Orienteering Mapping Course
Orienteering Ireland is running its 4-weekly online course on Introduction to Mapping using OCAD software. The course is primarily aimed at those new to mapping, but all are welcome. Over a progressive series of four weekly online workshops participants will learn to:
1. Complete an urban sprint orienteering map that complies to international standards.
2. Complete an orienteering map of a park / school grounds.
3. Georeference and make small updates to any orienteering map.
Each workshop will last two hours from 19:30 – 21:30, and will take place via Zoom, on the first four Mondays of November 2024:
- Monday 4th November 2024
- Monday 11th November 2024
- Monday 18th November 2024
- Monday 25th November 2024
Each participant will be given a temporary OCAD licence for 6 weeks from the beginning of the course.
Prerequisite
- Be a member of an Orienteering Ireland Club
- OCAD is a Windows Software – you will need Windows 8, 10 or 11
- 100 MB of free disk space for the installation
- Basic knowledge of file handling
A second monitor, or phone or tablet is highly advised
Note for MAC users OCAD is a Windows software. Additional software like Virtual PC, Parallels Desktop, VMWare Fusion or Bootcamp must be installed on the MAC to use OCAD. For more information, see the OCAD Wiki – OCAD on Mac OS X page.
The course is open to members of Orienteering Ireland and its clubs. You can register here.
