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7 lis 2013 · The document provides instruction on intermediate land navigation skills, including how to make sense of direction by setting a course with a compass, tracking your present location on a map, and determining travel distance by calculating it.
Measure Distance on a Military Map. A graphic scale is a ruler printed on the map and is used to convert distances on the map to actual ground distances. The graphic scale is divided into two parts. To the right of the zero, the scale is marked in full units of measure and is called the primary scale.
1. Identify the scale of the map. The map scale is the ratio (1:50,000) of the distance on map (1 inch) relative to the distance on the ground (usually 50,000 inches). 2. Convert a straight-line map distance to miles, meters, or yards using the map's bar scale (Figure 071-329-1008-1). Figure 1. Bar scales.
1. Identify the scale of the map. The map scale is the ratio (1:50,000) of the distance on the map (1 inch) compared to the distance on the ground. (usually 50,000 inches). 2. Convert a straight-line map. distance to miles, meters, or yards.
Students will be able to identify the type of map they are using, how to orientate the map, how to locate themselves relative to objects identified on the map, how to pick the best possible course for maneuvering the terrain, and how to use their compass when navigating the terrain in conjunction with the map.
31 maj 2009 · It covers topics such as understanding map scales, grid references, measuring distances, interpreting relief, land use, settlement patterns, and different types of maps including choropleth, dot maps and aerial photographs.
Army Cadet Force Training Resources, Lesson Plans, Handouts, Over Heads, Power Points, Worksheets and Training Aids.
