Practical Guides
Governing bodies and Associations
- IOF – International Orienteering Federation
- BO – British Orienteering
- SO – Scottish Orienteering
- OE – Orienteering England
- NEOA – North East Orienteering Association
- BSOA – British Schools Orienteering Association
- BMBO – British Mountain Bike Orienteering
Local clubs / organisations
- BAOC – British Army Orienteering Club
- BL – Border Liners Orienteering Club
- CLOK – Cleveland Orienteering Klub
- NATO – Newcastle & Tyneside Orienteers
- DUOC – Durham University Orienteering Club
- UNOC – University of Newcastle Orienteering Club
- DFR – Durham Fell Runners
- FOCW – Friends of Chopwell Wood
- NACF – Northumbria Army Cadet Force (2 DIV)
- NNP – Northumberland National Park
- NNPMRT – Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team
- TOF – The Orienteering Foundation (Charity – grants and donations)
Utilities
- OCAD – Map drawing and course planning utility
- OOM – OpenOrienteering-Mapper (similar to OCAD), but freeware
- OOMap – OpenOrienteeringMap, the easy Street-O map creation tool
- Condes – Course planning utility
- Purple Pen – Course setting utility (free)
- Win Splits – Electronic punching results utility
- Route Gadget – Web utility for drawing and comparing orienteering routes
NN on Routegadget – results that been uploaded
Orienteering services
- OS – The Ordnance Survey
- Streetmap UK – Detailed street maps of mainland Britain
- Bing maps – Detailed street map and aerial views of mainland Britain
- Google maps – Detailed street map and aerial views of mainland Britain
- A to B – The AA Route Planner
- CompassSport – The official magazine of the British Orienteering Federation
- CompassPoint – Orienteering and outdoor equipment
- All4o – Orienteering equipment
- SI – SportIdent electronic punching and timing system
- EMIT – Electronic punching and timing system
- Therapy Directory – Benefits of complementary therapy