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Navigating with a Compass and Topographic Map

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for navigating using a compass and a topographic map. Begin by setting your map on a flat, non-metallic surface. Identify your starting point and destination, marking both with erasable markers. Connect the two points with a straight line and use your compass to establish your bearing. Adjust your map so that the north end of the magnetic needle aligns with the orienting arrow. Follow this bearing by locating distinct objects along the way, ensuring you stay on course until you reach your destination.

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Navigating with a Compass and Topographic Map

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  1. Navigating with a Compass and Topographic Map

  2. Begin by laying your laminated topographic map on a flat, non-metallic surface that does not interfere with your magnetic needle of your compass.

  3. Identify your location on the map and make a mark at that spot with an erasable marker.

  4. Identify the location you would like to travel to on the map and make a mark at that spot with an erasable marker.

  5. Use a straight edge to connect the two points. Extend the line beyond each point, and place an arrow in the direction of travel.

  6. Locate any point on that line that intersects with an orienting line (red) on your map.

  7. Place your compass on the map so that the center of the magnetic needle is directly over the intersection of your line and the orienting line.

  8. At the same time, position the compass so your marker line and direction of travel line are over the line drawn on map.

  9. Also, spin the bezel dial so the orienting lines are parallel to the orienting line(s) on the map.

  10. TURN THE MAP (and compass) so that the north end of the magnetic needle is inside the orientating arrow of the compass.

  11. Make sure the direction of travel line is still directly above the line that you drew on the map.

  12. Read your compass and determine the degree on the dial that is intersected by the marker line.

  13. Using that bearing, find an object in the distance that is in that bearing. Walk to that object.

  14. When you reach this object, find another object in the distance at that bearing. Walk to it.

  15. Continue repeating this procedure until you reach your destination.

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