SAR Fundamentals/Navigation/Map/Triangulation

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Brett Wuth

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SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"

[edit] Prerequisites

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  • Students know how to find UTMs and the bearings between them on a topo map
  • Students can recognize hills, water courses, and cutlines on a topo map

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  1. will be able to ...

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Total Time: 45 minutes

  • 2013-02: 44 min


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3 min

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00:03



Notion of a bearing from a linear feature:

You are on the left bank of the Castle River. You spot the Carbondale Lookout Tower at a bearing of ... degrees True North. Where are you?

Examples are listed in Samples in aids section.

  • discuss left vs right bank



10 min

Notion of a bearing from a straight line feature:

You are on the cutline from UTM ... to UTM ... . You spot the Carbondale Lookout Tower at a bearing of ... degrees True North. Where are you?

Examples are listed in Samples in aids section.



23 min

Notion of two bearings:

You see the top of the hill at UTM ... at a bearing of ... degrees True North. You also spot the Carbondale Lookout Tower at a bearing of ... degrees True North. Where are you?

Examples are listed in Samples in aids section.



  • discuss which examples were easier, more accurate.
  • Best points to triangulate are 90 degrees apart.
  • Best points are nearby
  • draw intersections of error arcs.
  • or use cord to illustrate sweeping out error position from various angles


[edit] Aids

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  • 82G/8 for each pair of students
  • plenty of table space
  • overhead projector
  • screen
  • slides of topo maps
  • a compass for each pair of students
  • pencil for each student
  • map quality eraser for each pair
  • /Samples

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Copyright © 2012, Brett Wuth. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Canada License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA.

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