Monthly Archives: October 2024

OCAD Presentation at ICOM on 3rd November

The 21st International Conference on Orienteering Mapping (ICOM) will take place on 3rd November 2024 (postponed from 29.09) as an online event.

We will present the latest functions in OCAD and give an insight into where our development focus currently lies.

A link to the meeting and a detailed timetable is published on the IOF website.

Participation in the conference is free of charge.

ISSkiOM Update

The International Specifications for Ski Orienteering Maps have been modified and released as ISSkiOM 2019 Revision 3, which is valid from 1st December 2024.

The most important changes:

  • New symbols for tracks which must be stayed on
    Sometimes due to special considerations, competitors are required to stay on the track and are forbidden to leave the track to the side or join the track from the side. These tracks are shown on the map with orange color. (IOF ISSkiOM 2019 Revision 3, chapter 2.5)
  • For a better readability, a white mask (0.15 mm on each side) is used under all green and orange track symbols
  • New Symbol for Dangerous section

How to work with the new specifications?

To work with the updated symbol sets already now, you can download a so-called silent update in OCAD under the menu Help>Download Update. The next complete OCAD update is planned for November.

To update an existing ski orienteering map to the latest symbol set, use the Update Symbol Set function.