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Tue 23 Apr 7:30 pm
Orienteering NSW April Board Meeting

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Wed 24 Apr 5:30 pm
Moonlight Madness #1 Northbridge
corner of Sailors Bay Road and Kameruka Road (Bonds Corner), Northbridge.

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Sun 28 Apr 9:30 am
Newcastle Pairs Relay Champs & Minor Event
The Range (South) 1:7500, Killingworth
Sun 28 Apr 10:00 am
Waggaroos - AWOC Interclub #1, 9 Mile Reserve

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Wed 1 May 6:30 pm
Newcastle Night Champs - Eleebana
Thomas H Halton Park. Revised by D. Orr 2024. 1:4000, 2 metre contours and 1:1000, 2 metre contours.
, Thomas H Halton Park, Eleebana

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Sat 4 May 9:30 am
SOS Northside - Warriewood
Turimetta Beach Reserve (off Peal Place, Warriewood)

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Sat 4 May 9:30 am
SOS Hawkesbury - Penrith
Penrith Selective High School - enter from Colless St, Penrith NSW
Sat 4 May 9:30 am
SOS Term 2 Season Pass

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Sun 5 May 9:30 am
2024 Metro League #2 - Sydney Park, St Peters
Sydney Park, St Peters.

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Sun 5 May 9:30 am
NOY3 - Missing Link [Elrington)
"Missing Link" 1:7,500 for all courses. 5m contours., Elrington (Missing Link Rd)

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)

Courses

ONSW 2024 Meeting Dates 

Major Events

 Schedule 2023 - 2031

Event Series

NSW State League

MetrO League

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