Orienteering

What is orienteering?

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Definition, description of the sport, history, ...

What is Orienteering?

Description of the sport, as well as map legends, contol symbols and how to teach the game.

Orienteering

Information on the sport and the skills needed to play it. Includes diagrams and pictures.

Where?

A list of organizations...

International Orienteering Federation Home Page

Official pages of International Orienteering Federation Home Page with links to orienteering rules, world events, national organizations and more...

Croatian Orienteering Federation

Croatian Orienteering Federation Home Page - Details, Links, Calendar, ...

British Orienteering Federation

Results, Event Notices, Clubs, News, Fixtures, MajorEvents, British Team, Rankings...

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.

Slovakian Orienteering Home Page

Information about Slovak Orienteering in English by Juraj Petrinec. Terrain descriptions, news, archives, contacts, and links.

Hungarian Orienteering Home Page

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, clickable local maps, Hall of Fame, and related links.

Slovenian Orienteering Federation

Slovenian Orienteering Federation Home Page

Magazines

CompassSport

CompassSport - Britain's National Orienteering Magazine
Full event coverage with worldwide circulation.

Scientific Journal of Orienteering

Abstracts of articles included in the journal and subscription information. Also describes how to contribute to the periodical.

Orienteering Online

Offers news, articles, and interviews.

Personal Pages

World of O

Collection of links to orienteering pages and orienteers available mantained by norwegian orienteer Jan Kocbach.

Jamie Stevenson Homepage

Homepage for Jamie Stevenson, World Orienteering Champion 2003. News, pictures, film and results from international orienteering.

Feud

Collection of links to orienteering pages and orienteers mantained by croatian orienteer Ivo Tisljar.

O-kutak

Collection of almost anything mantained by croatian orienteer Tomislav Kaniski.

Equipment

What you need (want) and where to get it...

SILVA Orienteering

SILVA Orienteering - Producer of varius orienteering equipment, e.g. compasses, headlamps, OL shoes, GPS, ...

Software

SPORTident

SPORTident - electronic timing and identification system for your sport: orienteering, running, skiing, biking, triathlon, relays, multisports!

Misc

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.

Navigation With Map and Compass

General Map and Compass information - How To Use A Compass, Reading Topographic Maps, ...

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.

Orienteering Unlimited

Provides information about the sport of orienteering. In addition, it describes the program and map making services offered by Orienteering Unlimited.

Orienteering for the Young

A booklet about orienteering by James Baker. It explains in several pages how a course for beginners are made.

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.

Maps and Compasses

Extensive coverage of navigation, not only for orienteering.

Local Clubs

OK Jelen (Croatia)

homepage for OK Jelen, Croatia