Land Navigation for Ground Team Leaders

1. Land Navigation for Ground Team Leaders Developed as part of the National Emergency Services Curriculum Project

2. What are your responsibilities? • Team Leaders are responsible for knowing the ins and outs of the maps of their area • Team members only know basic field work normally

3. What are maps? • A 2 dimensional representation of a 3 dimensional area. • A tool • A universal reference that teams can aid teams in coordination.

7. Longitude

8. Latitude

9. Latitude and Longitude Examples

10. Gridded Maps • Read Right, then Up • Typically metric examples, but are often used with overlays as well • Give location with varying numerical accuracy.

11. Sample Map Grid

12. Four Digit Accuracy

13. Six Digit Accuracy

14. The CAP Grid System

15. Magnetic Variation & the Declination Diagram • Compasses are affected by iron ore deposits throughout the earth, causing them to not point at the true north, but rather then magnetic north • This variation is known, and maps show the corrections to be made in the form of the declination diagram

16. Lines of Magnetic Variation

17. Declination Diagrams

18. Map Scale

19. Sample Map Symbols

20. The 3 Dimensional Model

21. Using your Map with your Compass • Field to Map • Map to Field • Triangulation • Aiming Off • The Polar Plot

22. Field to Map

23. Field to Map Continued

24. Field to Map Continued

25. Map to Field

26. Map to Field Continued

27. Triangulation

28. Triangulation Continued

29. Triangulation Continued

30. Triangulation Continued

31. Aiming Off

32. Polar Plot

33. Land Navigation Tasks for Ground Team Leaders • O-0204 Locate A Point On A Map Using Latitude And Longitude • O-0205 Locate A Point On A Map Using The CAP Grid System • O-0206 Locate A Point On A Map Using A Grid Coordinate Overlay • O-0207 Locate A Point On A Map Using A Polar Plot From A Terrain Feature

34. Land Navigation Tasks for Ground Team Leaders • O-0208 Identify The Major Terrain Features On A Map • O-0209 Identify Topographic Symbols On A Map • O-0210 Determine Elevation On Map • O-0211 Measure Distance On A Map • O-0212 Convert Between Map And Compass Azimuths

35. Land Navigation Tasks for Ground Team Leaders • O-0213 Determine And Plot An Azimuth On A Map • O-0214 Determine Azimuths On A Map Using Two Points • O-0215 Orient A Map To The Ground Using Terrain Association • O-0216 Orient A Map To North Using A Compass

36. Land Navigation Tasks for Ground Team Leaders • O-0217 Locate Own Position On A Map Using Terrain Association • O-0218 Move To A Point Using Linear Offset • O-0219 Move From Point To Point In A Vehicle Using A Map