Control descriptions & map symbols
The following are handy one page guides to the symbols and controls descriptions used on standard orienteering maps:
The above are kindly made available to us by Maprunner.
Guides are also available on the Maprunner website for sprint and schools map symbols.
Change to symbols in 2017
The way things are mapped changed in 2017. A really useful pictorial guide by Berkshire OC explains the effect of the new mapping standards.
The new mapping standard is called ISOM 2017, or The International Specification for Orienteering Maps to give it's full title.