Orienteering is a sport in which competitors travel on foot from point to point, using maps and compasses. There are several types of orienteering competitions. They include cross-country orienteering, score orienteering, line orienteering, and relay orienteering.
In cross-country orienteering, competitors are required to check in at a set number of control points in sequence.
Score orienteering uses control points scattered around the area. No competitor could call in at every one in the prescribed time. For this reason, checking in at difficult and distant control points earns a competitor more credit than checking in at nearer and easier ones.
Line orienteering requires competitors to find the control points by following the line and marking each control point on their maps.
Relay orienteering is carried out between teams of three or more, with each runner completing a basic cross-country course of seven or eight control points. The second runner of each team starts as the first finishes, and subsequent runners as the previous runner finishes.
