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


Upcoming Offerings

Monday, February 2, 2026

Zoom | 6:30 PM ET | 2.5 hrs | $67.50 CAD

Base Material

This 2.5 hour online module will teach partipants how to include various sources of data that will make your map better and your mapping easier.

Details

Tags: Introductory | OCAD | practical | theoretical

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Zoom | 6:30 PM ET | 2.5 hrs | $67.50 CAD

Base Material

This 2.5 hour online module will teach partipants how to include various sources of data that will make your map better and your mapping easier.

Details

Tags: Introductory | OOM | practical | theoretical

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Zoom | 6:30 PM ET | 2.5 hrs | $67.50 CAD

Base Material

This 2.5 hour online module will teach partipants how to include various sources of data that will make your map better and your mapping easier.

Details

Tags: Introductory | OCAD | practical | theoretical

Monday, February 9, 2026

Zoom | 6:30 PM ET | 2.5 hrs | $67.50 CAD

Laying Out Your Map

In this tutorial style course you will practice adding new colours and symbols in the mapping software while adding key map elements to prepare your map for printing.

Details

Tags: Introductory | OCAD | practical

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Zoom | 6:30 PM ET | 2.5 hrs | $67.50 CAD

Laying Out Your Map

In this tutorial style course you will practice adding new colours and symbols in the mapping software while adding key map elements to prepare your map for printing.

Details

Tags: Introductory | OOM | practical

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Course Catalogue

Intermediate
Duration: 3 hrs Cost: $80.00 Level: Intermediate

This 3 hour class teaches participants how to use OCAD's DEM Import Wizard to turn lidar data into useable base map layers and contours. Participants will learn how to set up the various outputs along with the various information you can get from them:

  • hill shade
  • slope gradient
  • contours
  • feature map
  • vegetation height map
  • vegetation base map

Upcoming dates:
Thursday, March 5, 2026 | Zoom

Introductory
Duration: 2.5 hrs Cost: $67.50 Level: Introductory
practical

This 2.5 hour online course is part 4 of Navigation Sports' Introduction to Orienteering Mapping course. In it, you will practice adding new colours and symbols in the mapping software while adding key map elements to prepare your map for printing.

This module is set-up as a tutorial-style practice. Participants will also be provided with a take-away reference to use in future projects.

* Instances of this course will use either OCAD or OOM.

Upcoming dates:
Monday, February 9, 2026 | Zoom
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 | Zoom
Thursday, February 12, 2026 | Zoom

Introductory
Duration: 2.5 hrs Cost: $67.50 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