Orienteering USA provides information on mapping service providers as a service to members and others. Inclusion of a service provider does not imply endorsement.
It's recommended that you request samples of their work and request a valid time schedule before contracting with them. Note that mappers based outside the U.S. could encounter visa issues.
Mapping Services | ||
| Rui Antunes | Based in Portugal, but available world-wide | Field checking and cartography |
| Jim Arsenault | Based in New Hampshire | Northeast U.S. mapping; LiDAR basemaps |
| Jim Baker | Woodland Park, Colorado | Field checking including cartography, using Open Orienteering Mapper (OOM) |
| Gregory Balter | Based in New York | Base maps from LiDAR and other sources |
| Ron Birks | Based in Arizona | Field work in the Southwest U.S. |
| Rick DeWitt | Based in Connecticut | Basemaps, field checking, and drafting. Prefer mapping projects in the northeastern part of the U.S. (roughly Ohio eastward), but would consider projects farther afield |
| drb-kartografi | P-O Derebrant Summeranga mgd S-578 95 Aneby Sweden +46 380 82055 | Base maps |
| Clare Durand | Based in California | Basemaps and field checking |
| Emerald Cartography | William Jameson 1104 Wellington Ave Indian Land, SC 29707 (518) 952-0402 | Base maps and OCAD drafting (OCAD 12). |
| Daniel Heimgartner | 41821 Bristow Manor Drive Ashburn, VA 20148 (540) 645-4083 cell | Cartography using OCAD. Based in Virginia, USA "I was born in Switzerland, have competed worldwide, and done mapping and drafting by hand and OCAD for more than 40 years. Physical limitations have left me unable to move through uneven ground, but drafting I can still do. I would welcome your OCAD work." |
| Coti Marian | Based in Europe (alternative email) | Began mapping in 1987 as an amateur. Starting in 1994 I've worked as a professional mapmaker for different companies. I was employed by French Federation of Orienteering for 3 years. In 2004 I created my own company. I've mapped maybe more that 400 maps in different countries (Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Germany, France, New Caledonia, Romania, Switzerland, Spain, USA,...) but the biggest part in France. I've worked on 2 JWOC maps (1996-Romania, France 1998 (only helped for 1 map)), 2 World Cups (2006 Clermont Ferrand-France, 2010 Annecy-France), UWOC 2000-France, EYOC 2008, 2012 France, WOC 2011-France and many other international competitions where I was the main mapmaker. |
| Yves Nager | Based in Hawaii (720) 251 5526 www.yvesnager.com | Available for mapping projects anywhere in the US or Canada. "Fieldchecking and drafting with OCAD. I am originally from Switzerland and now live in Hawaii. I have worked on more than 20 orienteering map projects since 1991. My most recent projects were for RMOC in Colorado where I mapped a total of more than 15 km^2." |
| Northline Navigation | Chris Gkikas Based in Asheville, North Carolina (941) 806-7443 | LiDAR basemaps, field checking, and drafting in OpenOrienteering Mapper (OOM). Available for mapping projects in the southeastern United States. |
| Oakdale Mapping | Stewart Hyslop Oakdale RD4 Hastings, New Zealand Phone: +64 6 8798078 Fax: +64 6 8798076 | Base maps |
| Olles Cartography | Ales Hejna Labkova 14 31800 Plzen Czech Republic | Fieldchecking, cartography, visual art |
| Orienteering Unlimited, Inc. | Ed Hicks 914-248-5957 edhicks at orienteeringunlimited.com | Orienteering Unlimited, Inc. is a full-service producer of maps and the orienteering adventure programs for them. |
| Parkside Mapping | David Cady 148 W Humboldt Pkwy Buffalo NY 14214 716-837-3737 | Field checking, cartography using OCAD |
| Red Arrow Maps | Red Arrow Maps 9812 Falls Rd., #114-237 Potomac, MD 20854 greg at redarrowmaps.com | Base maps (often using LiDAR data) and race map production for orienteering and adventure races. |
| Mike Schuh | Based in Washington state | Base maps and other services |
| Krum Sergiev | P.O. Box 34 Craftsbury, VT 05826-0034 802-586-7599 | Field checking, cartography using OCAD |
| Jon Torrance | Based in Washington, D.C. (USA) 202-352-3675 | Basemap creation, field checking, and OCAD cartography. Available/authorized to work throughout the U.S. and Canada. |
| Trailmaps (Steve Smirthwaite) | Steve Smirthwaite (based in Scotland, but with regular travels to U.S.A.) | Field checking and OCAD cartography. References: Made LAOC national-meet map of Barton Flats. |
| mappers list updated 14 June 2018 | ||
O' Mapping Software | ||
| MapStudio for Illustrator | Adrian Moser amoser at g26.ethz.ch | MapStudio is a plug-in for Adobe Illstrator (Mac OS) that helps you to draw orienteering maps. A tryout version can be downloaded from the MapStudio homepage. |
| OCAD | info at ocad.com | The Windows-based mapping program for creating orienteering maps. A demo version is available with full functionality, but limited to 500 objects. To purchase the full program, visit the webpage. |
| O Symbol Font | William Luitje (luitje at acm.org) | A PC TrueType font containing all symbols used for describing control points. (may be obsolete?) |
| Open Orienteering Mapper | Free software for creating simple orienteering maps. "OpenOrienteering is a project developing a collection of tools which help with the creation of orienteering maps and the organization of orienteering events." | |
