Courses

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

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Zoom | 6:00 PM ET | 3/12 hrs | $245.00 CAD

Interpreting Lidar/Contour Drawing
(Day 3)

This 4x3 hour course teaches participants the fundamentals of one of the most complex aspects of drawing a good orienteering map: how to draw contours based on lidar data.

Details

Tags: Intermediate | practical

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Zoom | 6:00 PM ET | 3/12 hrs | $245.00 CAD

Interpreting Lidar/Contour Drawing
(Day 4)

This 4x3 hour course teaches participants the fundamentals of one of the most complex aspects of drawing a good orienteering map: how to draw contours based on lidar data.

Details

Tags: Intermediate | practical

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Course Catalogue

Intermediate
Duration: 12 hrs Cost: $245.00 Level: Intermediate
practical

This course teaches participants how to interpret lidar data and draw contours and other features from various layers of lidar information. Over the course of four 3hr sessions you will learn about the following topics:

  • Day 1: Intro to contours and bezier curves
  • Day 2: Reading lidar contours and drawing orienteering contours
  • Day 3: Interpreting lidar data and more drawing contours
  • Day 4: Drawing non-contour features and contours in sprint maps

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

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: 3 hrs Cost: $80.00 Level: Intermediate

This 3 hour class teaches participants how to use OCAD's DEM Import Wizard to turn lidar data into useable base map layers and contours. Participants will learn how to set up the various outputs along with the various information you can get from them:

  • hill shade
  • slope gradient
  • contours
  • feature map
  • vegetation height map
  • vegetation base map

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

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