SAR Fundamentals/Navigation map

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Contents 1 Material covered 2 Time alloted 3 Lesson plan 4 Syllabus 5 Student Questions 6 Aids 7 Question bank

Material covered

SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"

Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"

Time alloted

4.5 hr

• 2008-01-03 13:00-17:30
• 2011-03: 13:00-16:30, 09:13-10:24 4.6h

too long - student were exhausted in 2011

Lesson plan

See UTM lesson plan Navigation#Training.

Syllabus

• SAR Fundamentals/Navigation/Overview 15min

map reading:

• features - 30min
  • recognize roads, buildings, railways
  • date of culture check
  • recognize lakes, reservoirs, rivers, creeks, streams
  • recognize forested, unforested
• elevation - 90min
  • contour lines
  • contour interval
  • counting up or down
  • elevation of several point
  • find highest, lowest spot on map
  • steepness of slope. find steepest, flatest place on map
  • recognizing land forms
• route selection - 15min
  • estimating travel time
• UTM - 30min
  • 6 digit
  • visual estimate
  • using roamer
• distance - 20min
  • scales
  • measurements
• directions - 45min
  • cardinal directions
  • degree directions
  • true north
  • grid north, adding or subtracting
  • bearing between two points
• triangulation - 45min

Student Questions

• where are the meridians for zones 11U and 12U?

Aids

• 82G/8 and 82H/5 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
• /Sample UTM Points
• /Sample Distances and Bearings
• /Sample Triangulations

Question bank

Q: What does "ZEN" stand for?

A:

• Zone
• Easting
• Northing

Q: What are the 2 smaller divisions of a degree? What are the symbols for them?

A:

• degrees: small circle
• minutes: '
• seconds: "

Q: How can you tell which way is uphill on a topo map?

A: Elevation numbers are written along lines such that up is above the number.

Q: How far apart are UTM grid lines on a 1:50,000 map?

A: 1 km

Q: Name 3 types of map.

A:

• road map
• hand drawn - memory map (things in relations to each other)
• relief maps
• topographical maps
• photo map
• plan

Q: The difference between true north and magnetic north is known as?

A: Declination.