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[ About OtE ]
The use of map and compass is one of the most basic of outdoor skills. This is one of the most valuable skills used by hikers, campers, hunters, or search & rescue personnel. This class is designed to provide enough information and practical experience that students will feel comfortable with land navigation techniques.
Topics covered include: map symbols, contour line identification, Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinate System, map scales, declination, resection and map and field bearings. The class will consist of both lecture and outdoor practical exercises using both map and compass. Students in this class will have opportunities to learn to read a map, use a compass, use map and compass together, problem solve with a map and compass, and use specialized orienteering navigational techniques.
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following:
- Functional ability to perform basic compass operations
- Functional ability to problem solve using a map and compass
- Functional ability to navigate efficiently off-trail
- Functional ability to interpret landforms and extrapolate stories from the map
Cost: $80.00
Hours: 8.5
and maintained
by WebStrands
Copyright 2003
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