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The SILVA Compass and How to Use It.

The SILVA Compass and How to Use It. <<Your Name>> D of E <<Your Position>>. Aim. The AIM of this lesson is to introduce you to the SILVA Compass to enable you to take a Bearing on a Map and transfer it to the ground – and vice versa . Method. Characteristics Components Magnetic North

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The SILVA Compass and How to Use It.

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  1. The SILVA Compass and How to Use It. <<Your Name>> D of E <<Your Position>>

  2. Aim The AIM of this lesson is to introduce you to the SILVA Compass to enable you to take a Bearing on a Map and transfer it to the ground – and vice versa.

  3. Method • Characteristics • Components • Magnetic North • Bearings • Revision

  4. Characteristics • Plastic • Lightweight • Robust • Functional • Luminous

  5. Components

  6. North • True North • Grid North • Magnetic North • Magnetic Variation • Mag-to-Grid: Get Rid • Grid-to-Mag: ADD

  7. Set the Compass on the Route

  8. Line up the Guider Lines with the Grid Lines

  9. Remember to ADD the Magnetic Variation

  10. Walk on the Bearing

  11. Take a Bearing on the Physical Feature

  12. Remember to TAKE AWAY THE Magnetic Variation

  13. Place the Compass on the Physical Feature on the Map and Line up the Guider Lines with the Grid Lines

  14. Triangulation

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