Courses

Courses

Want to learn how to make orienteering maps? We offer an ever-expanding catalogue of introductory and professional development style courses. Check out our calendar and catalogue below.

Can't find what you're looking for or want a specific course offered for your club? Email jeff@navigationsports.ca


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Course Catalogue

Introductory
Duration: 2.5 hrs Cost: $60.00 Level: Introductory
practical OCAD

This 2.5 hour online course is part 2 of Navigation Sports' Introduction to Orienteering Mapping course. In it, you will learn how to use OCAD's drawing tools. Participants will spend the majority of the class practicing using the software.

In this module you will practice the following:

  • Using basic drawing tools
  • Using shape manipulation tools
  • Tracing base material

Upcoming classes: There are no scheduled classes. If you would like to request a class, email jeff@navigationsports.ca

Intermediate
Duration: 3 hrs Cost: $75.00 Level: Intermediate

This 3-hour course is all about using OCAD’s lidar processing wizard to turn raw lidar files into highly detailed base materials for orienteering mapping. Students will get a walk through of the tool and a chance to practice using it. The second half of the class will focus on learning how to interpret the various base material output by the lidar wizard.

Upcoming classes: There are no scheduled classes. If you would like to request a class, email jeff@navigationsports.ca

Intermediate
Duration: 12 hrs Cost: $215.00 Level: Intermediate
practical

This course takes place over four 3-hour sessions in the classroom. Each session covers a different aspect of drawing contours:

  • Bezier curves – learn the elusive tricks of drawing smoothly curved contours in the shape you want
  • Interpreting lidar base material – learn how to translate in your mind what you’re seeing on the screen to what the terrain will look like
  • What contours show – learn how to draw contours that show a balanced representation of different terrain elements such as high and low points, relative elevation, steepness, and shapes
  • Contours and the rest of the map – learn how to draw contours in harmony with other prominent features such as trails, lakes, and streams cliffs.

Upcoming classes: There are no scheduled classes. If you would like to request a class, email jeff@navigationsports.ca