1. INTRODUCTION TO MAP AND COMPASS

2. New York State Professional Land Surveyor Cub Master Pack 55 Greene
Alan M. Lord
New York State
Professional Land Surveyor
Cub Master Pack 55
Greene

3. COURSE OBJECTIVES MAPS COMPASS MEASURING DISTANCE Parts of a map
How to read a map
COMPASS
Orientate your map
Figure a compass direction from a map
MEASURING DISTANCE
How to use a scale on a map
How to measure that distance on the ground

4. Parts of a map

5. USGS
Topo Map
Chenango Forks Quadrangle
1968

6. USGS NORTH ARROW

7. USGS LEGEND

8. USGS SCALE

9. USGS Topo Maps
Black - man-made features such as roads, buildings, etc.
Blue - water, lakes, rivers, streams, etc.
Brown - contour lines
Green - areas with substantial vegetation (could be forest, scrub, etc.)
White - areas with little or no vegetation; white is also used to depict permanent snowfields and glaciers
Red - major highways; boundaries of public land areas
Purple - features added to the map since the original survey.

10. Map legend or key

11. COMPASSES Compass Needle Points to Magnetic North Azimuth Bearing
watch out for interference
Power lines overhead or underground
Large metal objects; vehicles or buildings
Rail Road Tracks
Azimuth
Works in a circle starting with 0 or 360 pointing north 180 pointing south
Bearing
Works from the North or the South toward the east or the west up to 90 degrees

12. PARTS OF A COMPASS

13. Lay map on flat horizontal surface Orientate the map to Magnetic North

14. Don’t move the map Lay compass on line you want to travel Turn ring until north lines up with arrow Read degrees on direction arrow

15. MEASURING DISTANCE Distances are measured horizontally (flat) on map
Up hill steps are shorter
Flat
Down hill steps are longer

17. Figure out your pace

18. Put your compass and pacing to the test
COMPASS AND PACING COURSE
Web site this site makes up courses for you up to 50 sides with random distances
TRIANGLE
(Same Direction)
Bearing Azimuth Distance
1. N-0-E ’
2. S-60-E ’
3. S-60-W ’
SQUARE
1. N-0-E ’
2. N-90-E ’
3. S-0-W ’
4. N-90-W ’

19. Site creates compass courses with any amount of sides or distances
Web Sites
Site creates compass courses with any amount of sides or distances