Land Navigation Identify Terrain Features & Determine Distance
2 Terminal Learning Objective Action: Identify terrain features and measure distance on a map Conditions: Given a standard 1:50,000 scale topographic map Standards: Correctly identify terrain features and measure distance on a military map
3 Major Terrain Features Hill Saddle Valley Ridge Depression
4 Hill
5 Saddle
6 Valley
7 Ridge
8 Depression
9 Minor Terrain Features Draw Spur Cliff
10 Draw Contour Lines form a U or a V pointing to high ground
11 Spur Contour Lines form a U or a V pointing to low ground
12 Cliff
13 Supplementary Terrain Features Cut Fill
14 Cut/Fill
15 PRIMARY SCALE EXTENDED SCALE Bar Scales
16 SP Straight Line Distance
17 SPSP 2300 METERS Straight Line Distance (con’t)
18 Straight Line Distance (con’t)
19 SP Curved Line Distance
20 SP Curved Line Distance
21 SP Curved Line Distance
22 SP Curved Line Distance
23 SP Curved Line Distance SP
24 SP Curved Line Distance SP
25 SP Curved Line Distance SP
26 SP Curved Line Distance SP
27 Curved Line Distance (con’t) SP 3400 METER S (b) (a)
28 SP (b) (a) Curved Line Distance (con’t) (c)
29 Curved Line Distance (con’t) SP (c) (b) (a) 6290 METER S
30 Terminal Learning Objective Action: Identify terrain features and measure distance on a map Conditions: Given a standard 1:50,000 scale topographic map Standards: Correctly identify terrain features and measure distance on a military map