Land Navigation with Map and Lensatic Compass

Sanders · 03-28-2016, 06:03 PM

I love land nav / orienteering.

One of the things I collect is maps. I have a huge collection of National Geographic maps (which I know are not topographical maps).

Anyway, the site at the link has a bunch of free downloads to teach you land navigation.

A lot of them are refreshers for most of us, but you could use them to teach others. When the lights go out, those GPS units won't be so useful as knowing how to read a map.

Get a good compass, a protractor and some good topo maps and get after it.

http://landnavigation.weebly.com/

Pogo · 03-30-2016, 08:33 AM

I've got USGS topo maps for every place I've camped and rode ATVs.

hangfire · 03-30-2016, 09:41 AM

I'll bet my pace count has changed since I was twenty.

10 Bears · 03-30-2016, 01:18 PM

I read the sun and check for moss on the North side of trees.
The sun method works good, but we lack a lot of trees to check, here in desert country.
So, I look for downhill streams, get a drink and follow it to a river.
Then build a raft and float past enemy territory.

Or something like that.

500grains · 04-18-2016, 01:27 PM

I have used lots of USGS topo maps to find hunting spots which others do not find (not visible from the road...).

I need to get myself and my kid signed up for a topo map/compass navigation course this summer.

500grains · 04-18-2016, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 10 Bears

I read the sun and check for moss on the North side of trees.

Since weather moves from west to east, if I piss in the wind and it blows back on me I figure I am facing west.

JD Miller · 04-18-2016, 02:29 PM

I have a bunch of USGS maps too. Ive marked locations of Quail Guzzlers Ive found a lot of

03-28-2016, 06:03 PM	#1
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,435	Land Navigation with Map and Lensatic Compass I love land nav / orienteering. One of the things I collect is maps. I have a huge collection of National Geographic maps (which I know are not topographical maps). Anyway, the site at the link has a bunch of free downloads to teach you land navigation. A lot of them are refreshers for most of us, but you could use them to teach others. When the lights go out, those GPS units won't be so useful as knowing how to read a map. Get a good compass, a protractor and some good topo maps and get after it. http://landnavigation.weebly.com/ __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

03-30-2016, 08:33 AM	#2
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,967	I've got USGS topo maps for every place I've camped and rode ATVs. __________________ .................................................. ....................................… *We have met the enemy, and he is us!*

03-30-2016, 09:41 AM	#3
hangfire Home on the range Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: S. Indiana Posts: 17,283	I'll bet my pace count has changed since I was twenty. __________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure of the universe" -Albert Einstein-

04-18-2016, 01:27 PM	#5
500grains Soldier of Allah Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Crackerland Posts: 31,660	I have used lots of USGS topo maps to find hunting spots which others do not find (not visible from the road...). I need to get myself and my kid signed up for a topo map/compass navigation course this summer. __________________ Racism will keep you alive.

04-18-2016, 02:29 PM	#7
JD Miller Fake Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: PNW Posts: 39,161	I have a bunch of USGS maps too. Ive marked locations of Quail Guzzlers Ive found a lot of __________________ .......

03-30-2016, 01:18 PM	#4
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	I read the sun and check for moss on the North side of trees. The sun method works good, but we lack a lot of trees to check, here in desert country. So, I look for downhill streams, get a drink and follow it to a river. Then build a raft and float past enemy territory. Or something like that.

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