Orienteering is a sport where competitors need with the help of a map and compass to the shortest possible time, finds out a certain number of control points (control) and those to the ordering is plotted on a map. Thus, in contrast to the athlete running in nature, orienting running on the designated trail certain length, orienteers are competitors moving on unfamiliar ground (track), and that it could, using the extra props: a special map of the terrain and a compass. From this derives the basic task of orienteering.
