Lockdown orienteering
Lockdown Orienteering
Self-isolated at home, quarantined, working from home, studying from home; how can you get that orienteering fix?
All the software / links below are “free”, apart of course from the cost of your broadband connection / data.
Be careful - the first three ideas are addictive (the outcome will be low productivity in terms of working from home or studying) …
Orienteering headcam you tube videos – head camera shots from an orienteer running in the terrain with a parallel GPS plot on the map. These videos are Dave Middleton’s secret training weapon. Here is an example. Sometimes it is better to speed up the video?
Replays of orienteering races with GPS tracking of the competitors. Look at the course map and work out which way you would run the legs, then “release” the competitor dot(s) and see which way they run. This website has a big selection.
Look at orienteering maps and courses and dream – flowing through the terrain and nailing the controls, who needs a good novel? The worldofo website has lots of links to maps. Develop the computer skills to make O maps and set O courses. Make a map of your section, local park, neighbourhood….
An easy way to start, O map of the world. Automatically produces an urban “sprint” map of your local area, good enough for a casual or training event. Export as a PDF and use Purple Pen to set the course.
Purple Pen – course setting software. Underlying map can be a PDF, JPEG, OCAD map etc.
Open source orienteering mapping software - as the website states OpenOrienteering Mapper is an orienteering mapmaking program and provides a free alternative to the existing proprietary solution. This is the full deal in terms of making orienteering maps. Manual here . One source of base map / template data for your O map is the Auckland Council GIS viewer which has 1m LIDAR contours and aerial photos.
O map of the world – map of North Head Devonport Open Orienteering Mapper
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