Map and Compass by Pete Hawkins

Map and Compass by Pete Hawkins

Author:Pete Hawkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781849657709
Publisher: Cicerone Press
Published: 2012-08-22T16:00:00+00:00


A marching compass

The protractor compass looks very similar to the one in Figure 7.1. At first glance it doesn’t much look like a protractor (those things you used at school to measure angles) but as you’ll discover in the next chapter, you can use a protractor compass to work out angles on a map very easily.

A protractor compass

A sighting compass also allows you to follow a bearing accurately. Here a mirrored lid sits over the compass housing when the compass is not being used. When you are walking on a bearing, you angle the lid so that when the compass is held up at eye level, you can see both the compass housing, in the reflection, and the landscape ahead of you through a small sighting point.



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