Session Teaches How to Read Map, CompassByline: Sandy Strickland, Times-Union staff writerStrickland, Sandy
Uses of a compass There are four main uses for a compass: Your heading:know which direction you are travelling in. Set the map:align or orientate your map with your surroundings. A bearing:determine which direction a feature or destination lies in relation to your location. ...
Regardless of whether or not you think navigating is cool and that it will endear you to attract future mates, if you’re headed out into the bush, you should know how to read a map and compass. Even using GPS devices to get around, you’re going to have to be able to orient yours...
First,you must know the scale of the map.The map's scle can tell you how long 1cm on the map represents.Then you can know how far you need to go from a place to another in the real world.For example,the scale of 1/250km in the picture means 1cm on the map equals 250kmin ...
©LFTO Learning how to navigate with a map and compass promotes you from walker to explorer. In addition to boosting overall confidence, it's one of the key skills required for more challengingwinter hikeswhen visibility can be very poor. It's also necessary fornight hiking. ...
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To read your compass, Hold your compass steadily in your hand so the baseplate is level and the direction-of-travel arrow is pointing straight away from you. Hold it about halfway between your face and waist in a comfortable arm position with your elbow bent and compass held close to you...
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You can use electronic navigation equipment, or find your way by observing the signs of nature, but the map and compass is also frequently-used. Now I will tell you how to read the map when you travel.First of all, you should choose a right map. And then you should learn how to ...
Part 1 – How to Read a Topographic Map One of the major excuses I hear from people (mostly women) not wanting to step up and lead hikes or outdoor adventure trips is their lack of navigation skills. I feel that like so many other things in life, although some people may demonstrate...