UPDATED 2024: Our interactive control description symbol training will help improve your knowledge of the international IOF pictorial symbols by asking you to match each symbol with the corresponding text.
UPDATED for 2024 - Platformer game
Touchscreen, mobile, keyboard and gamepad compatible. 20 levels (2 new in 2024) with more planned.
Multi language (currently English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish but more can be added if translations are provided).
The new 2024 levels (levels 19 & 20) have locked doors using numbered keys (control flags). Only one door can be open at a time so you have to remember which key (control number) is needed to reach the next symbol.
Matching pairs game
Touchscreen and mobile compatible symbol (can also be played using a mouse).
Three difficulty levels, sound effects, choice of one control category or a mixture of all categories.
Multi language (currently English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish but more can be added if translations are provided).
Older mouse control quizzes (limited touchscreen / mobile functionality, Google Translate compatible for foreign languages):
Each time you play, 8 symbols are picked at random from your chosen group so you have to play several times to see all the symbols.
- Control Description Quiz - Land Forms
- Control Description Quiz - Rock and boulders
- Control Description Quiz - Water and marsh
- Control Description Quiz - Vegetation
- Control Description Quiz - Man-made features
Too easy? Then try these which pick symbols at random across all of the above groups:
- Control Description Quiz - All feature types - 8 symbols
- Control Description Quiz - All feature types - 12 symbols
If you're using a small screen and finding it hard to see all the symbols, try holding Ctrl and pressing minus sign (-) to reduce the page size. Hold Ctrl and press zero to go back to normal page size. Also try using F11 to toggle Full-screen mode on / off.
Once you've mastered the individual feature symbols, try these combined ones:
- Combined Symbols Control Description Quiz 1
- Combined Symbols Control Description Quiz 2
- Combined Symbols Control Description Quiz 3 (NEW - 9th Nov 2012)
This quiz will test your ability to identify compass directions in different map orientations:
These crosswords test your knowledge of the IOF text descriptions for the symbols:
A comprehensive reference guide to control descriptions including examples is available at:
https://orienteering.sport/iof/rules/control-descriptions/
On-line Training Index (more exercises here including over 45 new 3D contour, map symbol and rotation training exercises)
