How Do You Find Position Using Map And Compass?
You should know where you are anytime you are hiking in unfamiliar territory, even if you’re not deep into an area off the beaten path. GPS units are a marvelous invention to help you determine your location, but there are circumstances where they won’t work, or in some wilderness competitions they aren’t allowed. Sometimes the best way to find your position is using a map and a compass. Read on to learn more. Box the needle. Put the compass on the map, and move the map so that magnetic needle lines up with north on the map. The magnetic needle now will align, or be boxed, with the orienting arrow. Look for features you can identify on your map. It can be a hilltop, or a man-made structure like a building or the intersection of roads. Recognizing those landmarks allow you to triangulate your position using your map and a compass. Sight an identifiable feature and get a reading off your compass. Draw that line on your map. Sight a second feature and draw a second line. Do the same with
