Civil Engineer here that does grading. One of the map features you need to also know are washes (which is described as a draw in the video), which again, on a topo map look like a V or chevron. The v will open from high elevation to low elevation, and these, like many other features, are made by water scouring the earth. Knowing how to identify these and knowing whether you are in one is extremely important when it rains. That rain water can turn into a flood very quickly, and those washes are the path where the water will flow.
Ssri's..... dangerous. Veterans are capitalized on and oppressed by psychiatry. Psychiatry preys on veterans causing irreversible damage and often are negligent, no veteran should be forced "help" it's a billion dollar industry riddled with adverse life changing brain altering chemicals. Lose those labels,keep going the other direction and don't look back !
I've known Jonathan for a while now, and he is the real deal. The dude is doing great work in our space, and his dedication inspires me to keep working daily.
15:56 in the Marines I would use clear moving tape and laminate my maps and other mission essential stuff. Just lay down your map on a table and apply the tape in strips onto it until it is fully protected and then trim the edges. If you take your time and do a good job on it the map will be perfectly readable with a nice clear coat and will even be more foldable or malleable than thicker professionally laminated maps.
Cavalry Scout reconnaissance mindset also makes more sense in a civilian scenario. Rather than full on engagement mindset. Usually scouts are with 3 others, not an entire squad or platoon.
thank you guys so much, I love nav and since Im still a minor I dont have the budget to get these super nice nav tools so learning doing it the old way is amazing.
You've already got your maps. A quality baseplate compass can be had for $15-20, maybe free if you know someone who's into the outdoors. Protractors are just helpful to communicate point locations verbally. Get outside and determine your pace count per 100m. Maybe at your school's track (1 lap is generally 400m).
Have this dude on more!!! He’s an awesome guy I’ve had the chance to get to know more over the past few months, full of knowledge and loves to help others grow in this space!!
I want to commend you guys for this video. Providing free educational content like this, and all of your channel's content, is the essence of American patriotism. God bless you and thank you.
Good video, I’m a retired Army Scout with 25 years of service. I use to be an instructor at the Army Reconnaissance Course His class was spot on great class.
He is a great teacher. I learned a lot from him and his simple ways of explaining map reading and navigation. Using the fist to remember all the different symbols on the map. Brilliant! thanks guys.
I was 19D for 10 years. 11-Bullet sponges were always jealous. In a pinch you can use a gallon size Ziploc bag; you need to remember to make a color index marks on it to orient your map though.
I can't tell you how cool it was watching this and getting refreshed on all the things, tools, and abbreviations I totally forgot over the years. This video was absolutely awesome it was like I was in land nav class all over again!
16:20 Option 4 for protecting your map is something we used up north called Mactac, plastic chelf liner. Comes in 8x4 sheets or smaller. I get it from Staples. It's like laminating your map, but it just sticks on, and you can protect an entire map with it. It's also thinner, so it makes folding maps easier.
One of the things a lot of people in my land nav class for SAR struggled with (myself included) was setting your declination on your compass, will you guys expand on that in the next video? Great content!!! Love this channel!
Yep. Next video will have an interactive map that we can do all the math on in real time for the viewer and then we actually go out in the field and execute the route and show you what we’re seeing on the compass as we go.
For marking on laminated maps with the ability to erase, but not too easily, I have two suggestions. Grease pencils are more resistant to erasing than dry-erase, are water resistant, but can be cleaned off with a rag, shirt sleeve, whatever. Permanent marker can be cleaned off with a Mr Clean Magic Eraser. I cut the big sponge-sized Magic Erasers into 1"x2" strips that easily drop into a pocket. It'll wipe Sharpie off a laminated map in a second or two.
Great vid guys. From a fellow prepared civ, with some past basic land nav experience through scouts this was great. Thanks to Jonathan for putting forth a clear, easy to follow example.
Can a dad just take a moment and say, "I am so proud of my Son." Damn, boy! You are an outstanding educator! AND, I like your friends. I think I may be able to do more than find my way out of a wet paper sack now!
My mom watched this with me and now she wants to try land nav. Also eewww cav scout 🤠😂 Very good video. I forgot all this stuff, it was a good refresher.
With the write in the rain stuff, reason 2 to NOT use metal binding... the metal bends and makes it difficult to use the notebook. You can bend them back, but it's a constant thing and just easier to avoid the hassle.
My ranger beads are made of paracord knots and I have 9 on top, 4 on bottom. Move top every 100 meters ,when you’ve moved all 9 the next 100 m move one bottom and reset the top, you’ve travel 1 klick, repeat and when you moved all of the bottom 4 the next full 9 you’ve done 5 k ,rest all.
As a Mortarman who did much land nav I like Caltopo it’s my go to for quick maps. I can say overall very well presented only thing I have is most of my military maps are 1:50k and we land nav off them just fine just know it’s not as well defined. and be careful with USGS as it’s usually 1:24k and most protractors are set for 1:25k so it won’t math.
Excellent Video!!! The best training is just getting oriented with Key Terran Features like Antennas, Airfields, and roads to your map. Sounds easy until you have to do it. Some more trivia stuff. If you are Right Handed you will veer to the right when you are walking, and veer to left if you are left handed. This is important when you obstacles in your way like a fallen tree. There is a lot to think about, but doesn't take long to make it second nature. You are just taking everything you normally see and do and organizing it.
I don't understand how you actually got a veteran on the channel about land nav and didn't come close to talking about resections. This is absolutely insane, lol. You made a video about land nav and it's not about navigation. Things I learned from this video: your favorite compass, how to store a map and a protractor in my pocket with origami, and from there I blacked out because I was waiting in anticipation for you to talk about... land nav (resections).
One to cover is triangulation by compass. You have to able via compass move exactly 90 from shooting an azimuth to a fixed point. Tree at 82 degrees. Move 90 degrees to the left or right a fixed known distance to another point. Record that azimuth and now you have enough info to create a triangle based on the right angle and its base against the angle from your fixed point. P 1 81 degrees to p2 at 89 degrees with a 25 yd base of a right angle triangle. Then you can roughly determine a distance to the azimuth point. Obviously we have range finders, mil rad optics or the range card but if you are lacking the other equipment its an option to determine a distance to a fixed point.
This is something I’d never take the time to figure out on my own until I really needed it. Thanks for putting a video out that does all the work for the regular guy.
Oh man, right up my alley! Loved Land Nav when I went to PLDC. This was such an excellent video and such a sorely missing chunk of information nowdays. A skill that is really needed if you camp or hike.
My sister is about to have her land nav test for her officers training school. It was not fun in basic for me but it was doable. I’m sending her this video for sure. 👍
We need to know the basics of living now more than ever. We should all endeavour to learn the old times arts like this because the world seems so grim.
Great & useful vid dudes 😎👍🎉. Hope for April Fool's vid on how to survive in alternate alien planets as an extremely adaptable, well prepared, heavily armed & modular American 🇺🇲 (best be SF/SOF veteran) to survive, thrive & even dominate said new environments. 🥺
Something I learned doing land Nav Daily in the wild was taking Paper Map and tape to a piece of cardboard that folds in the middle really flat. They sale at Dollar general. Then take clear packing Tape to front. You can now use Map in Heavy Rain and Wind. 💯 Fold and put away real easy.
Dude, I’m getting ready to go to WOCS and I was just getting ready to look for some courses and this popped up. Todays W!!! Thanks!!! Just saw homies AOT scouts patch. Respect!
Of all the gun shooting and yee-hawing, this was one of the coolest skills the army reserves taught me. Navigating to any point from anywhere - they made it so I could be lost af and find a location using stars and declination n stuff that I forget but it was sooo cool when it worked haha.But ya I TOTALLY forgot a lot of it so you do gotta practice - Its sooo cool using the stars and different landmarks to find anywhere from any random location SOOO COOL.
I'm happy that this video has confirmed that Caltopo and mytopo are good sources for maps. As someone who was taught to land nav my issue with doing it outside of the army is how the hell do I get a map. Glad that this has confirmed those are good sources that I can buy from.
Beautiful, this video has helped me learn a lot and helped me realized a lot of things I thought I knew but didn't. This video will definitely help me in my future.
If you ain't Cav..... here to rep the funny hat bois... between Dirty Civilian and T Rex Labs it feels like there's a Renaissance going on in the TH-cam preparedness space... keep it up guys!
Great video and subject. Lots of good videos on land navigation on YT and REI teaches a beginners class as well. I took the REI class a few years ago to brush up on my skills.
Looking forward to the next one, nothing new for me, but well presented. One of the best ways to continue down this path of being competent, fit, and testing mental toughness is Adventuring racing and doing shorter orienteering races. You can race across huge areas, think states, or short (4 hrs) under your own power with map and compass. It is basically larping with fast backpacking kit, and involves a team.
Small correction regarding a characteristic of the military GI Lensatic Compass. Johnathan mentions that when you fold over the metal magnification lense, that the compass is held in place. This occurs not because the magnification lense is made of a ferrous magnetic metal, but rather because it activates an internal lever that pinches the compass into a stationary location. If you look at the hinge of the magnification lense, you will see a white plastic nub that is pressed in and activates the clamp when the compass is folded into its storage position.
This was a great class. I wish yall had touched on the importance of the GM angle a little more and how to compute between the two. So many of my dudes get lost because of that!
It would be awesome to have a video on urban map reading and learning to spot features / ways to learn routes where you have to go through the twists and turns of an urban environment. Especially as a lot of people live in cities
@dirty-civilian amazing, I'll be waiting for that one!! Its a pity there isnt anything like you guys in the UK where im based. You guys actually inspired me to set up a small thing based around civilian tactics, but UK based
My middle school in OH made it a mandatory part of science class in 8th grade to read maps they didn’t get really into it HVRSD and such but they did ask us to define contour interval locations with water etc
21:58 it is worth checking out your states gameland or equivalent websites - I was able to find and create pdfs of several places I plan to ruck, hunt, hike, etc., for free, and was able to customize the scale, print size, add markers… If your state doesn’t offer something similar, try using the PA game commission map for the topographic layers in your area. It may not cover game/hunting related areas (obviously) but it should still permit you to instantaneously make your own map PDFs. Hope this helps some other people!
One other thing you also need to be aware of is what's in the ground around you. In southeast AZ where I am we have all kinds of different metals that can throw off your compass and make it do odd things
Hope you'll be covering different coordinates, projections and Datums. One needs to work with maps from all over, not just the US, to be fully rounded.
Fun fact, you can also learn basic land navigation by playing the Arma 3 campaign, more specifically the intro/tutorial before the ‘East Wind’ campaign.
Knowing the difference between true north, magnetic north, and grid north is a huge part of land nav and calcuting back and forth between the three
I have never heard of grid north before
dont forget to check your maps born on date (and who made it)... and not just because of magnetic north drift
TRUE Magnetic North.
The magnetic north is a 33 mile wide magnetic mountain (rupes negra) at the north pole (center) of the earth and it doesn't move ever.
Declination is on every map.
Dirty Civilian making these essential videos like there is a deadline. 👀
01/20/2025 the US will change forever.
@@user-vr8zs3ei7n yes it will and Admittedly no one knows just how much.
Jan 20th, maybe before then. Gonna be some wack shit for sure
As a dude seeing drones above me in nj ya there’s a good reason
@@Paralius nuke sniffing drones
Civil Engineer here that does grading. One of the map features you need to also know are washes (which is described as a draw in the video), which again, on a topo map look like a V or chevron. The v will open from high elevation to low elevation, and these, like many other features, are made by water scouring the earth.
Knowing how to identify these and knowing whether you are in one is extremely important when it rains. That rain water can turn into a flood very quickly, and those washes are the path where the water will flow.
Ssri's..... dangerous. Veterans are capitalized on and oppressed by psychiatry. Psychiatry preys on veterans causing irreversible damage and often are negligent, no veteran should be forced "help" it's a billion dollar industry riddled with adverse life changing brain altering chemicals. Lose those labels,keep going the other direction and don't look back !
In permaculture, it is called a valley.
This is Orienteering. We used to do this in school and scouts.
It's a great activity for kids to learn how to work together as a team.
I learned this in scouts last year!
You guys are so good. This is seriously my favorite preparedness channel.
Mine favorite too
I've known Jonathan for a while now, and he is the real deal. The dude is doing great work in our space, and his dedication inspires me to keep working daily.
15:56 in the Marines I would use clear moving tape and laminate my maps and other mission essential stuff. Just lay down your map on a table and apply the tape in strips onto it until it is fully protected and then trim the edges. If you take your time and do a good job on it the map will be perfectly readable with a nice clear coat and will even be more foldable or malleable than thicker professionally laminated maps.
7th Cav here. He did a great job teaching the basics. Bravo brother from another mother.
Cavalry Scout reconnaissance mindset also makes more sense in a civilian scenario. Rather than full on engagement mindset. Usually scouts are with 3 others, not an entire squad or platoon.
thank you guys so much, I love nav and since Im still a minor I dont have the budget to get these super nice nav tools so learning doing it the old way is amazing.
Glad we could help!
Keep getting after it! you get the basics down with the basic tools, and you will set yourself up for a lot of success in the future
@@dirty-civilian I made my own maps and I got to the end of the video, red river gorge????????????
You've already got your maps. A quality baseplate compass can be had for $15-20, maybe free if you know someone who's into the outdoors. Protractors are just helpful to communicate point locations verbally.
Get outside and determine your pace count per 100m. Maybe at your school's track (1 lap is generally 400m).
Make sure you remember that a pace is every two steps (: (Don't ask)
Have this dude on more!!! He’s an awesome guy I’ve had the chance to get to know more over the past few months, full of knowledge and loves to help others grow in this space!!
I want to commend you guys for this video. Providing free educational content like this, and all of your channel's content, is the essence of American patriotism. God bless you and thank you.
Good video, I’m a retired Army Scout with 25 years of service. I use to be an instructor at the Army Reconnaissance Course His class was spot on great class.
He is a great teacher. I learned a lot from him and his simple ways of explaining map reading and navigation. Using the fist to remember all the different symbols on the map. Brilliant! thanks guys.
11:14 definitely a solid idea to have a DOPE card for different kinds of pace counts.
Incline- Sustainment load
Decline- assault load….
He is a very good teacher. Liked his acronyms and how he showed us how he learned.
I own one of these compasses and never knew how to use it. Thanks for the education!
3:29 "That way" made me chuckle. Great video, thanks guys.
I was 19D for 10 years. 11-Bullet sponges were always jealous.
In a pinch you can use a gallon size Ziploc bag; you need to remember to make a color index marks on it to orient your map though.
They have a job, Cav Scouts don’t anymore 🤷♂️
This channel makes all the content others mention - but don’t teach. Thank you guys
I like all the "We're not professionals, we're just starting this topic" cause it implies there will be more advanced videos on each of these topics
Land nav skills are basic essentials that are so easy to forget. Thanks so much for this video!
Infantry guy here, Cav Scouts lol
Naw I have mad respect for you guys.
we love you grunts too, dont tell the other scouts i said that
Really enjoyed this content. Jon is a great addition, hope to see more content with him in the future!
From a former old school SF operator. This video was awesome. Brought back a lot of good land navigation memories.
Every time I watch a "land nav basics" style video, I learn at least one more thing.
I appreciate the Survey Corps patch Jonathan has on. Very fitting.
I’m glad you appreciated that, was hoping folks would notice
@@havoctwoone A fun easter egg for sure.
I have been using it since the late 1970's. A refresher is key. I have forgotten more than I rember. But I still have and use my tools.
I can't tell you how cool it was watching this and getting refreshed on all the things, tools, and abbreviations I totally forgot over the years. This video was absolutely awesome it was like I was in land nav class all over again!
16:20 Option 4 for protecting your map is something we used up north called Mactac, plastic chelf liner. Comes in 8x4 sheets or smaller. I get it from Staples. It's like laminating your map, but it just sticks on, and you can protect an entire map with it. It's also thinner, so it makes folding maps easier.
One of the things a lot of people in my land nav class for SAR struggled with (myself included) was setting your declination on your compass, will you guys expand on that in the next video? Great content!!! Love this channel!
Yep. Next video will have an interactive map that we can do all the math on in real time for the viewer and then we actually go out in the field and execute the route and show you what we’re seeing on the compass as we go.
@ awesome to hear!
Y’all aren’t far, shout out from Western NC
@@willy-yum5820same
LARS. Left add right subtract.
For marking on laminated maps with the ability to erase, but not too easily, I have two suggestions.
Grease pencils are more resistant to erasing than dry-erase, are water resistant, but can be cleaned off with a rag, shirt sleeve, whatever.
Permanent marker can be cleaned off with a Mr Clean Magic Eraser. I cut the big sponge-sized Magic Erasers into 1"x2" strips that easily drop into a pocket. It'll wipe Sharpie off a laminated map in a second or two.
Great vid guys. From a fellow prepared civ, with some past basic land nav experience through scouts this was great. Thanks to Jonathan for putting forth a clear, easy to follow example.
Glad you enjoyed it!
9:19 Tactical Rosary. Based.
Can a dad just take a moment and say, "I am so proud of my Son." Damn, boy! You are an outstanding educator! AND, I like your friends. I think I may be able to do more than find my way out of a wet paper sack now!
Haha the tie-down comment is 100% accurate, even if its blaze orange that compass becomes a master at camouflage once its on the ground
My mom watched this with me and now she wants to try land nav.
Also eewww cav scout 🤠😂
Very good video. I forgot all this stuff, it was a good refresher.
With the write in the rain stuff, reason 2 to NOT use metal binding... the metal bends and makes it difficult to use the notebook. You can bend them back, but it's a constant thing and just easier to avoid the hassle.
Jon is a great dude I am glad he is a personal friend.....even as a scout
even as a scout... lmao thanks brother
I've been looking for sruff like this recently and to see a dirty civ video pop up with was just what I've been looking for. Great stuff
Awesome interview and sharing the new movers and shakers in the community.. May God Bless Black Wolf and Kerry moving forward.
I absolutely love Johnathan's gloves, he's a very smart dude with great taste
My ranger beads are made of paracord knots and I have 9 on top, 4 on bottom. Move top every 100 meters ,when you’ve moved all 9 the next 100 m move one bottom and reset the top, you’ve travel 1 klick, repeat and when you moved all of the bottom 4 the next full 9 you’ve done 5 k ,rest all.
This is The Way.
As a Mortarman who did much land nav I like Caltopo it’s my go to for quick maps. I can say overall very well presented only thing I have is most of my military maps are 1:50k and we land nav off them just fine just know it’s not as well defined. and be careful with USGS as it’s usually 1:24k and most protractors are set for 1:25k so it won’t math.
Excellent Video!!! The best training is just getting oriented with Key Terran Features like Antennas, Airfields, and roads to your map. Sounds easy until you have to do it. Some more trivia stuff. If you are Right Handed you will veer to the right when you are walking, and veer to left if you are left handed. This is important when you obstacles in your way like a fallen tree. There is a lot to think about, but doesn't take long to make it second nature. You are just taking everything you normally see and do and organizing it.
I've been wanting to learn Land Nav; super excited to this video and looking forward to the additional entries coming in this series.
I don't understand how you actually got a veteran on the channel about land nav and didn't come close to talking about resections. This is absolutely insane, lol. You made a video about land nav and it's not about navigation. Things I learned from this video: your favorite compass, how to store a map and a protractor in my pocket with origami, and from there I blacked out because I was waiting in anticipation for you to talk about... land nav (resections).
One to cover is triangulation by compass. You have to able via compass move exactly 90 from shooting an azimuth to a fixed point. Tree at 82 degrees. Move 90 degrees to the left or right a fixed known distance to another point. Record that azimuth and now you have enough info to create a triangle based on the right angle and its base against the angle from your fixed point. P 1 81 degrees to p2 at 89 degrees with a 25 yd base of a right angle triangle. Then you can roughly determine a distance to the azimuth point.
Obviously we have range finders, mil rad optics or the range card but if you are lacking the other equipment its an option to determine a distance to a fixed point.
Yall always showing up with the most relevant content topics presented in the best ways. Always appreciate seeing you all post.
Glad you find it helpful!
The gas tube pointer is a nice touch. 😂
Love that he's using a gas tube as a pointer
lmao im so glad someone caught that
This is something I’d never take the time to figure out on my own until I really needed it. Thanks for putting a video out that does all the work for the regular guy.
Oh man, right up my alley! Loved Land Nav when I went to PLDC. This was such an excellent video and such a sorely missing chunk of information nowdays. A skill that is really needed if you camp or hike.
My sister is about to have her land nav test for her officers training school.
It was not fun in basic for me but it was doable.
I’m sending her this video for sure. 👍
We need more of this video in land nav, long format. Amazing vid
Wow, a lot of actionable steps in the video to get started with. Thanks for breaking it down so well.
We need to know the basics of living now more than ever.
We should all endeavour to learn the old times arts like this because the world seems so grim.
I learned map reading and land nav basics in AJROTC fifty years ago. I won't say I remember all of that, but some of it sticks with me to this day.
Great & useful vid dudes 😎👍🎉. Hope for April Fool's vid on how to survive in alternate alien planets as an extremely adaptable, well prepared, heavily armed & modular American 🇺🇲 (best be SF/SOF veteran) to survive, thrive & even dominate said new environments. 🥺
Something I learned doing land Nav Daily in the wild was taking Paper Map and tape to a piece of cardboard that folds in the middle really flat. They sale at Dollar general. Then take clear packing Tape to front. You can now use Map in Heavy Rain and Wind. 💯 Fold and put away real easy.
Dude, I’m getting ready to go to WOCS and I was just getting ready to look for some courses and this popped up. Todays W!!! Thanks!!!
Just saw homies AOT scouts patch. Respect!
Of all the gun shooting and yee-hawing, this was one of the coolest skills the army reserves taught me. Navigating to any point from anywhere - they made it so I could be lost af and find a location using stars and declination n stuff that I forget but it was sooo cool when it worked haha.But ya I TOTALLY forgot a lot of it so you do gotta practice - Its sooo cool using the stars and different landmarks to find anywhere from any random location SOOO COOL.
Nick! The opening shot with the green/brown split was beautiful. 👏
Land Nav is Most Definitely our Primitive Geo understanding of our surroundings!!!
I'm happy that this video has confirmed that Caltopo and mytopo are good sources for maps. As someone who was taught to land nav my issue with doing it outside of the army is how the hell do I get a map. Glad that this has confirmed those are good sources that I can buy from.
I like the gas tube pointer
hey, we use the tools we have 🤣
Thanks. Love your channel. This is very existing. Really looking forward to this series. This was well done guys.
It’s cool that all these land features are just down the road from where I live in Bowling Green ky.
Dude is a great teacher. 👍
Beautiful, this video has helped me learn a lot and helped me realized a lot of things I thought I knew but didn't. This video will definitely help me in my future.
Very well put together video. And helpful for recapping some of the basics. Thank you for the time on this subject.
WELL SAID! WELL SAID! When I was younger, the Scouts taught this stuff! Wish this was STILL being taught!
If you ain't Cav..... here to rep the funny hat bois... between Dirty Civilian and T Rex Labs it feels like there's a Renaissance going on in the TH-cam preparedness space... keep it up guys!
Great video and subject. Lots of good videos on land navigation on YT and REI teaches a beginners class as well. I took the REI class a few years ago to brush up on my skills.
Looking forward to the next one, nothing new for me, but well presented.
One of the best ways to continue down this path of being competent, fit, and testing mental toughness is Adventuring racing and doing shorter orienteering races. You can race across huge areas, think states, or short (4 hrs) under your own power with map and compass. It is basically larping with fast backpacking kit, and involves a team.
Im so glad your making videos like this i need it
Small correction regarding a characteristic of the military GI Lensatic Compass.
Johnathan mentions that when you fold over the metal magnification lense, that the compass is held in place. This occurs not because the magnification lense is made of a ferrous magnetic metal, but rather because it activates an internal lever that pinches the compass into a stationary location. If you look at the hinge of the magnification lense, you will see a white plastic nub that is pressed in and activates the clamp when the compass is folded into its storage position.
This was a great class. I wish yall had touched on the importance of the GM angle a little more and how to compute between the two. So many of my dudes get lost because of that!
It would be awesome to have a video on urban map reading and learning to spot features / ways to learn routes where you have to go through the twists and turns of an urban environment. Especially as a lot of people live in cities
We have a video like that in the works with an SME. It'll be a good one.
@dirty-civilian amazing, I'll be waiting for that one!!
Its a pity there isnt anything like you guys in the UK where im based. You guys actually inspired me to set up a small thing based around civilian tactics, but UK based
My middle school in OH made it a mandatory part of science class in 8th grade to read maps they didn’t get really into it HVRSD and such but they did ask us to define contour interval locations with water etc
Been waiting for a video like this from someone I enjoy watching
I’m 11b and I was awarded golden spurs
Let's go, Scouts represent!
the direction of a runway is the runway number. ex, runway 25 is 250 degrees
REI carries some relatively inexpensive brush on map water proofing, once dried you can mark up and erase.
Good call!
Great video. Looking forward to the next one.
Thanks, needed to brush up on my skills from back in the day!
You can use permanent and draw over them with dry erase and wipe them off and the permanent will come off as well
Great refresher. Got lost 4 wheeling with friends. Had a NFS map that used range and township and was very lucky to find a marker. Quickly go unlost
THIS is the video we all needed, 'preciate it DC!
21:58 it is worth checking out your states gameland or equivalent websites - I was able to find and create pdfs of several places I plan to ruck, hunt, hike, etc., for free, and was able to customize the scale, print size, add markers… If your state doesn’t offer something similar, try using the PA game commission map for the topographic layers in your area. It may not cover game/hunting related areas (obviously) but it should still permit you to instantaneously make your own map PDFs. Hope this helps some other people!
The Canadian Army uses the SUUNTO style compasses. They're very durable and simple.
It's helpful to have a compass that the declination can be set.
More channels should cover this topic.
Wow great work, and warmed my heart to hear 3D Flat world ;)
One other thing you also need to be aware of is what's in the ground around you. In southeast AZ where I am we have all kinds of different metals that can throw off your compass and make it do odd things
Comments for the algorithm. If you print on Caltopo. You can take those to staples and have them laminated. Just an FYI.
Hope you'll be covering different coordinates, projections and Datums. One needs to work with maps from all over, not just the US, to be fully rounded.
Well executed tutorial on map reading. Thanks.
Glad you found it helpful!
Fun fact, you can also learn basic land navigation by playing the Arma 3 campaign, more specifically the intro/tutorial before the ‘East Wind’ campaign.
That is very true