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Sat 6 Apr 9:00 am
Forest Orienteering and Navigation Skills Day
Smiths Creek Reserve, Campbelltown (meet at Waminda Reserve, Macquarie Av, Campbelltown.

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Sun 7 Apr 9:00 am
Waggaroos Local event, Willan's Hill plus LTO Training session
Lord Baden Powell Drive, Willans Hill, Wagga Wagga.

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Sun 7 Apr 9:30 am
2024 Metro League #1 - Appin
Scout Hall, Burke St, Appin

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Sun 7 Apr 9:30 am
NOY1 - Archery Ridge (Elrington)
Archery Ridge (1:10,000)

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Sun 7 Apr 10:00 am
Mount Brown
4.5 km on Torryburn Road

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Sun 7 Apr 10:00 am
Goldseekers Bush Series #2 - Bridal Track Reserve
Clifton Grove (only a few minutes' drive out of Orange).

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Sat 13 Apr 1:00 pm
Highlands Forest Series #1 - Penrose State Forest
Penrose Forest North, 1:10,000

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Sun 14 Apr 9:30 am
2024 NSW State League #4 - Snow Hills (ACT Classic Series; ACT League #3)
Snows Hill . Mayfield Cross Road, Mayfield. About 1 hour drive south of Goulburn and 1.5 hours east of Canberra

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Sun 14 Apr 2:00 pm
Bluebottles April Camp at Belanglo
Belanglo State Forest.

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Sun 21 Apr 9:30 am
NOY2 - Redgum Ridges (Freemans Waterhole)
 Redgum Ridges 1:10 000

Mapping Resources

FOR COMPETITORS – MAP SYMBOL SUMMARIES

GENERAL INTEREST

Video of 2021 Mapping Workshop click here

International Orienteering Federation map specifications

ONSW Manual section 7.1: Maps - rules on map ownership and map specifications

Omaps - which shows the location of and other information about Australian orienteering maps.

NSW map database - this is currently being replaced by Omaps.

FOR MAPPERS, COURSE SETTERS, VETTERS and CONTROLLERS

Who to ask

To obtain basemaps, aerial photos, etc – ONSW Mapping Officers

  • Hamish Mackie (0407 202 171) and Barry Hanlon (0490 685 936) or Email - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

General mapping questions - ONSW Mapping Advisory Group

  • Andrew Lumsden This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 9412 3545
  • Carol Jacobson This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
  • Hamish Mackie This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 0407 202 171
  • Robert Vincent This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 0409 245 031

Field working using a tablet

  • Maurice Anker This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

How to convert maps to the new IOF Map Specifications - Overview

Conversion of Foot Orienteering Maps to the New IOF Map Specifications.

Background information

Orienteering Australia’s mapping pages have a lot of helpful information on making maps.

Setting up an OCAD Basemap (WHO)

Introduction to LIDAR (Russell Rigby - revised Barry Hanlon 2020)
This document has an emphasis on processing in Kartapallautin which was used in the days before OCAD added Lidar processing. However, it is still relevant to use in addition to OCAD because of the differing results which can be useful to the field worker.

ONSW Mapping Workshop Materials - February 2014

Setting up an OCAD Basemap (Russell Rigby)

More about background images (Russell Rigby)

Mapping Specifications (Carol Jacobson)

Real World Coordinates (Carol Jacobson)

Notes on Real World Coordinates (Carol Jacobson)

Mapping - Safety Aspects (Andrew Lumsden)