At the Technical seminars held in 2009, it was recognised that making orienteering maps is one of the “barriers to entry” that inhibits growth of orienteering throughout South Africa. Furthermore it was recognised that maps do not need to be to ISOM and ISSOM standards to host introductory events.
Mapping Strategy
There are three components to our mapping strategy: Strategic Maps; Mapper Training; School Maps. More information about our mapping strategy can be found here.
Mapping Standards
Below you will find a series of links to the various International Mapping Standards documents on the IOF website. The first link has all the standards in pdf format for download. There is an excellent document on “Best practices for sprint mapping May 2025” under the ISSprOM section. As well as the article below on multilevel mapping.
Mapping | International Orienteering Federation
Guidelines for complex urban structures (last update 2022-01-23)
Control Descriptions | International Orienteering Federation
Mapping Resources
A list of resources useful for making orienteering maps to various standards can be found here.
Mapping Articles
Follow this link for various articles about orienteering maps.