Orienteering-related Mail Lists | Orienteering | Ski Orienteering
Mt. Bike Orienteering | Trail Orienteering | Horseback Orienteering
Canoe Orienteering | Radio Orienteering | Deaf Orienteering | Rogaining
Adventure Sports | Health and Fitness | Maps | Sports and Recreation Organizations | Olympic Games


Orienteering-related Mail Lists

USOFClubnet - mail list connecting members in US clubs but open to all
USOF-bod - mail list for the USOF Board of Directors members. Only Directors may post, but others may join to read messages
O-Map - mail list about making orienteering maps
O-Net - General orienteering mail list [rarely used]
SportIdent mail list - communicate with SportIdent electronic punching system users
Detailed instructions for joining YahooGroups mail lists, and mail options.

Orienteering

Attackpoint.org - "Performance and training tools for orienteers," including training logs and discussion forum
IOF
- International Orienteering Federation (new site Dec 2006)
     •   Pictorial Symbols (pdf-324 kb) for Foot Orienteering
     •   IOF news, including O-zine
Orienteering Online - news, interviews, and reports from all over the world
Orienteering Today magazine covers all forms of orienteering, all over the world
World of O - international orienteering information and news
Centre for Orienteering History
Wikipedia entry on orienteering
Billygoat.org - page dedicated to “goat” events
Orienteering computer games (Windows-compatible)
Sconet - Orienteering in southern California and the west coast
CompassSport - British orienteering magazine
Scientific Journal of Orienteering

Ski Orienteering

Cross Country Ski Association of America

Mt. Bike Orienteering

US Mountain Bike Orienteering events and specifications
MTBO America
British Mountain Bike Orienteering - (UK) by the Trail Cyclists Association
Mountain Bike Orienteering calendar (world-wide, by World of O)

Trail Orienteering

Anne Braggins' Trail O' web site
IOF Rules for Trail O' updated in 2006
new! Introduction to Trail Orienteering for Experienced Foot Orienteers (IOF Publication)
Additional information can be found on the Trail O' Team page

Horseback Orienteering

National Association of Competitive Mounted Orienteering
Idaho Mounted Orienteering Club
Michigan Competitive Mounted Orienteering

Canoe Orienteering

US Canoe Assocation (USCA)
         2010 Canoe-Orienteering Championships
WHACKO (Western Hemisphere Affiliation of Canoe and Kayak Orienteers) (website in transition...)
I Am Phibious (canoe-O advocacy)

Radio orienteering

Radio Orienteering

Radio Orienteering in the Americas (ARDF IARU Region II)

Deaf Orienteering

USA Deaf Orienteering
World Deaf Orienteering
USA Deaf Sports Federation

Rogaining

"The sport of long-distance, cross-country navigation."

North American Rogaining Schedule
International Rogaining Federation
Australian Rogaining Association

Adventure Sports

Adventure Racing World
Adventure Sports Online
All American Trail Running Association
Björkliden Arctic Mountain Marathon - 24-hour race in Sweden
Checkpoint Zero - Adventure Racing news
Four Winds Adventure Company
The Original Mountain Marathon
Mountain Zone - mountain sports information
Ontario Adventure Run series (Raid)
Outside Magazine Online
Primal Quest
Raid Gauloises
Raid the North - Canadian Adventure Race Series
Sea to Summit Adventure Races
Southern Michigan Adventure Club - internet-based adventure racing club
US Adventure Racing Association
XTerra Racing - off-road triathlons

Health and Fitness

Foot Health Network - foot problems and solutions, from achilles tendinitis to plantar fasciitis
Gookinaid Sports Drink, now called Vitalyte
The Injury Chronicles - written and illustrated by Marie-Catherine Bruno, BScPT, Cped(C)
Lyme Disease - Centers for Disease Control (CDC) page
Lyme Disease Foundation
American Lyme Disease Foundation
Other Tick-borne Diseases (CDC)
Discover magazine article about tick-borne diseases (not just Lyme)

Maps

About.com - maps and geography information
Cartography - The history of cartography
Digitalgrove.net - desktop digital mapping information
The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping - over 10,000 cartographic links
Geographic Information (GIS) - Connecticut, New York, USGS
GPS utility software
Keen People cartography links
LiDAR Basemapping - Using LiDAR (laser/"Light Detection And Ranging") to create base maps
        new An experience with LiDAR (pdf, Australian point of view)
LizardTech - MrSID Georeference file viewer
Lost Outdoors
- aerial photos for simple base maps
Map Machine - from the National Geographic Society
MapTech - online maps, charts, and photos
OCAD - Map-making CAD software for orienteering
Topoquest.com - free downloads of USGS DRG digital map files
Topozone.com - interactive USGS maps; now part of Trails.com - maps and trails (paid subscription may be required)
Wikipedia Wearable computer information

Sports and Recreation Organizations

Amateur Athletic Union
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
American Canoe Association
Disabled Sports USA
Geocaching
Letterboxing North America
Military Pentathlon
National Off-Road Bicycle Association (NORBA)
National Recreation and Park Association
U.S. Olympic Committee
Road Runners Club of America
Women's Sports Foundation

Olympic Games

International Olympic Committee
2010 Winter Games - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2012 Summer Games - London, England
2014 Winter Games - Sochi, Russia


Last update: August 11, 2010

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