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

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Zoom | 6:00 PM ET | 3/12 hrs | $245.00 CAD

Interpreting Lidar/Contour Drawing
(Day 4)

This 4x3 hour course teaches participants the fundamentals of one of the most complex aspects of drawing a good orienteering map: how to draw contours based on lidar data.

Details

Tags: Intermediate | practical

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Course Catalogue

Intermediate
Duration: 2.5 hrs Cost: $67.50 Level: Intermediate

This 2.5 hour online course teaches participants how to use Karttapullautin to generate exploratory orienteering maps (also often called auto-generated maps) from lidar. Karttapullautin generates contours and other landform features as well as an orienteering style base map. In this class you will learn the basics of using the software as well as how to adjust the settings to optimize the output.

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

Advanced
Duration: 6 hrs Cost: $120.00 Level: Advanced

This 6 hour course teaches participants advanced fieldwork topics and techniques. The specific content of this course changes depending on the terrain it' being taught in.

Typically the class starts with a morning of exploring an existing map and how it was mapped and why it was mapped that way. After lunch in the field, participants will have a few hours to practice making complex mapping decisions in the field with guidance from the instructor.

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

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