Participants will also be provided with a take-away reference to use in future projects.

* Instances of this course will use either OCAD or OOM.

Upcoming dates:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 | Zoom
Thursday, February 12, 2026 | Zoom

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