Permanent Courses & Smartphone Orienteering

You can orienteer whenever you want at many permanent and seasonal orienteering courses across Scotland’s parks, cities and countryside. Permanent courses are great as part of a day out – as a family, a group of friends, or for individual training. Some courses use paper maps while others are available on your smartphone.

Permanent Orienteering Courses

Permanent orienteering courses are often found in public places like parks and other popular outdoor locations. You use a course map to navigate between permanent control points – white and orange orienteering symbols attached to things like posts or benches.

You can ask for a map from the relevant visitor centre or ask the local orienteering club. For a list of all courses in Scotland and information on where to download permanent orienteering maps, visit the British Orienteering website.

Smartphone orienteering with MapRun

MapRun is an app which allows you to use your smartphone to enjoy orienteering without needing to set up physical control points on the ground. There are now MapRun courses set up all across Scotland which you can go and run right now, with more new ones being added all the time.

Using MapRun, you can run an orienteering course using either the map on your phone screen or a paper version; the only difference from a “traditional” course is that there are no physical markers on the ground. Instead, the phone tracks your location as you run and vibrates or buzzes to confirm when you’ve reached each control point on the course.

As with other modern orienteering punching and timing systems, you can compare your times between controls and around the whole course with other runners, and with MapRun you can take part whenever you want.

Because there are no physical control markers, courses can be left open permanently for people to enjoy at any time. Setting up new courses is relatively straightforward for those with orienteering experience, and can be done from the comfort of your home.

The current recommended version of the app is called MapRunF (v4.8.8 22/04/2020). MapRunF is a complete rebuild of MapRun and has a lot of new additional functions, including CheckSites, which can be used to upload and test your own temporary course and a QuickStart Event function that lets you set everything up from within the app. You can also modify operational functions such as the threshold distance to accept a control punch and switch on a tracking dot to show current location. All MapRun events can be accessed through MapRunF. More information is available here.

How to use MapRunF to have a go at existing courses

Here’s our quick guide to get you started, and you can take a look at our more detailed pictorial instructions.

1. Download the MapRunF app on Google Play or the App Store to your GPS-enabled smartphone.
2. Enter your personal details.
3. Select the “event” you want to run. You can find information about existing courses across Scotland in the table below, so you can choose by location, type, length and difficulty. Navigate to the UK/Scotland folder and then click on the event name to download the map. We recommend you download the map while you have access to wifi or a good mobile signal. Once downloaded, you’ll be able to retrieve the map from local storage on your phone.
4. Some “events” are protected by a 4-digit PIN, which you should be able to find in the course information table below.
5. If you prefer to run using a paper copy of the map, PDF files of many of the courses in Scotland are available for self-printing via the link in the course information table.
6. Once you’re ready to run, click on “Go To Start” (if necessary re-loading the event from local storage in the event list first) and enter the PIN if required.
7. Walk towards the start. Your phone should beep and the clock start timing once you come within range of the start location.
8. Run the course as normal. Your phone should beep when you reach each control point. Sometimes you may need to slow down and stop for a couple of seconds, or move a few paces until it registers.
9. Once you have found all the points (or your time is up for a score course) head for the finish for the final beep. You should avoid running past the finish before the end of the course or you may accidentally stop the clock!
10. The app may automatically attempt to save your results but if you don’t have access to data this can be done later. Please remember to save your results as it will help us know how many people are enjoying using the app! If you have a Strava account you can also synchronise your session directly.
11. To view the results table for the event, select “Show Results” and select the event that you have just completed. You will also be able to view the “track” of your route.
12. If you’d like to set up your own course on MapRunF, see the information below or find out more here.

MapRun courses in Scotland

Below is a clickable map of current MapRun orienteering courses you can try across Scotland. Where a length is specified, the course is linear (visit the control points in the order shown) and where a time is specified, it’s a score format course (visit in any order). The course difficulty relates to the standard orienteering course colour-coded system.

If there are no courses near you yet, contact your local club or read below on how to create your own MapRun course.

You can download a copy of the map and course for printing from the clickable course link (note that in some cases the course is split into 2 for ease of printing on A4 paper).

Scottish MapRun Courses (updated 18th Jan 2021)

Right of access to use MapRun courses is according to the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. Participants should ensure responsible access through adhering to guidance as set out by the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, including any current amendments linked to Covid-19. Participants take part at their own risk and as an individual activity it is not covered by any orienteering insurance policy.

MapRun Event Name	Club	Length or Time	Terrain	Difficulty	PIN
Aberdeen Uni 1	GRAMP, Aberdeen	2.9km	Urban	Orange	-
Aboyne	MAROC, Aboyne	40'	Urban	Orange	0918
Aboyne Green 1	MAROC, Aboyne	1.5km	Park	Yellow
Aboyne Green 2	MAROC, Aboyne	1.7km	Park, Urban	Yellow
Aboyne NW	MAROC, Aboyne	1.7km	Urban	Yellow
Aboyne School 1	MAROC, Aboyne	2.4km	Urban	Orange	6433
ABZ Street Art Score	GRAMP, Aberdeen	60'	Urban	Orange
Alford M-Hv2	MAROC, Alford	3.1km	Park, Woodland	Orange
Alford OOM 1	SOA, Alford	1.9km	Urban	Yellow
Annan Postbox	D&G AS, Annan	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Aviemore N Long 1	BASOC, Aviemore	3.0km	Urban	Orange
Aviemore N Long 2	BASOC, Aviemore	3.6km	Urban	Orange
Aviemore N Short 1	BASOC, Aviemore	2.1km	Urban, Campus	Orange
Aviemore S Long 1	BASOC, Aviemore	3.2km	Urban, Campus	Orange
Aviemore S Long 2	BASOC, Aviemore	3.0km	Urban, Campus	Orange
Aviemore S Short	BASOC, Aviemore	2.2km	Urban, Campus	Orange
Balgownie	GRAMP, Aberdeen	3.9km	Urban	Orange
Baljaffray Long	Clyde, Milngavie	4.3km	Urban	Orange	-
Baljaffray Med	Clyde, Milngavie	3.8km	Urban	Orange	-
Baljaffray Short	Clyde, Milngavie	2.2km	Urban	Orange	-
Ballater Station	MAROC, Ballater	1.2km	Urban	Yellow
Banchory MapRun 2	MAROC, Banchory	3.6km	Urban	Orange
Banchory School Novice	MAROC, Banchory	1.7km	Urban	Yellow
Beating About the Bush	ESOC, Penicuik	60min Score	Campus	Scatter
Bellahouston Lynn’s Birthday Bash 2021	STAG, Glasgow	2.3km	Park	Yellow
Bellahouston Park Nov 2020 Long	STAG, Glasgow	5.2km	Park	Orange
Bellahouston Park Nov 2020 Medium	STAG, Glasgow	3.1km	Park	Orange
Bellahouston Park Nov 2020 Short	STAG, Glasgow	1.6km	Park	Yellow
Blackford – ESOC October Challenge – Green	ESOC, Edinburgh	4.1km	Hill	Green
Blackford – ESOC October Challenge – Orange	ESOC, Edinburgh	3.2km	Hill	Orange
Blackford – ESOC October Challenge – Yellow	ESOC, Edinburgh	1.6km	Hill	Yellow
Blackford and Grange Postbox	INT, Edinburgh	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Blackford Hill Green	ESOC, Edinburgh	4.5km	Woodland, Hill	Green
Blackford Hill Orange	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.7km	Hill	Orange
Blackford Permanent Course 1	ESOC, Edinburgh	1km	Mixed	Yellow
Blackford Permanent Course 2	ESOC, Edinburgh	2km	Mixed	Orange
Blackford Permanent Course 3	ESOC, Edinburgh	3.9km	Mixed	Light Green
Blackford Permanent Course 4	ESOC, Edinburgh	4.2km	Mixed	Green
Blackford Permanent Scatter Course	ESOC, Edinburgh	Scatter	Mixed	Light Green
Blackford Short Green	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.7km	Woodland, Hill	Short Green	-
Bowmont Trail	RR, Bowmont	4.7km	Forest	Yellow
Bowmont Urban Style Long	RR, Bowmont	5km	Forest	Orange
Bowmont Urban Style Short	RR, Bowmont	3.4km	Forest	Orange
Braidburn and Oxgangs Urban	INT, Edinburgh	5.9km	Urban	Orange
Braidburn Valley Park	INT, Edinburgh	2.3km	Park	Yellow
Buckstone	ESOC, Edinburgh	5.0km	Urban	Orange	-
Bught Long 2020 Sprint	INVOC, Inverness	5.0km	Urban	Light Green	See download info
Bught Score 2020 Sprint	INVOC, Inverness	Scatter	Park	Scatter	See download info
Bught Short 2020 Sprint	INVOC, Inverness	3.4km	Park	Orange	See download info
Burn o’ Vat	MAROC, Ballater	3.0km	Woodland	Yellow
Burnett Park	Maroc, Banchory	1.4km	Park, Urban	Yellow
Cammo	ESOC, Edinburgh		Park	Scatter
Camperdown 1	TAY, Dundee	1.9km	Park	Yellow
Caol Novice	HLH Active Schools, Fort William	1.4km	Urban	White
Caol OOM 1	SOA, Fort William	3.2km	Urban	Yellow
Castle Douglas Streets Start Anywhere	SOLWAY, Castle Douglas	3.0km	Urban	Yellow
Castledykes 1	SOLWAY, Dumfries	1.4km	Park	Orange
Castlelaw POC Course 1	ESOC, Edinburgh	1.2km	Hill	Yellow
Castlelaw POC Course 2	ESOC, Edinburgh	1.6km	Hill	Yellow
Castlelaw POC Course 3	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.3km	Hill	Orange
Castlelaw POC Course 4	ESOC, Edinburgh	3.2km	Hill	Light Green
Castlelaw POC Scatter	ESOC, Edinburgh		Hill	Scatter
Cathkin Braes Long 1	STAG, Glasgow	5.5km	Woodland, Moor	Light Green
Cathkin Braes Medium 1	STAG, Glasgow	3.2km	Woodland, Moor	Light Green
Cathkin Braes Short 1	STAG, Glasgow	1.9km	Moor	Yellow
Cockenzie & Port Seton Postbox	ELOL, Cockenzie & Port Seton		Urban	Scatter	-
Colinton Dell – Long	INT, Edinburgh	4.4km	Mixed	Light Green
Colinton Dell – Orange	INT, Edinburgh	2.4km	Mixed	Orange
Colinton Dell – Yellow	INT, Edinburgh	1.8km	Mixed	Yellow
Corstorphine Green	ESOC, Edinburgh	4.1km	Woodland	Green
Corstorphine Long Yellow	ESOC, Edinburgh	3.0km	Woodland	Yellow
Corstorphine Orange	ESOC, Edinburgh	3.6km	Woodland	Orange
Corstorphine Short Yellow	ESOC, Edinburgh	1.2km	Woodland	Yellow
Cove 1 4k	GRAMP, Cove	4.0km	Urban	Orange
Cove 2 6k	GRAMP, Cove	6.0km	Urban	Orange
Covenanter’s Wood Yellow	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.2km		Yellow	-
Covenanters January Challenge Green	ESOC, Edinburgh	3.8km	Woodland	Green
Covenanters January Challenge Orange	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.7km	Forest	Orange
Covenanters January Challenge Yellow	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.1km	Woodland	Yellow
Covenanters Wood Orange	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.5km	Woodland	Orange	-
Craigmillar Castle Orange 1	INT, Edinburgh	3.1km	Mixed	Orange
Craigmillar Castle Orange 2	INT, Edinburgh	2.8km	Mixed	Orange
Craigmillar Castle Yellow 1	INT, Edinburgh	1.6km	Mixed	Yellow
Craigmillar Castle Yellow 2	INT, Edinburgh	1.8km	Mixed	Yellow
Crathie	MAROC, Crathie	2.7km	Woodland	Orange
Crichton 2020 2	SOLWAY, Dumfries	4.3km	Campus	Orange
Cuningar Orange 2	STAG, Glasgow	1.7km	Park, Woodland	Orange
Cuningar Orange1	STAG, Glasgow	1.7km	Park, Woodland	Orange
Cuningar Yellow1	STAG, Glasgow	1.2km	Park, Woodland	Yellow
Cuningar Yellow2	STAG, Glasgow	1.6km	Park, Woodland	Yellow
Dalbeattie Street Start Anywhere	SOLWAY, Dalbeattie	2h	Urban	Scatter
Deeside Activity Park	MAROC, Aboyne	1.7km	Park	Yellow
Dinnet South 1	MAROC, Cambus o' May	4.7km	Forest	Green	3782
Dinnet South LG1	MAROC, Cambus o' May	3.3km	Forest	Light Green	7183
Dreghorn Light Green	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.7km	Woodland, Hill, Moor	Light Green
Dreghorn Orange	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.6km	Woodland, Hill, Moor	Orange
Dreghorn Orange West	ESOC, Edinburgh	3.0km		Orange
Drumpellier Dec2020 Long	STAG, Coatbridge	5.0km	Forest	Orange
Drumpellier Dec2020 Medium	STAG, Coatbridge	3.3km	Forest	Orange
Drumpellier Dec2020 Short	STAG, Coatbridge	2.8km	Forest	Yellow
Drumpellier DoE Night Navigation	STAG, Coatbridge	4.7km	Park, Forest	Orange
Dumbreck Woods Course 1	Glasgow	5.3km	Woodland	Green
Dumfries Town Centre Postbox	D&G AS, Dumfries	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Dumfries, North West, Postbox	D&G AS, Dumfries	Scatter		Scatter
Dunachton & Kincraig Night O 1	Basoc, Kincraig	3.1km	Mixed	Orange
Dunachton Night O 2	BASOC, Kincraig	2.5km	Mixed	Light Green
Dunbar (North)	ELO, Dunbar	4.4km	Urban	Yellow
Dunbar Lochend	ELO, Dunbar	5.2km	Urban	Orange
Dunbar Postbox	ELOL, Dunbar		Urban	Scatter	-
Dunrod Medium	CLYDE, Greenock	4.2km	Hill	Green
Dunrod Short	CLYDE, Greenock	2.8km	Hill	Short Green
Dunsapie Loch JST Long	INT, Edinburgh	3.3km	Hill	Orange
Dunsapie Loch JST Short	INT, Edinburgh	1.8km	Mixed	Yellow
Duthie Park	GRAMP, Aberdeen	2.0km	Park	Orange
East Linton Postbox	ELOL, East Linton	Scatter	Urban	Yellow
Eastriggs Postbox	D&G AS, Eastriggs	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Elder Park Course A	STAG, Glasgow	1.3km	Park	Yellow
Elder Park Course B	STAG, Glasgow	1.6km	Park	Yellow
Elgin 1	MOR, Elgin	3.8km	Park	Orange	8373
Elgin 1 Long	MOR, Elgin	5.8km	Park	Orange
Ellon OOM 1	SOA, Ellon	2.6km	Park, Urban	Yellow
Emirates Arena Oct2020 Long	STAG, Glasgow	6.1km	Urban	Orange
Emirates Arena Oct2020 Medium	STAG, Glasgow	3.9km	Urban	Orange
Emirates Arena Oct2020 Short	STAG, Glasgow	2.1km	Urban	Orange
Emirates Arena Orange 1	STAG, Glasgow	3.6km	Urban	Orange
Emirates Arena Orange 2	STAG, Glasgow	4.3km	Urban	Orange
Emirates Arena Red 1	STAG, Glasgow	10.6km	Park, Urban	Orange
Emirates Arena Short Orange 3	STAG, Glasgow	2.3km	Urban	Orange
Fochabers West	MOR, Fochabers	3.0km	Urban, Woodland, Mixed	Orange
Gala Policies	RR, Galashiels	2.5km	Woodland	Light Green
Ganavan Long	ECKO, Oban	3.1km	Moor	Light Green
Ganavan Short	ECKO, Oban	1.9km	Moor	Yellow
Georgetown	SOLWAY, Dumfries	4.9km	Urban	Orange
Georgetown Postbox	D&G AS, Dumfries	Scatter		Scatter
Glasgow Green 1	STAG, Glasgow	3.5km	Park, Urban	Orange
Glasgow Green Course 2	STAG, Glasgow	5.4km	Park, Urban	Orange
Glasgow Green Nov 2020 Long	STAG, Glasgow	5.5km	Park	Orange
Glasgow Green Nov 2020 Medium	STAG, Glasgow	3.4km	Park	Orange
Glasgow Green Nov 2020 Short	STAG, Glasgow	1.9km	Park	Yellow
Glasgow Green Yellow 1	STAG, Glasgow	2.3km	Park	Yellow
Gleniffer Braes Blue	CLYDE, Paisley	4.1km	Woodland, Moor	Green
Gleniffer Braes Green	CLYDE, Paisley	2.8km	Woodland, Moor	Green
Gleniffer Braes Yellow	CLYDE, Paisley	1.6km	Park	Yellow
Gleniffer Braes, Orange	CLYDE, Paisley	2.5km	Woodland, Moor	Orange
Glenmore Lodge d	SOA, Glenmore	1.5km	Campus	Orange	3242
Glenmore ROMP2020	SOA, Glenmore	2.5km	Woodland	Orange
Glenrothes Postbox – Auchmuty	KFO, Glenrothes	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Glenrothes Postbox – Cadham	KFO, Glenrothes	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Glenrothes Postbox – Collydean and Balgeddie	KFO, Glenrothes	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Glenrothes Postbox – Leslie	KFO, Glenrothes	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Glenrothes Postbox – Macedonia, Tanshall & Caskieberran	KFO, Glenrothes	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Glenrothes Postbox – Markinch	KFO, Glenrothes	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Glenrothes Postbox – South Parks and Rimbleton	KFO, Glenrothes	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Glenrothes Postbox – Woodside	KFO, Glenrothes	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Grantown NW Orange	BASOC, Grantown on Spey	2.8km	Urban	Orange
Grantown NW Yellow	BASOC, Grantown on Spey	2.2km	Urban	Yellow
Gullane Postbox	ELOL, Gullane	Scatter	Urban	Yellow
Haddington East	ELO, Haddington	4.8km	Urban	Orange
Haddington Postbox	ELOL, Haddington		Urban	Scatter	-
Haddington West	ELO, Haddington	5.1km	Urban	Orange
Hailes Quarry Long	ESOC, Edinburgh	3.8km	Park, Urban	Orange
Hailes Quarry Scatter	ESOC, Edinburgh	Scatter	Park, Urban	Scatter
Hailes Quarry Short	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.5km	Park, Urban	Orange
Hailes Quarry Yellow	ESOC, Edinburgh	1.4km	Park	Yellow
Harlaw Long	ESOC, Edinburgh	3.6km		Light Green
Harlaw Short	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.1km		Light Green
Hawick Urban (8 Postboxes)	RR, Hawick	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Hawick Urban (All Postboxes)	RR, Hawick	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Hay Lodge and South Park Wood Blue	ESOC, Peebles	6.0km	Mixed	Green
Hay Lodge and South Park Wood Green	ESOC, Peebles	4.1km	Mixed	Green
Hay Lodge White	ESOC, Peebles	0.9km	Park	White
Hay Lodge Yellow	ESOC, Peebles	1.4km	Park	Yellow
Hazlehead	GRAMP, Aberdeen	2.3km	Park	Orange
Heathhall Streets	SOLWAY, Dumfries	3.2km	Urban	Yellow
Hill of Banchory	MAROC, Banchory	30'	Urban	Orange
Hill of Banchory Novice	MAROC, Banchory	1.9km	Urban	Yellow
Hillend Green	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.8km	Hill	Green
Hillend Orange	ESOC, Edinburgh	1.8km	Hill	Orange
Hillend Yellow	ESOC, Edinburgh	1.4km	Hill	Yellow
Holyrood Park Green	INT, Edinburgh	4.1km	Hill	Green
Huntly OOM 1	SOA, Huntly	2.0km	Urban	Yellow
Inch Park Long Orange	ESOC, Edinburgh	3.7km	Park	Orange
Inch Park Short Orange	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.3km	Park	Orange
Inch Park Yellow	ESOC, Edinburgh	1.5km	Park	Yellow	-
Inshes Park Orange	INVOC, Inverness	2.2km	Park	Orange
Inshes Park Orange 2	INVOC, Inverness	2.9km	Park	Orange
Inshes Park Snaily	INVOC, Inverness	1.5km	Urban	Yellow	See download info
Inshes Park Sprint 2020 Long	INVOC, Inverness	5.0km	Urban	Light Green	See download info
Inshes Park Sprint 2020 Short	INVOC, Inverness	3.0km	Urban	Orange	See download info
Inshes Park White	INVOC, Inverness	1.3km		White
Inshes Park White 2	INVOC, Inverness	1.4km	Park	White
Inshes Park Yellow	INVOC, Inverness	1.7km	Park	Yellow
Inshes Park Yellow 2	INVOC, Inverness	2.5km	Park	Yellow
Inverurie OOM 1	SOA, Inverurie	2.3km	Urban	Yellow
Juniper Green	ESOC, Edinburgh	5.5km	Urban	Orange
Kelvingrove Oct2020 Long	STAG, Glasgow	5.1km	Park	Orange
Kelvingrove Oct2020 Medium	STAG, Glasgow	3.1km	Park	Orange
Kelvingrove Oct2020 Short	STAG, Glasgow	1.5km	Park	Yellow
Kirkcudbright Start Anywhere	SOLWAY, Kirkcudbright	Score with no time limit	Urban	Scatter
Kirkliston Orange	INT, Kirkliston	1.9km	Urban	Orange
Kirkliston Yellow	INT, Kirkliston	1.4km	Park	Yellow
Langholm Postbox	D&G AS, Langholm	Scatter		Scatter
Levengrove POC	Clyde, Levengrove	1.6km	Park	Yellow	-
Lhanbryde School	MOR, Lhanbryde	1.1km	Campus	White
Linlithgow Postbox 40 Score	FVO, Linlithgow	40'	Urban	Scatter
Linlithgow Postbox 60 Score	FVO, Linlithgow	60'	Urban	Scatter
Linlithgow Town Challenge	FVO, Linlithgow	60'	Urban	Orange	7863
Linn Park Sep 2020 Long	STAG, Glasgow	5.4km	Park, Woodland	Orange
Linn Park Sep 2020 Medium	STAG, Glasgow	3.0km	Park, Woodland	Orange
Linn Park Sep 2020 Short	STAG, Glasgow	1.6km	Park, Woodland	Yellow
Lochgoilhead 1b	SOA, Lochgoilhead	1.2km	Park	Orange	3687
Lochore Meadows White 1	Outdoor Ed Fife, Lochore	1.4km	Park	White
Lockerbie Postbox	D&G AS, Lockerbie	Scatter		Scatter
Longniddry	ELO, Longniddry	4.9km	Urban	Orange
Longniddry Postbox	ELOL, Longniddry	Scatter	Urban	Yellow
Mains Long	Clyde, Milngavie	4.3km	Urban	Orange
Mains Medium	CLYDE, Milngavie	2.7km	Urban	Orange
Mayfield/Prestonfield Postbox	INT, Edinburgh	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Meadows Yellow 1	INT, Edinburgh	1.9km	Park	Yellow
Meadows Yellow 2	INT, Edinburgh	2.2km	Park	Yellow
Milngavie AGM5	CLYDE, Milngavie	45'	Urban	Orange
MMM1a	MAROC, Banchory	3.1km	Urban	Orange
MMM2a	MAROC, Ballater	3.2km	Urban	Orange
MMM3	MAROC, Tom's Cairn	4.5km	Moor	Orange
MMM5a	Maroc, Glen Davan	2.5km	Moor, Forest	Light Green
MMM6	MAROC, Aboyne	3.6km	Urban, Forest	Orange
MMM7d	MAROC, Banchory	2.9km	Urban, Forest	Orange
Moffat Postbox	D&G AS, Moffat	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Moor of Alvie Middle 2k no paths	Basoc, Kincraig	2.2km	Forest	Green
Moor of Alvie Middle 4k no paths	BASOC, Kincraig	4.5km	Forest	Green
Morrone Birkwood Easy	MAROC, Braemar	2.8km	Woodland, Moor	Yellow
Morrone Birkwood Hard	MAROC, Braemar	4.8km	Woodland, Moor	Light Green
Mortonall Orange	INT, Edinburgh	2.9km	Park	Orange
Mortonhall FWTN Long	EUOC, Edinburgh	4.7km	Park, Urban	Orange
Mortonhall FWTN Short	EUOC, Edinburgh	2.6km	Urban	Orange
Mortonhall Light Green	INT, Edinburgh	4.5km	Park, Urban	Light Green
Mortonhall Yellow	INT, Edinburgh	2.0km	Park	Yellow
Mugdock POC	Clyde, Mugdock	90'	Park, Woodland	Orange	-
Musselburgh (East)	ELO, Musselburgh	5.1km	Urban	Orange
Musselburgh East Postbox	ELOL, Musselburgh		Urban	Scatter	-
Musselburgh West Postbox	ELOL, Musselburgh		Urban	Scatter	-
Nairn 1	INVOC, Nairn	1.3km	Park, Urban	Yellow
Newton Stewart Postbox	D&G AS, Newtown Stewart	Scatter		Scatter
North Berwick (South)	ELO, North Berwick	4.5km	Urban	Orange
North Berwick North	ELO, North Berwick	4.5km		Orange
North Berwick Postbox	ELOL, North Berwick		Urban	Scatter	-
North Muirton	TAY, Perth	3.3km	Park, Urban	Orange	4563
Oban Urban Long 1	ECKO, Oban	3.0km	Urban	Orange
Oban Urban Long 2	ECKO, Oban	3.5km	Urban	Orange
Oban Urban Short	ECKO, Oban	1.8km	Urban	Yellow
Ormiston	ELO, Ormiston	4.8km	Urban	Orange
Ormiston Postbox	ELOL, Ormiston	Scatter	Urban	Yellow
Oxgangs	ESOC, Edinburgh	40'	Urban	Orange	9251
Paisley Urban Middle	CLYDE, Paisley	3.3km	Urban	Orange
Pencaitland Postbox	ELOL, Pencaitland	Scatter	Urban	Yellow
Pentland Crescent	ESOC, Edinburgh	4.8km	Urban	Orange	-
Perwinnes Moss 1 Easy 2km	GRAMP, Aberdeen	2km	Moor	Yellow
Perwinnes Moss 2 Medium 2.7km	GRAMP, Aberdeen	2.7km	Moor	Orange
Perwinnes Moss 3 Short Technical 2.6km	GRAMP, Aberdeen	2.6km	Moor	Short Green
Perwinnes Moss 4 Long Technical 4.4km	GRAMP, Aberdeen	4.4km	Moor	Green
Pilrig Park Orange	ESOC Edinburgh	1.8km	Park	Orange
Pilrig Park White	ESOC Edinburgh	0.7km	Park	White
Pilrig Park Yellow	ESOC Edinburgh	1.1km	Park	Yellow
Pittencrieff Park	KFO, Dunfermline	1.5km	Park	Orange
Pollok Aug 2020 Long	STAG, Glasgow	5.4km	Woodland	Orange
Pollok Aug 2020 Medium	STAG, Glasgow	3.2km	Woodland	Yellow
Pollok Aug 2020 Short	STAG, Glasgow	1.8km	Woodland	Yellow
Portlethen OOM 1	SOA, Portlethen	1.9km	Urban	Yellow
Potarch Green	Maroc, Potarch	1.7km	Park, Woodland	Yellow
Prestonpans Postbox	ELOL, Prestonpans		Urban	Scatter	-
Queen’s Park Orange 1	STAG, Glasgow	3.4km	Park	Orange
Queen’s Park Orange 2	STAG, Glasgow	3.0km	Park	Orange
Queen’s Park Yellow 1	STAG, Glasgow	2.2km	Park	Yellow
Queens Park July 2020 Long	STAG, Glasgow	5.2km	Park, Woodland	Orange
Queens Park July 2020 Medium	STAG, Glasgow	2.6km	Park, Woodland	Orange
Queens Park July 2020 Short	STAG, Glasgow	1.4km	Park	Yellow
Ravenscraig Bing Score	N Lanarkshire D of E, Motherwell	No limit	Park	Scatter	Contact rileyde@northlan.gov.uk
Ravenscraig Centre Course 1	N Lanarkshire D of E, Motherwell	0.9km	Campus	Yellow	Contact rileyde@northlan.gov.uk
Sanquhar Postbox	D&G AS, Sanquhar	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Saughton Challenge Long	ESOC, Edinburgh	4.0km	Park	Orange
Saughton Challenge Scatter	ESOC, Edinburgh	Scatter	Park	Scatter
Saughton Challenge Short	ESOC, Edinburgh	2.4km	Park	Orange
Scolty	GRAMP, Banchory	2.0km	Hill	Orange
Seaton & Hillhead	GRAMP, Aberdeen	3.5km	Park	Orange
Selkirk Hill Scatter	RR, Selkirk	-	Hill	Scatter
Selkirk Hill Score	RR, Selkirk	30'	Hill	Scatter
Seven Hills of Edinburgh Start Anywhere	Edinburgh	18.2km	Urban, Hill	Orange
Springfield 1	FVO, Linlithgow	3.1km	Urban	Orange	-
Sprintelope – Alnwickhill – Long	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	4.4km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Alnwickhill – Short	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	3.2km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Bughtlin – Long	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	4.3km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Bughtlin – Short	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	3.1km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Caiystane and Braidburn – Long	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	5.1km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Caiystane and Braidburn – Short	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	3km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Hunters Tryst – Long	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	6.8km (optimal)	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Hunters Tryst – Short	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	4.6km (optimal)	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Inch – Long	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	4.8km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Inch – Short	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	2.7km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Kirkliston – Long	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	5.1km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Kirkliston – Short	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	3.4km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Lochrin Basin and Exchange – Long	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	3.5km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Lochrin Basin and Exchange – Short	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	2.7km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Niddrie – Long	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	4.4km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Niddrie – Short	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	3.4km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Oxgangs – Long	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	5.5km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Oxgangs – Short	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	3.3km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Prestonfield – Long	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	4.1km	Urban	Orange
Sprintelope – Prestonfield – Short	Sprintelope, Edinburgh	2.9km	Urban	Orange
Stirling South Night Street	FVO, Stirling	45'	Urban	Orange	3008
Stirling Uni Trial	FVO, Bridge of Allan	2.5km	Park, Campus	Orange	0773
Stonehaven 4.7k	GRAMP, Stonehaven	4.7km	Urban	Orange
Stonehaven Beach	GRAMP, Stonehaven	5.0km	Urban	Orange
Stranraer Postbox	D&G AS, Stranraer	Scatter		Scatter
Strathaven Long 1	STAG, Strathaven	6.4km	Urban	Orange
Strathaven Medium 1	STAG, Strathaven	3.4km	Urban	Orange
Strathaven Short 1	STAG, Strathaven	2.2km	Park, Urban	Yellow
Strathdon	MAROC, Strathdon	2.9km	Woodland	Orange
Sutherland’s Grove Yellow	ECKO, Loch Creran	2.3km	Woodland	Yellow
Sutherlands Grove Long Trail Run	ECKO, Barcaldine	5.1km	Forest	Orange
Swanston Long	ESOC, Edinburgh	5.3km	Urban	Orange
Tarland Novice	MAROC, Tarland	1.7km	Urban	Yellow
Thornhill Postbox	D&G AS, Thornhill	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Tollcross Orange 1	STAG, Glasgow	3.1km	Park	Orange
Tollcross Orange 2	STAG, Glasgow	3.0km	Park	Orange
Tollcross Park Sep 2020 Long	STAG, Glasgow	5.0km	Park	Orange
Tollcross Yellow 1	STAG, Glasgow	1.7km	Park	Yellow
Torphins	MAROC, Torphins	3.5km	Urban	Orange
Torphins Park	MAROC, Torphins	1.5km	Park, Urban	Yellow
Tralee Scatter Course	ECKO, Benderloch	Scatter	Park, Woodland	Scatter
Tranent Postbox	ELOL, Tranent		Urban	Scatter	-
Tranent South	ELO, Tranent	3.9km	Urban	Orange
Troqueer Postbox	D&G AS, Dumfries	Scatter	Urban	Scatter
Tweedbank	RR, Tweedbank	2.2km	Urban	Orange
UHI Inverness 1	INVOC, Inverness	2.0km	Park, Campus	Orange
UHI Inverness Easy Intro	INVOC, Inverness	1.2km	Park, Campus	Yellow
Urban Sprint Aberdeen Uni	GRAMP, Aberdeen	2.4km	Campus	Orange
Urban Sprint Cove Sep 2020	GRAMP, Cove	3.1km	Urban	Orange
Urban Sprint Danestone	Gramp, Aberdeen	3.5km	Urban	Orange
Urban Sprint Duthie Park and Ferryhill	GRAMP, Aberdeen	3.3km	Park, Urban	Orange
Urban Sprint Westhill	GRAMP, Westhill	2.7km	Urban	Orange
Westburn & Victoria Park 1	GRAMP, Aberdeen	2.4km	Park	Orange
Westhill	GRAMP, Westhill	5.2km	Urban	Orange	5674
Whinny Hill Christmas Tree Challenge	ESOC, Edinburgh	3.0km	Hill	Light Green
Whinny Hill Green 1	INT, Edinburgh	3.8km	Hill	Green
Whinny Hill NY Star long legs Start Anywhere	INT, Edinburgh	2.8km	Hill	Light Green
Whinny Hill NY Star short legs Start Anywhere	INT, Edinburgh	2.0km	Hill	Orange
Wilton Park	RR, Hawick	30'	Park	Orange
Windswept Lossie	MOR, Lossiemouth	5.8km	Urban	Orange
Xmas2020 Sprint Bught	INVOC, Inverness	4.1km	Urban	Orange	See download info

How to create your own MapRunF courses

If you’ve created an orienteering course before, setting up a MapRunF course is relatively simple. Depending on whether you are setting the course just for yourself or for use by others (e.g. in a club setting) there are two different ways of going about this:

Setting a course for your club or group

1. You’ll need a suitable map and area. MapRunF is better suited for use in urban, parkland, or open moor areas where there is a strong GPS signal, rather than forest.
2. If you don’t have an existing orienteering map of your area, you might be able to create a simple version for street events using the tools in OpenOrienteeringMap. Here is a simple step by step guide to this.
3. Your map file will need to be converted to KMZ format for use within the app. There are two simple ways of doing this, depending on the software you have available.
4. If you have access to OCAD 10 or above and your map is already geo-referenced, then you can do a simple export in KMZ format (select tiled option @ 512×512 with 150dpi resolution).
5. If you don’t have access to OCAD or your map is not geo-referenced then the simplest method is to save your map as an image and then use the “Create a KMZ map” function built-in to the app – see step 3 in the QuickStart Event section below.
6. You will also need to create a course file to define the locations of controls. This file will be saved as a separate KML and is most easily created using GoogleEarth Pro. The process essentially involves dropping pins onto your map to define the location of control points. Further information is available here, together with a video describing the process.
7. The course planner should carry out a risk assessment of any hazards on their course, using this template or similar.
8. Once you have created your files you can test out your course for yourself using the MapRunF CheckSites tool. There is more information about how to do this here. When checking your control sites it is worth noting the strength of the gps signal (green good, yellow mediocre, red poor / absent), as indictated at the bottom of your event screen.
9. Once you have finalised your course, you should send your prepared files to sarah@scottish-orienteering.org for upload to the main MapRun server where it will be available for others to use. Please also send Sarah a copy of the map and course as a PDF, so that your course can be included in the table of Scottish MapRun courses on this page; Sarah can also point you towards help if you need it.

Setting a QuickStart Event for yourself / family

With the QuickStart Event function you can set up a course very quickly using just your mobile phone. This option is not meant to be used for competitive purposes and your time and gps trace will not be uploaded to any central server. The following guide will step you through the setting up process, and you can also check out this video

1. If you have an orienteering or other map that you would like to select for navigating with, then
   • either save this onto your phone as an image file – then go to step 3.
   • or, if it is already converted to KMZ format then first upload the file through the CheckSites portal. Use your allocated PIN to access and save the map to local storage on your phone – then go to step 5.
2. Without a specified map, the app will use a satellite image for you to set up a course – skip to step 5.
3. If you have saved your map as an image file, you will first need to georeference and convert this to a kmz map using the “Create KMZ Map” option (from the menu on the bottom right of the main screen). Select this and follow the instructions on screen to add your map image and then match two locations between your map image and the satellite image in order to georeference its location. You should choose two distinctive locations at diametrically opposite corners of the map to get the best fit between your map and the satellite image.
4. When you are happy with the match between your map image and satellite image, click “Save as KMZ”, give the map a name and optionally add an email address if you would like to receive a copy of the KMZ map file to use for other purposes.
5. Now you can use the QuickStart Event option. If you have prepared a map (as above), click on “Select Map” and you should find it in your local phone storage. Otherwise, the visible satellite data will be your “map” for the event.
6. Next, you simply need to identify locations for the Start, each control point, and then the Finish. The start should be labelled as S1 and come at the top of the list followed by your control points, and then the finish labelled as F1. Scroll around the map until you are happy with the location of each point and then click on “Add”. Note that you can deselect your map overlay to check the accuracy of siting your control points against the satellite image (real world).
7. Once you have completed your course, click on “Save” or “Save and Email” and you are ready to start.
8. If you want to change something on your course you can edit the event. To do this, go to your local event storage and click on the pencil symbol alongside the event – this will take you to an editing facility where you can delete controls, add more and re-order.
9. Once you are happy with your event, select it from the local storage and you are ready to start, as for any other MapRun course.

Other useful links to assist with course setting

You can find out more detail about the processes required to create the MapRunF input files here:

• http://maprunners.weebly.com/step-by-step-guide.html

If you don’t have an orienteering map of the area that you wish to use, then you may be able to generate a PseudO map very simply, using OpenOrienteeringMap. Here is a step by step guide on how to go about this.

• How to generate a pseudo orienteering map for MapRun using OpenOrienteeringMap

Alternatively, contact Sarah Dunn, who’ll be happy to help you get started.

If you need any further guidance or additional information, please e-mail Sarah Dunn – sarah@scottish-orienteering.org.

Seasonal orienteering courses in Scotland (ROMP)

Scottish Orienteering regularly sets up semi-permanent seasonal orienteering courses, for more advanced orienteers. Called the “Regular Orienteering Map Programme” (ROMP), each course is set up for several months.

A new course at Glenmore is now available, Oct 2020. Maps (pdf only) can be requested from colin.matheson@scottish-orienteering.org   Maps are free to SOA members but if you would like to make a contribution towards the costs of maintaining equipment and other expenses you are most welcome.  Non-SOA members are asked for a contribution of £3.50 (bank details available on request).