Orienteering without flags.
UsynligO (which means 'InvisibleO' in Norwegian) is an app which makes orienteering courses available year round - with no need for flags to mark the control points.
- The app tracks your location via GPS and vibrates and makes a sound when you have found the next control point.
- Beginners can feel more safe since it is possible to ask the app for hints (direction and distance).
- Organizers do not need to put flags in the forest so the courses can be available for as long as you wish. You also avoid the issue with flags disappearing when close to populated areas.
- The app supports both traditional orienteering as well as score orienteering (where you can decide the order yourself).
- You can optionally post your results online.
- It is all for free. It is possible to add payment options in the future if clubs would like so. Please contact UsynligO via Facebook if desired.
Organizers will use this website to upload and manage courses. People who want to run courses only need to use the app, which can be downloaded from:
How the heck do I pronounce UsynligO?? Click here to find out
A watch version of UsynligO is also in the works.
Organizers
If you are an organizer who would like to publish an event, click here to upload your course(s).
UsynligO is developed by Trond Benum. The goal of this project is to make orienteering more accessible for everybody. You can contribute to the project by:
- Upload some courses
- Improve help documentation/user guide
- Translation into a new language (see language selector at the bottom of this page to see currently supported languages)
- Spread the word about UsynligO!
Contact Trond/UsynligO via Facebook if you have questions/comments.}