You are at:  Home: Classes: Land Navigation and Map Reading   Land Navigation and Map Reading  PPT Classes Land Navigation Basics  906,154kbs Land Navigation  458,551kbs Land Navigation I 1,148,990kbs Lnesatic Compass, 3121k Compass 171.98kbs Identify Terrain Features 2007 Intro to Map Reading Locate and Unknown Point on a Map Map Reading v2 Map Training Topographic map Youtube Class: GPS vs. Compass     Through a special arrangement with http://landnavigation.org/, we make the following files available: (9MB) Part 1 Basic Land Navigation   (7MB) Part 2 Intermediat Land Navigation (8MB) Part 3 Advance Land Navigation (4MB) Part 4 Expert Land Navigation PowerPoint Files  Title Topics 8MB PPT Lensatic Compass The parts and features, and how to sight a selected landmark with the lensatic compass using the Compass-to-Cheek or the Center-hold method.     9MB PPT Map Margin What the data in the map's margin represents, map care and how to properly fold a map. 4MB PPT Map Scale Maps come in three scale sizes; SMALL, MEDIUM, and LARGE.  Which affects the amount of area covered and detail that will be shown. 5MB PPT Map Symbols Map language that is simple to understand.  BUT you must first know what the symbols represent, in order to read and speak map language to others. 5MB PPT Terrain Relief Relief shows elevation; it indicates variations in terrain features and heights of natural features. 10MB PPT Map Information What the protractor is for.  Map is read for four basic kinds of information; direction, distance, postion, and identification. 9MB PPT Sense of Direction  Lateral drift, current bearing, obstacles, back azimuth, deliberate offset.  4MB PPT Resection With map only.  Modified resection with map or compass. 5MB PPT Intersection Triangulation Two methods to locate your position with compass bearings. 10MB PPT Make Map Speak Compass Language There is no need to orient the map to find your position.  5MB PPT Plotting Position Coordinates This is good to use when navigators have the same maps and need to communicate their location to others using cooordinates. 3MB PPT Route Measure Map straight-line distance, map curvature distance, and map slope distance. 3MB PPT Pace Count How to pace count with Ranger Pacing Beads.  Estimating rate of SPEED is essential when calculating the amount of time it will take to traverse a route.  4MB PPT Travel Distance Estimation Estimation by 100 Meter rule, estimation by Rule-of-Thumb, estimation by Time. 7MB PPT Plan to Navigate Group or alone, equipment, safety, responsibilities, study map terrain, route selection. 7MB PPT Stay on Course Advance reference points and advance baselines, Thumb-the-Map. 8MB PPT Additional Navigation Skills Estimating daylight left, conserving energy, prevent blisters, weather insight, and estimating distance with the Lensatic Compass Mils (Technique 1 and Technique 2), and drawing your own map. 6MB PPT Navigating Different Terrain Special environments; terrains that can be featureless, rough, dense, unpredictable footing, and unpredictable weather or visibility. 5MB PPT  Night Navigation Night adaptation, protecting night vision, Lensatic Compass night navigating.  5MB PPT Sustainment Sustainment program, Train-the-Trainer, set up a Land Navigation course.

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