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Mapping is the one of the most rewarding and enjoyable roles. Not only does it improve your navigation skills, but it can also provide you with a different and new type of orienteering challenge.
The British Orienteering E-Learning Mapping Courses, Introduction to updating Forest Mapping and Introduction to Sprint and Urban Mapping , developed with the expertise of David Olivant (Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club) and the educational robustness of Pauline Olivant (Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club) .
Both courses are based around learners having access to either of the two most widely used mapping programs, Open Orienteering Mapper and OCAD.
We strongly advise that you seek an experienced mapper as a mentor to support you through your journey towards being a competent mapper.
Both courses are based on updating an existing map and rather than creating a new map from a previously unmapped area.
Course objectives
- To provide an introduction and basic understanding of the processes involved in how to update and amend an existing Orienteering map.
The course content is designed to only address the course objective rather than attempting to cover the full scope of Mapping. As we recognise that Mapping is a skill that takes much time and practice to hone.
The course should only take around 45- 60 mins to complete and for the whole of May is only £6.00
To access the course and find out more information about our other E-Learning courses, please visit the E-Learning homepage.
Interested in learning about our other E-Learning courses on offer? Visit the E-Learning homepage and access information on all the other resources we provide.
AIRE and CLARO look forward to seeing you all at the British Middle Championships this coming weekend.
You have entered in greater numbers than we anticipated, but we have adapted to cater for you all as best we can. Both Danefield and Kilnsey Moor is a lovely places in the Spring sunshine and we really hope the weather is kind so that you can enjoy it at its best. The technical woodland of Danefield is in sharp contrast to the fast open areas of Kilnsey. You should enjoy some great orienteering on both days. Str8 compasses is sponsoring a lot of prizes for the Northern Championships and the British Middles so run well and good luck.
Start times and final details are published, maps are printed and lots of equipment is ready to move. No controls are out yet, but we have been busy at Kilnsey as you may be able to see from a picture. There are a variety of crossing points on Kilnsey Moor – many of you will only encounter this one. There are no stiles to cross at Danefield you’ll be relieved to know.
We will be able to accommodate you all in the parking areas for both events, but as always, it would help if you car shared as much as possible. The Danefield field has remained in good condition throughout the winter, but as some rain has been forecast over the coming days we will have some tracking available. Kilnsey has the delight of hard standing in the quarry. We can’t promise that you will keep your feet dry, but at least cars should not get stuck in the mud as might have happened at some recent events. We’re hoping that’s true for Danefield. Definitely true for Kilnsey!
Anyone wanting to carry a club tent to Danefield, could reduce the distance to carry the tent by 800m by using the drop off point suggested in the event details. It would need to be a rapid drop-off as there are often no parking bays available. They are all quite uneven, and the road is very narrow. To get back to the parking field it is best to not attempt a 5 point turn but to drive in an anti-clockwise route with LH turns for 2.5k to get back to the parking field. This should take no morfme than 5 minutes.
Have a great weekend.
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Full details on the British Middle Championships are available via this link. Visit the CLARO website for more details regarding the Northern Championships. Good luck to everyone taking part!
As agreed at the AGM 2023, from 1 May 2024 British Orienteering would like to offer an exclusive part-year Membership to new members.
New members are individuals who have not been members of British Orienteering in any of the previous four calendar years.
Part year membership fees 2024
Seniors – £10
Young adults – £7.50
Juniors – £3.00
Families – £25.00 (all members must be new members and not on the database to take up this offer).
No memberships will be merged with existing memberships.
Please note from 1 January 2025, any “new” members will need to renew their membership for 2025.
Find out more about how to join online today.
Pre-JWOC Camp: Diary of Training
AIDAN RIGBY
Talent Squad (M18)
Cleveland Orienteering Klub
Profile
Day 1: Monday 14 August
09:00: Wake up and breakfast at the hotel.
10:30: Sprint training at Kecskemet. 2km warm up and getting used to the heat. 2.6km Sprint at a steady pace trying to get a feel for the demands of the JWOC Sprint area. 2km cool-down and rehydrating as much as possible post training.
12:00: Lunch and a drive around the JWOC Sprint embargo trying to pick up relevant information from what we can see.
13:00: Middle training at Bosca. Very sandy open terrain covered in a labyrinth of scattered trees. One course with SI again at a fairly high pace to pick up on the very unique challenges of the area and get used to the mapping. Some very tough controls. 3km on warm up and warm down.
17:30: Recovery swim back near the hotel getting some time away from the heat.
18:30: Dinner.
20:00: Group analysis of the days training; using GPS and Splits and specific learning points highlighted again.
21:00: Individual talk through with coach about my training plan from now until JEC.
22:00: Relax and bed.
Day 2: Tuesday 15 August
08:00: Breakfast.
10:00: Long training at Izsac. Long style course taken in a group of four of us at once. Trying to look at route-choices both macro and micro running between each other and regrouping at certain points. Had to cut slightly short as suffering from blisters due to the sandy terrain.
12:00: Lunch.
13:00: Afternoon session was a middle style course at Kaskantyu. I chose not to run to give my blisters some time to heal as the area was less relevant to the JWOC terrains. Spent time thinking about plans and strategies for the course.
18:30: Dinner.
19:30: GPS analysis in groups for both sessions and then team briefing where we summarised the learning from each area.
22:00: Relax and bed.
Day 3: Wednesday 16 August
08:00: Breakfast.
10:00: Relay training Zsana simulating 2nd and 3rd Leg Relay so setting people out in small packs 30seconds apart. Trying to get used to the fast paced intensity of the open scrubby terrain.
12:00: Lunch and travel to Szeged.
14:00: Sprint training. A local Sprint with SI again getting used to the Sprint planning and terrain challenges that will be critical at JWOC. This really helped me pick out some things that were affecting my own performance like hesitations around olive green and cornering.
16:30: Rest and recovery in the local spa.
18:30: Dinner.
20:30: Team analysis using GPS of the two sessions and then a team meeting discussing terrain and route selection on the area.
22:30: Relax and bed.
Day 4: Thursday 17 August
09:00: Breakfast and easy morning as many of the athletes received A-level results. Had a swim and walk into the town of Kiskunhalas.
12:00: Lunch on the way to near the Long area of Pirto.
14:00: Long course of 11.1km on a highly relevant terrain. This was taken at a high intensity and helped me understand how the heat and open terrain would affect my orienteering performance. It turned out to make decision making much more difficult and my technique came under stress which I had to learn to deal with. We also tested route-choices in the terrain to help when we are running the JWOC Long.
16:30: Rest and recovery with the second visit to the pool complex of the day ensuring to hydrate well.
18:30: Dinner.
20:30: Debrief of the Long course with GPS of the route-choices.
22:30: Relax before bed.
Day 5: Friday 18 August
08:00: Breakfast.
10:00: Returned to the Middle training area Bosca. I re-ran the course from the first day to try and correct the mistakes that I made on the first day. This was the final chance to experiment with navigation on the tricky labyrinth style terrain and for me, this training was to hammer home some of the lessons that we had learnt during the week.
12:00: Lunch.
13:00: Returned to the Long training area Pirto. After a heavy week, Alex Carcas and I went for a walk in the terrain to take photos of important features and terrain types. This was all to help with remembering some of the interesting things we had mentioned during the week so that we could refresh before JWOC next year.
16:30: Final swim and recovery session.
18:30: Dinner.
20:30: Final team meeting. Having a look at the competition area maps and discussing similarities with what we had trained on during the week.
22:00: Relax before a late night travel home.
Read Fiona Bunn's training camp diary here.
Paul Murgatroyd, British Orienteering's Head Coach for Talent, said: “This was a fantastic week of training in preparation for our JWOC 2018 campaign and all the athletes selected for this tour acquitted themselves remarkably well, given the challenges of both the terrain and the climate. The forests around Kecskemet had a unique diversity of terrain types, which very few of the current group have experienced before, but, after a week of intense reconnaissance, the team were feeling much more confident about what technical and physical preparation they will need to undertake over the coming months in order to be successful at JWOC next summer.”
Thank you, Fiona and Aidan! This is really insightful. We wish you both and all of British Orienteering Talent Squad athletes all the very best with your on-going orienteering training.
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