Orienteering Resources

Useful info of all sorts for orienteers at every level of experience. Additions welcome -- contact the webmaster. [usofweb (at) gmail (dot) com].

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External orienteering links

• What orienteering is (and a few things it's not)
• Orienteering defined by the World Games Association
• Description of orienteering on BBC H2G2
• How to use a compass
• Audiojournal podcast of an orienteering outing (in two parts: part 1 | part 2) from The WildeBeat
• Attackpoint.org: "Performance and training tools for orienteers," including training logs and discussion forum
• IOF: International Orienteering Federation home page, with current news
  • IOF O-zine
  • IOF Rules
  • Literature
• World of O: international orienteering information and news 
• Centre for Orienteering History
• Wikipedia entry on orienteering
• Billygoat.org: page dedicated to "goat" events (general info and archives are mostly up-to-date; other less so) 
• Orienteering computer games (Windows-compatible) 
• Catching Features: Online orienteering game that allows for races against human opponents all over the world in real time
• CompassSport: British orienteering magazine
• Scientific Journal of Orienteering
• Canadian Orienteering Federation
• British Orienteering
• World of O

Orienteering-related Mail Lists

• USOFClubnet: mail list connecting members in U.S. clubs but open to all (also known as Clubnet)
• OUSA-bod: mail list for the Orienteering USA Board of Directors members. Only Directors may post, but others may join to read messages (also referred to as Boardnet)
• usoteam: mail list for the U.S. orienteering teams
• O-Map: mail list about making orienteering maps
• O-Net: General orienteering mail list [rarely used] 
• RegistrarNet mail list: communicate with other A-meet registrars about systems and best practices
• SportIdent mail list: communicate with SportIdent electronic punching system users
• Detailed instructions for joining YahooGroups mail lists and mail options.

Maps

• About.com: maps and geography information
• Cartography: The history of cartography
• Geographic Information (GIS): Connecticut, New York, USGS
• GPS utility software
• LIDAR Basemapping: Using LIDAR (laser/"Lit>ghtDetection And Ranging") to create base maps
  • An experience with LIDAR (Australian point of view)
• LizardTech: MrSID Georeference file viewer 
• Lost Outdoors: aerial photos for simple base maps
• Map Machine: from the National Geographic Society
• MapTech: online maps, charts, and photos
• OCAD: Map-making CAD software for orienteering
• Topoquest.com: free downloads of USGS DRG digital map files
• Topozone.com: interactive USGS maps; now part of Trails.com maps and trails (paid subscription may be required)
• Any Place America, free topos of major U.S. attractions
• Wikipedia Wearable computer information

Ski Orienteering

• Cross Country Ski Association of America

Mt. Bike Orienteering

• U.S. Mountain Bike Orienteering events and specifications
• British Mountain Bike Orienteering: (UK) by the Trail Cyclists Association
• Mountain Bike Orienteering calendar (world-wide, by World of O)

Trail Orienteering

• Anne Braggins' Trail O web site
• IOF Rules for Trail O updated in 2006

Horseback Orienteering

• National Association of Competitive Mounted Orienteering
• Idaho Mounted Orienteering Club
• Michigan Competitive Mounted Orienteering

Canoe Orienteering

• U.S. Canoe Association (USCA)
• 2010 Canoe-Orienteering Championships
• WHACKO (Western Hemisphere Affiliation of Canoe and Kayak Orienteers) (website in transition...)
• I Am Phibious (canoe-O advocacy)

Deaf Orienteering

• USA Deaf Orienteering
• World Deaf Orienteering
• USA Deaf Sports Federation

Rogaining

"The sport of long-distance, cross-country navigation."

• North American Rogaining Schedule
• International Rogaining Federation
• Australian Rogaining Association

Sports and Recreation Organizations

• Amateur Athletic Union
• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
• Disabled Sports USA
• Geocaching
  • Geocaching on a budget (blog post)
  • GoGo News — Beginner's guide to geocaching
  • A collection of geocaching links
  • Another collection of geocaching links
• Letterboxing North America
• Military Pentathlon
• National Off-Road Bicycle Association (NORBA)
• National Recreation and Park Association
• U.S. Olympic Committee
• Road Runners Club of America
• Women's Sports Foundation
• World Games Association [ Orienteering ]

Health and Fitness

• Foot Health Network: foot problems and solutions, from achilles tendinitis to plantar fasciitis
• Gookinaid Sports Drink, now called Vitalyte
• The Injury Chronicles: written and illustrated by Marie-Catherine Bruno, BScPT, Cped(C)
• Lyme Disease: Centers for Disease Control (CDC) page
• Lyme Disease Foundation
• American Lyme Disease Foundation
• Other Tick-borne Diseases (CDC)
• Discover magazine article about tick-borne diseases (not just Lyme)