birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
norway norwegian 27 october 1938 orienteering , cartography , politics jan martin larsen
 jan martin larsen mapping
jan martin larsen

jan martin larsen -lrb- born 27 october 1938 -rrb- is a norwegian cartographer , orienteer and politician .
he graduated from the norwegian college of agriculture in 1963 , and in his early career he worked in fjellanger-widerøe and the norwegian ministry of the environment .
from 1986 to 1989 he was the director of mapping in the norwegian mapping and cadastre authority .
he was also president of the norwegian association for cartography , geodesy , hydrography and photogrammetry from 1969 to 1975 .
he owed his interest for cartography to his background in the orienteering sport .
he was a board member of the norges orienteringsforbund -lrb- nof -rrb- from 1961 to 1975 , and chaired the organization for four years .
he was a pioneer in the development of the specialized orienteering map , including international cooperation .
he chaired nof 's first mapping committee , which was established in 1961 .
this committee published a normative book , which was used as a basis for mapping courses .
he was employed by nof as a specialized consultant on mapping in 1963 .
the international orienteering federation -lrb- iof -rrb- was founded in 1961 , and the first international mapping committee was established in 1965 , chaired by larsen , the other members being ernst spiess from switzerland and christer palm from sweden .
the iof committee drafted a mapping standard in 1965 , which lasted until it was replaced by a new standard in 1975 .
larsen was also a member of asker municipal council from 1995 to 2007 , representing the local green party `` askers grønne venner '' .
he has chaired the local history association , and has written a number of books on local history .
in 2002 he was decorated as a knight , first class of the royal norwegian order of st. olav .
