Starting a map project

Starting a map project

Location: Zoom Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025 Time: 6:00 PM Eastern Time Length: 2.5 hrs Cost: $60
Introductory OCAD practical theoretical

Course Description

This 2.5 hour online course is part 1 of Navigation Sports' Introduction to Orienteering Mapping course. In it, you will learn what you need to know to set up your first mapping project to modern mapping standards.

This module is mix of learning about foundational topics and tutorial-style practice. You will learn about a variety of topics that will make your first project (and all future projects) better, easier, and more rewarding while assembling your first project! Topics include:

  • Basic mapping concepts: Working with data, drawing maps, fieldwork, base map layers / templates, etc.
  • Common orienteering mapping software; OCAD or Open Orienteering Mapper (OOM)*
  • Georeferencing
  • Declination
  • Sourceing and using Open Data
  • How to get aerial photos using SAS Planet

* Instances of this course will focus either on OCAD or OOM.

The Using Open Orienteering Mapper or Using OCAD, Introduction to Fieldwork, and Laying out Your Map modules will allow you to take the project you start in this course to completion. See our course catalogue for more.

Additional Information

This class will be taught by Jon Campbell and Jeff Teutsch.

This class will work in OCAD. 

Participants that also sign up for the January 30, Using OCAD course will have a chance to continue the project they set up in this class. 


Coming Prepared

This course uses OCAD, which is a paid mapping software but for this course, all participants will be provided with a free license for the duration. Instructions on setting up the software will be provided via email after registration. 

Participants do not need previous experience using OCAD. 

This course will also use SAS Planet, which is a free software we will use to download aerial images. You can download it at http://www.sasgis.org/download/.

Using Zoom
A zoom link will be provided to registered participants by email. Please be set up ready to go for the start of the class with working audio and the software downloaded and installed so we don't have to take precious course time to sort that out.

Please participate from a laptop or desktop computer so you can use the software as intended. We strongly recommend you connect to zoom from a second device so you can follow the instructor on zoom while using your computer to practice the skills being presented.


Registration

Cost: $60 + tax

Please note there is an online processing fee of $3.88 on top of the advertised price.

Sign up for this class along with the January 30th Using OCAD class and the February 6th Laying out Your Map class to get a $27 discount (15%) on all three classes.

This course is designed for orienteers that are wanting to try making an orienteering map. If you are wondering if this course is for you, you can email jeff@navigationsports.ca. About a week prior to the start of the class we will send out a quick questionnaire asking about your orienteering and mapping experience and what you want to get out of the class to help us tailor our teaching for you.

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