OMaps is a SmartPhone App that offers new options for Orienteering. Users MyOMaps is useful to mappers, course planners, event organisers placing controls in the forest and of course Orienteers... Mappers Take the latest version of your map with you into the field and know where you are on the map. You can even use a tablet device to see a large screen view. Record tracks and mark features to assist with your mapping. Course Planners During your field visits, track your position in real time on your O-Map. Be absolutely confident you are at the right location, and confirm the accuracy of the map. Control Placement Track your position on the map and be sure you have the controls in the right places when you put them out. Orienteers Training – Set your own course – The App will alert you when you get to the control site – without there needing to be a physical control at the site. Run the same course multiple times and compare route choices. GPS Orienteering Events – Participate in events using GPS rather than Flags and SI units to mark locations and record splits. Permanent Courses – Download a permanent course and run it with the App to record your splits - Be the best! Spectators/Parents – Track your runner/child in real-time with the tracking option (future release).
Features There are many ways to use MyOMaps. Following is a list of its key functions: GPS Functions
Map Functions
1. Obtain an image of the map: Or use a jpg file version of a map from the web or your PC 2. Position/Rotate/Scale the image to Georeference it as a map in the App by dropping a pin on two easily identifiable points on the image of the map and dropping corresponding pins on the two corresponding locations on the Google Map. Save the map as a KMZ for future use.
Orienteering Course Functions
Event Functions
Run the selected course using the following functions:
Run either a hybrid or fully-digital Orienteering training or competitive event:
Run a conventional course, a scatter event or a score event (Score events are a future feature). Record your track as per GPS functions above. Results Functions Display your splits and GPS track on the SmartPhone Create a results file in OE format for uploading into Orienteering Results systems Tracking Functions Track runners in real-time with a matching spectator App This is a future feature and relies up there being mobile phone coverage of the course |
Written by fnecomau
Saturday, 15 March 2014 05:53