SAR Fundamentals/Navigation UTM distance

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Subject

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Introduction to navigation using maps for identifying location using UTM and measuring distance.

Authors

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Brett Wuth

Scope

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This lesson is an introduction to Navigation for SAR Fundamentals students. It is part of a larger 8 hour series of lessons.

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

Prerequisites

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Objectives

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  1. will be able to ...

Time Plan

Total Time: 4 hours 30 minutes

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


See UTM lesson plan Navigation#Training.

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Question bank

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

A: Declination.

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