Broken Ground Navigation
Enjoy traversing our state’s unglaciated terrain with map and compass!
$1.00
Introduction to map reading and land navigation.
Some topics for consideration per 4hr session:
terrain association
intersection
route-planning
pace-counts
compass use
movement over featureless terrain
movement over rough terrain
handrails and catching features
night navigation
celestial navigation
magnetic declination
elevation conversion
movement demarcation by time-rate-distance
methods to bypass an obstacle
natural indicators
GPS setup and use
geographic location systems-(UTM)
orienteering as a sport
plotting points on a map
tree climbing as an aid to navigation
resection
route-finding
dead-reckoning
deliberate offset
overlays
“I have never been lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.” Colonel Daniel Boone