page_title: Orienteering
section_title: Map
hierarchical_section_title: Orienteering / Competition and results / Map
caption_attribution_description: English: Orienteering map of "Bygholm Skov" just outside Horsens, Denmark. Map uploaded with permission from Horsens Orienteringsklub, c/o chairman Lars Sørensen. Dansk: Orienteringskort (o-kort) over Bygholm Skov ved Horsens. Uploadet med tilladelse fra Horsens Orienteringsklub, v/ fmd. Lars Sørensen. Rekognosceret af Gunnar Poulsen. Tegnet af Tage Baun og Preben Jørgensen. Polski: Przykład mapy do biegu na orientację z okolic Horsens, Dania.
context_page_description: Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst 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 almost any sport that involves racing against a clock and requires navigation with a map is a type of orienteering.
  Orienteering is included in the programs of world sporting events including the World Games and World Police and Fire Games.
context_section_description: Orienteering competitions use specially prepared orienteering maps. They are topographic maps although much more detailed than general-purpose maps. The ISOM map scales are 1:15,000 or 1:10,000, with grids aligned to magnetic north. Map symbols are standardized by the IOF, and designed to be readable by any competitor regardless of background or native tongue.
caption: An orienteering map
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