miscellaneous resources

"I am still learning." Michelangelo

From Theirry Gueorgiou

Theirry is a fantastic guy. He pushes the boundaries of high-speed navigation and mental training and in doing so wins gold medal after gold medal after gold medal.

Thierry Gueorgiou's technique: Full speed - no mistake
- Part 1
- Part 2
Thierry's Golden Route - 2004 World Champs Gold Medal

From Adrian Zissos

Forbidden Features: What they are and what makes them so
ISOM vs. ISSOM forbidden symbol comparison chart.

RouteGadget

Canadian RouteGadget website, with maps and courses from events across Canada since 2005
Manual for adding events to the Canadian RouteGadget website

Mapping and understanding maps

ISOM 2000 reference sheet - map symbols reference (from maprunner.co.uk)
ISSOM 2007 reference sheet - map symbols reference (for Sprint events)
Control description reference sheet
A Danish mapper, Kell Soenniksen, has a site giving practical examples on the use of ISSOM 2007 for sprint orienteering maps.
László Zentai's paper describing the development of ISSOM.

APOC 2002 Canada procedures

APOC 2002 Canada was a large event, with almost 200 volunteers providing races and social events for over 800 competitors from 35 countries and providing over 11 days of competition including APOC, NAOC, and COC championship events. A number of detailed procedure documents were created that might be of use to future event organizers.

Skills Progressions

Swedish "From Green To Black" (very large (8Mb) PowerPoint presentation)
"From Green To Black" summary, in English

Friends all over

Orienteering racing and volunteering has given me the opportunity to travel around the world and make friends in some of the strangest places. This short slideshow is a tribute to the friends I've made and the places I've seen...

If you have suggestions for other resources to include on this page, please email them to adrian 'at' barebones.ca