Bug#773110: ITP: openorienteering-mapper -- orienteering mapmaking program

[Gaudenz Steinlin <gaudenz@debian.org>]

Hi Kjetil

Kjetil Kjernsmo <kjetil@kjernsmo.net> writes:

> Hi!
>
> As an orienteer, I would love to see this in Debian, so just a note to 
> encourage it. :-)

Thanks for your encouragement. 
>
> Since there is some controversy as to the description, may I suggest 
> something like (I don't think OCAD needs explaining, every possible user 
> of this program would know what it is):

The work was not really stalled because of this, but rather because of
my lack of time. But I plan to work on this during DebCamp and DebConf
in August. So expect something soon!
>
> OpenOrienteering Mapper is a mapmaking program for the sport of 
> orienteering, where athletes use detailed maps to find their way through a 
> course that is not known to them before the start of a race.
>
> This program can be used to produce maps for classical orienteering, MTBO 
> and radio orienteering races. It has drawing and editing tools, includes 
> symbol sets for the norms ISOM 2000 (forest) and ISSOM 2007 (sprint), and 
> features import and export of OCAD files.

Thanks for your suggestion. I'll look into it.

Gaudenz