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An orienteering map is a map specially prepared for use in orienteering events. It is a large-scale topographic map with extra markings to help the participant navigate through the course. These maps are much more detailed than general-purpose topographic maps, and incorporate a standard symbology designed to be useful to anyone, regardless of ...
The name is derived from a word root meaning to find the direction or location. The first civilian orienteering competition open to the public was held in Norway in 1897, when Norway was still a part of the Swedish Union. [1] From the beginning, locations selected for orienteering have been chosen in part for their beauty, natural or man-made.
Orienteering sports in which route choice is an important factor provide few locations where spectators can watch the race. During World Orienteering Championships 2009, the racers wore GPS tracking devices and many spectators watched them racing via the Internet.
A competitor must use orienteering skills to navigate to the area of the circle on the map and only then use radio direction finding skills to locate the very low power transmitter. [21] Another variation of the sport, Radio Orienteering in a Compact Area, requires less athletic skill and more technical radio direction finding skills. In a ROCA ...
Radio Orienteering in a Compact Area is a variation of Amateur Radio Direction Finding. ROCA is a timed race in which individual competitors use a topographic map and a magnetic compass to navigate through diverse, wooded terrain while searching for radio transmitters .
Like Amateur Radio Direction Finding, Fox Oring is a sport that combines the skills of orienteering and radio direction finding. Fox Oring requires more orienteering skills than ARDF. In a Fox Oring course, the radio transmitters put out very little power, and can be received over only very short distances, often no more than 100 meters. The ...
The TrailO relay is a team event of 3, where every team member has to complete a precision orienteering course first and a timed part afterwards. [4] The official format used in World Trail Orienteering Championships is as follow: The start is a mass start, with a time limit set on the precision orienteering course shared by all three members.
The standard international orienteering symbol is used to designate a checkpoint on rogaining courses. Rogaining is an orienteering sport of long distance cross-country navigation, [1] [2] involving both route planning and navigation between checkpoints using a variety of map types. In a rogaine, teams of two to five people choose which ...