Orienteering is a sport where the competitors use a very detailed map and a compass to find their way through pre-specified control points in the landscape.
Orienteering is special because it can be enjoyed by everyone, from a highly competitive endu...
This page was last updated on July 10th, 2008
This page was last updated on July 10th, 2008
Orienteering (from Sports)
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Orienteering Online
Offers news, articles, and interviews.
Orienteering Unlimited
Provides information about the sport of orienteering. In addition, it describes the program and map making services offered by Orienteering Unlimited.
Orienteering and Rogaining Home Page
The oldest of the large orienteering pages on the net. This page has been around for more than six years.
Orienteering for the Young
A booklet about orienteering by James Baker. It explains in several pages how a course for beginners are made.
What is Orienteering?
Description of the sport, as well as map legends, contol symbols and how to teach the game.
Treasure Hunt Adventures
Offers orienteering training events throughout the US. Specializes in school programs, teacher training seminars and corporate team building. Contact information and explanation of services.
Map Reading and Land Navigation
Online manual on map reading and land navigation based on US Army training materials which includes instructions on maps, compasses and other navigational aids.
Wilderness Survival: Field-Expedient Direction Finding
Describes how to use the sun and shadows for determining direction with illustrations. Also includes information on how to use the stars for finding direction and making an improvised compass.
Jamie Stevenson's Personal Page
Features news, training schedule, photos, and calendar for this British sprint world champion.
Slovakian Orienteering Homepage
Information about Slovak Orienteering in English by Juraj Petrinec. Terrain descriptions, news, archives, contacts, and links.
Orienteering in Ireland
Clubs, fixtures, results, news, magazine, forum and links are provided, as well as an explanation of the sport and details of the Irish Orienteering Association.
The Western Orienteering and Land Navigation Adventure Company
Field trips with instruction in map, compass, and Global Positioning Systems. Teaches bearings, triangulate, plot co-ordinate grids, compensate for declination and read topographic maps.
Compass Sport
Britain's national orienteering magazine. Full event coverage with worldwide circulation.
World of O
An extensive index of orienteering sites maintained by Norwegian orienteer Jan Kocbach.
Finding North by the Moon
Shows 2 methods.
Magnetic Compass from "How Stuff Works"
Illustrated tutorial explains magnetic compass operation and shows how to make your own compass.
Maps and Compasses
Extensive coverage of navigation, not only for orienteering.
Scientific Journal of Orienteering
Abstracts of articles included in the journal and subscription information. Also describes how to contribute to the periodical.
Orienteering
Information on the sport and the skills needed to play it. Includes diagrams and pictures.
Hungarian Orienteering
Includes general facts about Hungary, council members of the Hungarian Orienteering Federation, list of local Federations and clubs, links to Hungarian orienteers, results, profiles of the Hungarian National Team, 2000 and 2001 Hungarian Cup results, clic
Navigation With Map and Compass
Links to resources that deal with navigation.
Northwest Adventures
Produces multi-discipline, muscle powered adventure races in the Pacific Northwest.
How To Use a Compass
An illustrated compass tutorial. It teaches how to use a compass in several lessons. From an easy introduction to how to find the way in dense fog or if you haven't got a compass. Also contains suggested exercises.
Offers news, articles, and interviews.
Provides information about the sport of orienteering. In addition, it describes the program and map making services offered by Orienteering Unlimited.
The oldest of the large orienteering pages on the net. This page has been around for more than six years.
A booklet about orienteering by James Baker. It explains in several pages how a course for beginners are made.
Description of the sport, as well as map legends, contol symbols and how to teach the game.
Offers orienteering training events throughout the US. Specializes in school programs, teacher training seminars and corporate team building. Contact information and explanation of services.
Online manual on map reading and land navigation based on US Army training materials which includes instructions on maps, compasses and other navigational aids.
Describes how to use the sun and shadows for determining direction with illustrations. Also includes information on how to use the stars for finding direction and making an improvised compass.
Features news, training schedule, photos, and calendar for this British sprint world champion.
Information about Slovak Orienteering in English by Juraj Petrinec. Terrain descriptions, news, archives, contacts, and links.
Clubs, fixtures, results, news, magazine, forum and links are provided, as well as an explanation of the sport and details of the Irish Orienteering Association.
Field trips with instruction in map, compass, and Global Positioning Systems. Teaches bearings, triangulate, plot co-ordinate grids, compensate for declination and read topographic maps.
Britain's national orienteering magazine. Full event coverage with worldwide circulation.
An extensive index of orienteering sites maintained by Norwegian orienteer Jan Kocbach.
Shows 2 methods.
Illustrated tutorial explains magnetic compass operation and shows how to make your own compass.
Extensive coverage of navigation, not only for orienteering.
Abstracts of articles included in the journal and subscription information. Also describes how to contribute to the periodical.
Information on the sport and the skills needed to play it. Includes diagrams and pictures.
Includes general facts about Hungary, council members of the Hungarian Orienteering Federation, list of local Federations and clubs, links to Hungarian orienteers, results, profiles of the Hungarian National Team, 2000 and 2001 Hungarian Cup results, clic
Links to resources that deal with navigation.
Produces multi-discipline, muscle powered adventure races in the Pacific Northwest.
An illustrated compass tutorial. It teaches how to use a compass in several lessons. From an easy introduction to how to find the way in dense fog or if you haven't got a compass. Also contains suggested exercises.
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