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

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. 2

3. Method
Characteristics
Components
Magnetic North
Bearings
Revision 3

4. Characteristics
Plastic
Lightweight
Robust
Functional 4

5. Components 5

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

7. Set the Compass on the Route7

8. Line up the Guider Lines with the Grid Lines8

9. Remember to ADD the Magnetic Variation9

10. Walk on the Bearing 10

11. Take a Bearing on the Physical Feature11

12. Remember to TAKE AWAY THE Magnetic Variation12

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

14. Triangulation 14