Geographic Information System (GIS) and the basics of sport maps for education

Abstract

This article presents an algorithm for creating the basics for sports maps with the possibility of further mapping using the free Geographic Information System (GIS). Modern education is hard to imagine without gaining practical skills and abilities that are difficult to obtain only in the classrooms of the school. Training that forms practical competencies is more effective. However, the deficit of appropriate cartographic material, namely the quality sports maps, prevents such training sessions for students. Using GIS technology and remote sensing technology, you can easily combine the skills of orienteering and skills of using geoinformation methods in the educational process. With the help of SASPlanet GIS, the available free space images of the territory are analysed, the best ones are selected and saved as a ‘base map’ in the appropriate projection and coordinate system with a georeferences file. The OpenOrienteering Mapper GIS has all the tools available to geotag a base map, create a base, and then create a sports map. Moreover, this GIS has the ability not only to create a map, but also to plan distances and prepare sports maps for printing. Both programs are completely free and available in many languages.