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Advanced Navigation
using map/compass/GPS
Most every student comes to our classes with a
compass but few know how to use them. One of the problems is that many of the books on the subject are confusing and it is discouraging trying to become proficient.
THIS IS THE BEST LAND NAVIGATION
COURSE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
Here is a sampling of what you
will learn
- Advanced
Orienteering
- Base
points and intersecting base points
- Bearing
and reverse bearings
- Bearings,
direction, distances and designations
- Creation
of smart maps
- Declination
and variation
- Determination
of proper Datum’s
- Determining
individual pace
- Digital
mapping
- Digital
transfer to GPS
- Editing
and deleting established GPS routes
- Editing
and deleting GPS waypoints
- Establishing
GPS waypoints
- Establishing
projections from a waypoint
- Features
of a good compass and how to use it to establish bearings
- GPS
applications other than navigation
- GPS
navigation of routes and reverse routes
- Inbound
and outbound tracking to GPS waypoints
- Lat/Lon
Grid system
- Linking
GPS waypoints to establish routes
- Maps
(topographic, aviation, river navigation and forest)
- Navigating
by use of the sun, moon and stars
- Procedures
when lost in the wilderness
- Proper
use of GPS templates to transfer UTM Coordinates from a
topographic map to the GPS
- Setting
up a GPS
- State
index maps
- Topographic
map symbols
- Tracking
and backtracking GPS functions
- Triangulation
- Utilization
of GPS for caching
- UTM
grid placement on topographic maps
- UTM
grid system
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