定向越野是参加者运用地形学基础知识,依靠标有若干检查点和方向线的地图并借助指北针,自己选择行进路线,依次寻找检查点,用最短时间完成比赛为优胜的一项体育运动。它考验参赛者的定向技能和体能,是一项适合部队、军校广泛开展的军事基础训练内容。它不但能使广大官兵体验该训 Orienteering is the basic knowledge of the participants using topography, relying on the map marked with a number of checkpoints and direction lines and with the compass, choose their own route, in order to find the checkpoint, in the shortest time to complete the game for the winning of a sport . It tests participants’ directional skills and physical fitness, and is a military basic training suitable for military units and military schools. It not only enables officers and men to experience the training