 |
Navigation Skills for Walkers, Hikers and Ramblers
- Setting the Map
So that you can sensibly relate what you actually see around you to the representation of these features on the map, it is essential that you first orientate or 'Set the Map'.
This is one of the most fundamental techniques in map reading.
Line up the edge of the compass with the blue North/South grid lines on the map. Holding the compass firmly in this position with your thumb rotate yourself and the map around until the compass needle falls within the orienting needle on the base of the compass. This process is illustrated in this interactive movie
(right). |
|
|
Click on the green arrows to rotate the map until the compass needle falls within the orienting needle on the base of the compass and the contours on the map match those on the ground. A tick appears when the map is set.
If great precision is needed, you can make allowance for the magnetic
variation by setting this on the orienting dial before you start.
If you are not sure which parts of the compass are which - select The
Compass from the directory on the left.
To contribute to go4awalk.com or to contact us about anything at all
- see Talk To Us. For help see Help.
go4awalk.com and go4awalk.co.uk are registered trademarks of TMDH Limited.
Copyright © 2000-2008 TMDH Limited. All rights reserved.
Copyright | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Statement
NB. To see our navigational hills you must have the Macromedia Shockwave/Flash Player plug-in installed in your browser. This is free and comes as standard with later versions. If you have an early version browser - click here and follow Macromedia's installation instructions. Furthermore, go4awalk.com makes full use of your browser's ability to display multiple pages in a single window as Tabs. To enable tabs in Internet Explorer see Tools > Internet Options > General. To enable tabs in Mozilla Firefox see Tools > Options > Tabs. To enable tabs in Safari see Safari > Preferences > Tabs.
