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Íome [index.php] Maps Equipment Publications Services Links Contact Orest Kotylo - 47 years old. Live in Lviv (Ukraine). Systems engineer. Professional orienteering mapper. Licensed IOF advisor for 2006-2008 years. National controller of WOC 2007 in Kyiv. Mapping experience 29 years of o-mapping. How many maps have I made? More than 160 with total area mapped over 400 sq.km In which countries have I mapped? Total in 11 countries of Europe, Asia and South America: Austria, Belgium, Chile, Croatia, Italy (small part along Swiss frontier), Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine Top level competition held on my maps: - World Masters orienteerig championship, Austria 2006; -World military championships in Croatia (1999), Austria (2002) and Netherlands (2004); - European military championships in Croatia (1998) and Belgium (2000); - Word cup in Ukraine: Truskavets (2000); - nationals championships in all countries mentioned above and more international competitions Which languages do I speak? Ukrainian, German, Polish, Russish - .fluent. English - beginner. I understand very well Croatian and Slovenian. I have some experience. My Turkish vocabulary is about 400 words. I’m also able to decently understand other slavic languages (Bul, Cze, SVK...) O-mapping seminars I have organised 5 mapping seminars in 2002 (Austria), in 2003 (Turkey), in 2005 (Belgium) and in 2006 (Chile) What I don't enjoy doing? Correcting old maps. Usually I will make new maps only. My position in o-mapping One orienteering map - one mapper Autumn 2006: "Nax" - one more new project near Sion It is another project in Switzerland which was surveyed in Autumn 2006. This area placed on opposite mountainside from " Thyon2000 ". There is forest everywhere between 1300 m and 1900 m with interesting contour details, higher semiopen and open area. New project in Summer: "Sanetsch Pass " I had begun new project near Sion in Switzerland in Summer: "Sanetsch pass". It is beautefull area like " Trockener Steg " near Zermatt. Map placed between 2200 and 2900 meters over sea level. Square - about 10 sq.km. My top project: WMOC 2006 HSV OL Wiener Neustadt is one of the best orienteering clubs in Austria. Currently they are responsible for the organization of World Masters Orienteering Championships-2006. It was my top project for 2004-2005. April 2006 : mapping for World military championship 2007 Before 3 times I drawed the maps for Word military championships in 1999, 2002 and 2004. After 6 years break I come back to Croatia and begun the new project in interesting area near Zagreb. Chile: mapping and map clinic in March 2006 IOF has organised in March 2006 map clinic in Temuco (Chile). During 4 days together with Thomas Gloor (Switzerland) we leaded a map making course for 20 people, helped in organisation Chile orienteering championship. After clinic I made new map near volcano LLaima with area 2 sq.km. Switzerland: mapping for Swiss o-week 2006 A 6 day international orienteering competition was held in 2006 in Switzerland - the Swiss o-week 2006. I finished my work for this competition near Zermatt in summer 2005. During 2004 and 2005 I made 3 maps for competitions and one for training on elevation between 1700 and 4164 metres above sea level in various forms of alpine highland terrain, partially forested, partially opened and a glacier area. My most beautiful map Edremit 2003, TURKEY. This map was used in May 2003 for the regional European military championship My biggest map was made on the beautiful terrain of "Crans-Montana" in Switzerland. This map with area about 17 sq.km was mapped in 1999-2006. . The best map of last year Trockener Steg. Switzerland. This map was used for the Swiss o-week in July 2006 My most complicated map "Crni lug" used for World Military Championship-1999, Croatia. Some part of the map needed up to 15 days per sq.km! My highest map "Kleines Matterhorn" , Switzerland. The highest orienteering map in Europe (2900 - 4164 m) My work software Ocad 9 Professional (LN 5002); AZV 4.2 - for proection base maps; - for work with GPS My mapping script Precision orienteering map. Methodical material of Orest Kotylo Download (German...) Íome Maps Equipment Publications Services Links Contact © 2004 - 2007 orest's maps for orienteering O-maps.com