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, 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

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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

Base Material

This 2.5 hour online module will teach partipants how to include various sources of data that will make your map better and your mapping easier.

Details

Tags: Introductory | OOM | practical | theoretical

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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 10, 2026 | Zoom
Thursday, March 12, 2026 | Zoom
Tuesday, March 17, 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

Introductory
Duration: 2.5 hrs Cost: $67.50 Level: Introductory
theoretical practical

This 2.5 hour online course is part 3 of Navigation Sports' Introduction to Orienteering Mapping course. In it, you will learn how to find and import various types of data into your map and as base layers. You will learn how to import official orthophotos as base layers and spend time practicing drawing your map from those images and data.

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

Upcoming dates:
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 | Zoom
Thursday, February 5, 2026 | Zoom

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