Navigation And Mapping

Detailed in this informative guide is the techniques and methods of map reading and land navigation. Presenting both doctrine and training guidance on these subjects, this guide is divided into two parts, the first addressing map reading and the second land navigation.

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Here you will find useful information in finding your direction when you are lost. To find North, you can use techniques like the shadow tip, using a watch, and the night sky.

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This field manual provides a standardized source document for Armywide reference on map reading and land navigation. It applies to every Soldier in the Army regardless of service branch, MOS, or rank. This manual also contains both doctrine and training guidance on map reading and land navigation.

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This little book sets down notes on all the aspects of mapping which a Scout should know to get the most out of the subject, and all the basic information he needs to pass the mapping tests necessary to qualify as Second or First Class or to pass the mapping part of several proficiency badges.

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A knowledge of Maps and Mapping is very necessary, not only to all Scouts but to almost everyone, and particularly now when it is so often essential to give an accurate description of the position of a given place. This book is so essentially practical that it will be of great value to scouters and leaders of all Youth Organizations.

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This informative yet easy to read guide highlights how to decipher basic map legends, breaks down the complicated nature of topography, and explains how to use a compass. Understanding these basic wilderness survival skills are vital to any outdoor enthusiast.

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This well-written U.S. Army mountaineering techniques guidebook covers a plethora of mountaineering information in all terrains - from alpine conditions to avalanche forecasts. Complete with written exercises and lessons, this coveted guide is perfect for the advanced outdoors person.

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There are many kinds of maps and many uses to which maps are put: highway maps for monitoring, city maps for the use of city departments -- fire, sanitation and others, nautical charts for sea travel, maps for air travel, etc.

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A topographic map tells you where things are and how to get to them, whether you're hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, or just interested in the world around you. These maps describe the shape of the land. They define and locate natural and manmade features like woodlands, waterways, important buildings, and bridges. They show the distance between any two places, and they also show the direction from one point to another.

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Becoming lost in the wilderness is soon to become a thing of the past with this detailed military approved guide that highlights compass directions, regaining bearings by stars' locations, reading altitude, topography maps and how to decipher tricky map legends/keys.

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