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 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 CAD

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 CAD

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 CAD

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

Thursday, January 29, 2026

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

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

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Course Catalogue

Introductory

Duration: 2.5 hrs Cost: $67.50 Level: Introductory

theoretical practical

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.

Upcoming dates:
Tuesday, January 20, 2026 | Zoom
Thursday, January 22, 2026 | Zoom

Introductory

Duration: 2.5 hrs Cost: $67.50 Level: Introductory

practical OCAD

This 2.5 hour online course is part 2 of Navigation Sports' Introduction to Orienteering Mapping course. In it, you will learn how to use OCAD's drawing tools. Participants will spend the majority of the class practicing using the software.

In this module you will practice the following:

Using basic drawing tools
Using shape manipulation tools
Tracing base material

Upcoming dates:
Thursday, January 29, 2026 | Zoom

Intermediate

Duration: 2.5 hrs Cost: $67.50 Level: Intermediate

This 2.5 hour online course teaches participants how to use Karttapullautin to generate exploratory orienteering maps (also often called auto-generated maps) from lidar. Karttapullautin generates contours and other landform features as well as an orienteering style base map. In this class you will learn the basics of using the software as well as how to adjust the settings to optimize the output.

Upcoming dates:
Thursday, December 11, 2025 | Zoom
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | Zoom

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