Resources

Open Orienteerng Mapper has a version for Android but it isn't available through the app store. To use it you also have to transfer files from your computer to your Android device and get them in the right place. This is something I often get questions about so I've written this article to explain the process.

In 2023 I started creating a set of reference sheets that, in a concise useful way, show the minimum dimensions for various gaps and symbols as listed in the IOF mapping specifications. You can find them in this article.

In 2020 I developed a presentation discussing different map reading strategies and techniques and how they are used by elite orienteers. The presentation is an hour long.

These Reference Guides include illustrated descriptive map legends, some basic rules, an annotated sample map, and control description definitions. Developed for o-store.ca who has made them freely downloadable and has allowed me to share them here.

The Skills and Development Database is a project I undertook for Orienteering Canada between 2015 and 2019. The resulting site contains information about Orienteering Canada's Long Term Athlete Development Model, the skills athletes should be learning, and links to various related resources.

Check it out at skills.orienteering.ca

Orienteering Ottawa has generously allowed me to share a year's worth of lesson plans I created for them in 2018. Feel free to take inspiration from them here.

Here is a fun map and story about a multilevel sprint map I created and used for a training session in 2021.