Orienteering

Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain,
and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they use to find control points. Originally a training
exercise in land navigation for military officers, orienteering has developed many variations. Among these, the oldest and the most popular is foot orienteering. For the purposes of this
article, foot orienteering serves as a point of departure for discussion of all other variations, but basically any sport that involves racing against a clock and requires navigation using
a map is a type of orienteering.

CISM Sports Committee Orienteering

Lt-Col Lars E.W. GERHARDSSON (SWE)

Tel.: (+46) 8 514 390 00

Mobile: (+46) 730 26 15 13

Swedish Armed Forces
Armed Forces Logistics
SE-107 86 STOCKHOLM
Sweden

President

If you want to know more about the history of Orienteering – klick here
The rules of Orienteering can be found here

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