Land Navigation and Map Reading PPT Classes |
- Basic Map Reading, 136kbs
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Land Navigation Basics 906kbs
- Land Navigation, 1,053kbs
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Land Navigation Aug 2010 458kbs
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Land Navigation I 1,148,990kbs
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Land Navigation, 1,053kbs
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Lensatic Compass, 3121k
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Compass 171.98kbs
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Youtube Class: GPS vs. Compass
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Through a special arrangement with http://landnavigation.org/, we make the following files available:
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PowerPoint Files |
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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. |
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Map Margin |
What the data in the map's margin represents, map care and how to properly fold a map. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Terrain Relief |
Relief shows elevation; it indicates variations in terrain features and heights of natural features. |
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Map Information |
What the protractor is for. Map is read for four basic kinds of information; direction, distance, postion, and identification. |
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Sense of Direction |
Lateral drift, current bearing, obstacles, back azimuth, deliberate offset. |
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Resection |
With map only. Modified resection with map or compass. |
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Intersection Triangulation |
Two methods to locate your position with compass bearings. |
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Make Map Speak Compass Language |
There is no need to orient the map to find your position. |
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Plotting Position Coordinates |
This is good to use when navigators have the same maps and need to communicate their location to others using cooordinates. |
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Route Measure |
Map straight-line distance, map curvature distance, and map slope distance. |
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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. |
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Travel Distance Estimation |
Estimation by 100 Meter rule, estimation by Rule-of-Thumb, estimation by Time. |
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Plan to Navigate |
Group or alone, equipment, safety, responsibilities, study map terrain, route selection. |
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Stay on Course |
Advance reference points and advance baselines, Thumb-the-Map. |
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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. |
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Navigating Different Terrain |
Special environments; terrains that can be featureless, rough, dense, unpredictable footing, and unpredictable weather or visibility. |
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Night Navigation |
Night adaptation, protecting night vision, Lensatic Compass night navigating. |
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Sustainment |
Sustainment program, Train-the-Trainer, set up a Land Navigation course. |
