Navigation Tutorial

Lesson 1 - Summary

 

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Navigation course by Ashley Burke

5. Summary - Applying Your Map Reading Skills

In this lesson you have learnt about topographic maps and how to read them. You use these map reading skills when studying the map prior to the trip and also when following the map during the trip itself. Your aim in studying the map is to form a mental picture of the landscape that the map represents, and this enables you to make predictions about the terrain that you are likely to encounter and how difficult it might be to pass through. Here are some tips to remember when applying the map reading skills that you have learnt in this lesson.

5.1 Before the Trip

5.2 On the Trip

Use your memory when walking and remember the topographic features that you have passed through and correlate these with the map as you go.

You have now completed the map reading section of this course. But before heading out into the bush you do need to know how to use a compass. Click the Next button below to continue to the next lesson, how to use a compass.

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Web page created 12 Jul 2008, last updated 12 Feb 2008.

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