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Software & Resources

Below are details of individuals and companies that provide computer software and other services that may be of use to Orienteering Mappers.  This list is not exhaustive - if you would like your details listed please contact us with your details to be included below.  Logos can be displayed if required.  If you want your logo displayed please provide a suitable sized copy in either Ocad or GIF file format.  Please try to keep your logo both a reasonable visual size and a small file size.

CARTOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE

Ocad

Popular cartographic software, developed by Hans Stienegger, for producing Orienteering and other kinds of maps.
email:
website: http://www.ocad.com/

Picover, Ocad Tools, and Boxscan

A set of utilities written by Don Scarrot and Tony Pennick designed to interface with Ocad providing many useful functions including generation of pictorial descriptions and overprints for course planning, contour tracing, and other Ocad options.
email: or
website: http://www.members.aol.com/dscarrott/

Condes

Course planning program and map over-printing software.
website: http://www.finn.arildsen.com/

PEGAS-O

Course/route displaying software, free to download and use.
Olivier Rihoux's Description: after an event, trace your route on a map image file (Start - Controls - Finish - Intermediate dots) and Save. You will get an *.html file showing your progression. You can include your split times (from Emit or SportIdent) so that your course will be displayed in "real time". You can even merge 2 (or 3) files to see the competitors running together and compare their respective course options. The program has been used during several World events to display the winner's route choices. With version 7, its now possible to get the Start/Finish/Controls extracted directly from Ocad (using a small utility from Don Scarrott) Languages: French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Estonian & Swedish. Hardware requirements: IBM compatible PC; software requirements: Windows 95, 98 or NT 3.51 or higher; price: freeware.
email:
website: http://www.pegaso.be/ or, http://users.skynet.be/am030868/pegaso/

MapStudio

Website offering symbols and resources for drawing Orienteering maps in Adobe Illustrator on either Macintosh or Windows platforms.
website: http://www.mapstudio.info/mapstudio/index.html

The symbols on the website available for download have been compressed using the Stuffit program, popular on the Macintosh.  Macintosh and Windows versions of this program can be downloaded separately from http://www.stuffit.com/.

Macromedia Freehand

Illustration software that is used commercially for cartography and mapping.
website: http://www.macromedia.com/software/freehand/

Adobe Illustrator

Illustration software that is used commercially for cartography and mapping.
website: http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/main.html

IOF

IOF Map Commission Website

Website for the International Orienteering Federation Map Commission.
website: http://lazarus.elte.hu/mc/

GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS

British Cartographic Society

The British Cartographic Society, promoting the art and science of mapmaking in the UK.
website: http://www.cartography.org.uk/

Orienteering Australia Mapping Website

Mapping website for Orienteering Australia.
website: http://www.orienteering.asn.au/Mapping/

Google O-Map Orienteering Mapping Discussion Group

Discussion group on Google for Orienteering mapping.
website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/O-Map/

CALCULATORS

Magnetic Variation Calculators

A website with a magnetic variation calculator.  You first need the Longitude and Latitude of your area though.  The Ordnance Survey Interactive Atlas on CD will give you this, and has appeared on numerous computer magazine cover disks in the past, or there are some other links below.
NOAA online calculator website: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/geomag/magfield.shtml
Individual online calculator and download utility website: http://williams.best.vwh.net/magvar.html

Converting Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference to Longitude and Latitude

A website explaining the Ordnance Survey National Grid system, and hosting software to convert between OS National Grid and Longitude/Latitude.
website: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/is/iss025/osgbfaq.htm

OCAD AND GPS

Websites regarding using GPS with Ocad.

GPS Track

website: http://www.gpstrack.com/

OziExplorer

website: http://www.oziexplorer.com/

Ordnance Survey National GPS Network

website: http://www.gps.gov.uk/

UK ONLINE MAPPING AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

The Ordnance Survey

website: http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk/ or http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/

Ordnance Survey "Get A Map" Service

website: http://www.getamap.co.uk/

UK Street Map Site

website: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/

UK Multi Map Site

website: http://uk.multimap.com/

Map Quest

website: http://www.mapquest.com/

Streetmap

website: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/

Get Mapping

website: http://www.getmapping.com/

Nearby

website: http://www.nearby.org.uk/

PRINTING

Printing Orienteering Maps with a 4-Colour (CMYK) printing process

A useful guide by Pat Dunlavey of the United States.
website: http://www.pdcarto.com/orienteering/spot2cmyktutorial/CMYKOMaps.htm

Houston Orienteering Club OCAD Print Colours

Sample colour files and a guide to colour printing of OCAD files on desktop inkjet printers.
website: http://hoc.us.orienteering.org/OCAD_colors.html

OTHER USEFUL SOFTWARE

Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader

The Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader will allow you to view and print the PDF files that can be downloaded from this website.  The Acrobat Reader is available for various operating systems including Windows, Linux, Unix, Solaris, and both Windows CE and Palm PDAs.
website: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html

OpenOffice

OpenOffice is a free Office suite program comprising word processor, spreadsheet, drawing and presentation programs that are compatible with Microsoft Office file formats.  You can use it to view and print the Microsoft Word format documents that can be downloaded from this website if you have not got access to Microsoft Office.  OpenOffice is available for various operating systems including Windows, Linux, Unix and Solaris.
website: http://www.openoffice.org/

AVG AntiVirus

Files for download from this website have all been checked using an up to date copy of AVG AntiVirus checker, however users should also have an up to date virus checker on their own computers.  You can download a copy of AVG Antivirus, which is free for personal use, from the Grisoft website.
website: http://www.grisoft.com/

WinZip

Software for extracting files from ZIP archives, compatible with the ZIP files that can be downloaded from this website.
website: http://www.winzip.com/