MapRun Tools

This page contains links to tools and videos contributed by third parties.

Thanks to all contributors.

General Tools

See an array of tools that help with courses and results for MapRun at:  Lawrie's Orienteering Resources (auug.org.au).
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See tools from Daniel Widman at: https://tools.widmann.ca/ 

GPX to KML

​If you have a GPX file containing waypoints that you'd like to use as control sites. See this tool from Michael Raz. You may find this useful if you use CheckSites with your map, and take a walk to drop pins at control sites.

QR Code Generator

Thanks to Michael Raz for a QR Code generator to streamline creating QR Codes  if this mode of control punching is required.

This is an Excel-based system. It requires Windows.
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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XRh_A2EgNxSRd_cJ1M0h3SEF83Y0cIW8

QGIS

Using QGIS for Rogaine map creation 

Here is a video outlining the steps for producing a KMZ map file that can be uploaded to CheckSites:
https://youtu.be/e-k1qLw1rOY

And here's one showing how to export the course KML file:
https://youtu.be/SPVlZu2V3q4

A video describing how to add magnetic north lines to a map in QGIS:
https://youtu.be/Yecuw5n8zIk 

Condes

Create a KMZ file from Condes for MapRun. (Norway):

https://viborgoservice.eu.pythonanywhere.com/beregn/convert_KMZ/

Results to Excel

A tools for extracting results and manipulating them in Excel.

Thanks to Michael Raz for this.

http://maprun.308.s1.nabble.com/Getting-Results-Directly-into-Excel-td574.html