I have been trying to teach my husband to learn some type of sense of direction for years, and this video right here just may do the the trick! My dad taught me to learn to read maps before I could drive, and before that he taught me to work on cars and such. He told me that he wanted to make sure that his daughter could take care of herself if anything happened to me while living on my own. But I guess with today's society so many people are more tech nerd, than hands on grease monkeys. The man I fell in love with knows nothing of pulling out a front axle and how to replace the barrings. Or to drop a transmission to replace the seals and gaskets, then to put it back. I can do all of that and go camping the real way. Not in some RV camper that everyone uses now. Its a rare thing to see a chick be able to do all this, but my dad made sure I knew how to take care of myself. And now I am passing it all to my daughter so that she will be able to as well.
wait, wait - that's too easy and it makes too much sense! Since you didn't say anything about what season this method works with, I'll figure it should apply to all seasons. Well, in the northern hemisphere. Thanks for a very concise video.
This is only correct if your reading straddles the noonday shadow. The farther from noon the greater the error. The only days this works at any hour is on the equinoxes. Otherwise, the method can be off by as much as 23 degrees - a huge error for anyone relying on this method to find the cardinal directions.
Your statement is true only on one two days per year. The spring and fall equinox - 363 days of the year the sun does not come up in the east and set in the west.
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I hope your project is building a sundial...because they have to be oriented exactly North...which means not only can you tell fairly precise (within 15 minutes or less) time using only shadows, you can orient your sundial North, thereby making it precise, using only shadows. I think that's awesome!
Samu8882 is correct. While the sun is ALWAYS on an exact East to West PATH, the direction of the RISING and SETTING sun is NEVER exactly East or West except in the equinoxes.
You don't even need to do that, just face the sun. In the northern hemisphere you're facing south, if you can't figure the other cardinal points you shouldn't be outside. The only time I've ever used my compass was when we're out map navigating. I use it to orient the map to true north (correct the map to the magnetic deviation of where you are and you're golden!) I then pick out mountain peaks I can see and off I go.
This is only true if it is 12 PM and you are north from the tropic of cancer, or, in the case of the souther hemisphere, south from the tropic of capricorn (you would be facing the geographical North)
Facing towards north your left hand will always west and you right hand is east. If you consider left hand is west and your right hand as east so now you are facing towards NORTH
i prefer sundial compass (water less) cost 10- XXX $ depending on qualety and if its an antique, i got mine in brass for 15-25$ so its a remake farly obvious (and if ur prepaird to hit the sundiale corretion chart whit a bit of epoxy its actaly pritty ceap, it can fall out if u drop it one or two times).
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This will help me if a plane ever crashes. And then i get stuck in the wild. And im the only survivor. I think about that happening a lot when i ride plains. Like thats a scary thought. Thats why i'm afraid of planes. When i ride them
just a note, this is not TRUE north per se..... If this were done on a solstice it would be the actual true north as the sun is actually going from east to west instead of the tilt of the earth moving it slightly off.
Hey this is a stupid question and I kinda know why but want a better explanation. How do you know which way is north ? I totally get the east and west part using a shadow and time but it seems like it would be easy to confuse north and south??? Does north have to do with the way the shadow moves? Is that how you know?
If you live in the US... I always like to think of it as East Coast and West Coast... if you orient yourself with that in mind, it shouldn't be hard to visualize. If the rock representing west is on your right, that would mean the pacific is also to your right... that fact will not change... which means you're looking toward Mexico.
The sun "rises" in the East and sets in the West. When the sun is up in the East, your shadow is facing west. As the sun moves westward, your shadow moves eastward. This shorter video *"Find North with Sticks and Shadows - The Primitive Compass"* th-cam.com/video/kZL0qGkoJIk/w-d-xo.html explains it shorter and better.
I was under the impression that it was opposite but never bothered to take notice. Cool, thanks man. LIking the survival on a budget at certain stores videos too. In the process of coming up with a good survival kit myself.
TheRealAnarchrox opposite as in opposite side of the equator, so the sun rises in the east, transits northward, and sets in the west. The Earth rotates about its axis, True North and True South.
But I thought the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so shouldn't the directions you provided be reversed (i.e. the first rock is east, and the second rock is west)?
No. He did it correctly. Stop, use your brain for a couple minutes and visualize where the sun is in the sky when these shadows are being made and which direction it's traveling. It's really not that difficult if you try to think just a little.
@@thejuniorseas7683 Lmao you are actually replying to my comment from more than 6 years ago. Now that I am 6 years older and smarter, I understand that the method will be the same. I was confused 6 years ago because in the southern hemisphere, the sun moves east->north->west in the sky, while in the northern hemisphere, the sun moves east->south->west in the sky but it is irrelevant for this demonstration.
if i have a map wi th a *fake* north and a compass with a *fake* north the *fake* north will help me navigate where the true north will only get me lost
Wery good. But on the south side on earth it in the opposite way. I you kan now figure out the earth in the half. Are you on the north or the the south side? wery god video.
Magnetic North moves around. As a matter of fact, scientists are getting worried that the magnetic poles might flip (change position with each other) soon as the Magnetic pole is rapidly moving lately. This is why you have to buy updated maps to adjust for magnetic declination.
this method is wrong. test it yourself, once in the morning and another one in the evening (before dawn). results will also vary depanding on the latitude you are at
***** I'm imagining it in my head and the first rock is west and the second rock is east in both northern and southern hemispheres. Correct me if I'm wrong with an explanation.
I appreciate your making of this video. The outside audio was fine. The inside audio was not good. Please set up a system so that you can use a personal mic indoors. I realize that many cellphones and small video recorders don't offer the option of external mic, but that's what you need. Using the camera's mic in a hard walled space invites room reverb which messes with your plosives and fricatives which are critical for differentiating words. Help yourself and us, please.
I have been trying to teach my husband to learn some type of sense of direction for years, and this video right here just may do the the trick! My dad taught me to learn to read maps before I could drive, and before that he taught me to work on cars and such. He told me that he wanted to make sure that his daughter could take care of herself if anything happened to me while living on my own. But I guess with today's society so many people are more tech nerd, than hands on grease monkeys. The man I fell in love with knows nothing of pulling out a front axle and how to replace the barrings. Or to drop a transmission to replace the seals and gaskets, then to put it back. I can do all of that and go camping the real way. Not in some RV camper that everyone uses now. Its a rare thing to see a chick be able to do all this, but my dad made sure I knew how to take care of myself. And now I am passing it all to my daughter so that she will be able to as well.
I feel for you. Having to teach a man about navigation 😞
this is the easiest video to understand, i checked others, the longer their video the more complicated it becomes, thanks!!!
never eat shredded wheat! fantastically informative video!
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In my surveyor class we came up with Never Ever Suck Weiners
This is incredibly useful. Thank you.
Never knew it. Appreciate your posts, sir. Keep them comin'!
In the Netherlands they say: Nooit Op Zondag Werken, which means, never work on sundays lol.
That's so funny because a long time ago my teacher told me never eat soggy waffles as a way to remember north east south west.
wait, wait - that's too easy and it makes too much sense! Since you didn't say anything about what season this method works with, I'll figure it should apply to all seasons. Well, in the northern hemisphere. Thanks for a very concise video.
In Australia it's Never Eat Soggy Weetbix
Thought south Africa was the only one that has that. Best little brick of joy. 😂
The wheelatabix gang always knows what's good for you... OK!!!
In the UK: "Never Eat Shredded Wheat."
same here in the US, i think this guy just made up his own lol
Wow... Never heard of that trick... Please bring more survival stuff out there!
This is only correct if your reading straddles the noonday shadow. The farther from noon the greater the error. The only days this works at any hour is on the equinoxes. Otherwise, the method can be off by as much as 23 degrees - a huge error for anyone relying on this method to find the cardinal directions.
Why is this error manifesting outside of noon? Please unpack this a bit more. Super confused.
Great video. Thank you for making it!
Awesome! Thanks! Your channel rocks. Glad I found it!
man, ur vids r awesome .. what's great about ur vids that u provide any object or information with all its details
I can't believe there is people who don't know that the sun rises East and settles West. But it's okay my grandma didn't know the Sun was a star. SMH
Your statement is true only on one two days per year. The spring and fall equinox - 363 days of the year the sun does not come up in the east and set in the west.
Mr. Smith should be in every video. You guys make a great team.
This is really awesome video, great information I never knew!!! Thank you!
Never eat soggy waffles lol
Never eat sour worms
Never entertain sexy woman
Awesome! great survival tip. Also what kind/brand of compass was that, towards the end?
Thanks for video! Very informative 💪🙏🤗👊✌️😁
Hey can u do more survival kits please :D
most diffidently
KGB Survivalist YES!I love those!
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Great video, learnt alot
And at night, you can simply use the stars to find North. When it‘s really cloudy though, you‘re in trouble...
That's I was going to ask, how do you find North when its cloudy and you have no sun?
This is fucking epic. One if the best survival tips.
Hey man what boots are you wearing in this video? They look decent!
That was fuckin awsome dude,who in the world wouldve thought,nice video...u should do more videos like this,thumbs up
Thanks for sharing!
Excellent work...... Trust me ive tried the method drscribed here. Thanks for the upload.....
Or, poke the stick in the ground so it has no shadow. Come back later and the shadow will be pointing East.
This video deserves a like as big as a castle
Yay New I'll never forget where I live
Good tip! Dont forget gun related vids.. Keep it up!
Where did you get that compass? It looks exactly like the one in amra2(military simulation game)?
That is so cool and I can use this idea/information for my project
I hope your project is building a sundial...because they have to be oriented exactly North...which means not only can you tell fairly precise (within 15 minutes or less) time using only shadows, you can orient your sundial North, thereby making it precise, using only shadows. I think that's awesome!
It should change direction before and after noon.
what do you mean, please elaborate
Awesome explanation.
What a task. Sun is always coming from east and going west. Just look at the sky and save 30 minutes.
I know im a year late but thats actually wrong. Its only true in the autumn and spring.
Samu8882 is correct. While the sun is ALWAYS on an exact East to West PATH, the direction of the RISING and SETTING sun is NEVER exactly East or West except in the equinoxes.
What do you do at midday?
It is amzing, not long ago lots of people know this today everybody have a GPS so who cares. but in a survival situation it's important
Thank you, this is very useful.
Thanks! Great video
You don't even need to do that, just face the sun. In the northern hemisphere you're facing south, if you can't figure the other cardinal points you shouldn't be outside. The only time I've ever used my compass was when we're out map navigating. I use it to orient the map to true north (correct the map to the magnetic deviation of where you are and you're golden!) I then pick out mountain peaks I can see and off I go.
This is only true if it is 12 PM and you are north from the tropic of cancer, or, in the case of the souther hemisphere, south from the tropic of capricorn (you would be facing the geographical North)
It's true most of the time noon is easier, but I can always find south and the rest is easy.
Not even close pal
2nd person to like,how do es he come up with such interesting stuff
Facing towards north your left hand will always west and you right hand is east.
If you consider left hand is west and your right hand as east so now you are facing towards NORTH
Does this work at any time of day? Thanks.
Thank you!!
What about chopped tree circle pattern and algae rock? I guess that can help too...just wondering
i prefer sundial compass (water less) cost 10- XXX $ depending on qualety and if its an antique, i got mine in brass for 15-25$ so its a remake farly obvious (and if ur prepaird to hit the sundiale corretion chart whit a bit of epoxy its actaly pritty ceap, it can fall out if u drop it one or two times).
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how tall does the stick have to be for it to work in inches
Have you already done the watch method as well?
Good one man. Eddie
This is brilliant thank you
So cool , best way so far for me
U should review all of the mre
i heard it was "Never, Ever, Smoke, Weed" for the points
30 minutes is not a less time? After a couple of hour the direction of north wouldn't be changed??
This will help me if a plane ever crashes. And then i get stuck in the wild. And im the only survivor. I think about that happening a lot when i ride plains. Like thats a scary thought. Thats why i'm afraid of planes. When i ride them
Very useful thanks!
just a note, this is not TRUE north per se..... If this were done on a solstice it would be the actual true north as the sun is actually going from east to west instead of the tilt of the earth moving it slightly off.
Great video!
Hey this is a stupid question and I kinda know why but want a better explanation. How do you know which way is north ? I totally get the east and west part using a shadow and time but it seems like it would be easy to confuse north and south??? Does north have to do with the way the shadow moves? Is that how you know?
West is always the left of north
East is always to the right of North
If you live in the US... I always like to think of it as East Coast and West Coast... if you orient yourself with that in mind, it shouldn't be hard to visualize. If the rock representing west is on your right, that would mean the pacific is also to your right... that fact will not change... which means you're looking toward Mexico.
I'm sorry if this is just me but I think that the video is a little quiet.
But if you stood on the other side.of your rocks wouldn't people get that confused with.north also?
in the UK it's "never eat shredded wheat"
Does this method give you true north,grid north, magnetic north,or just point to north star, very confusing 😂
Show us how to read a compass like the black one in this video
Why the first mark is the West ?
The sun "rises" in the East and sets in the West. When the sun is up in the East, your shadow is facing west. As the sun moves westward, your shadow moves eastward.
This shorter video *"Find North with Sticks and Shadows - The Primitive Compass"* th-cam.com/video/kZL0qGkoJIk/w-d-xo.html explains it shorter and better.
Good work very helpful
thx
no prob :)
What out in the Southern Hemisphere? Will it be the same or opposite given the direction in which the sun rises here.
Same method , the sun still rises in the east and sets in the west, only thing that changes is the angle the sun travels .
I was under the impression that it was opposite but never bothered to take notice. Cool, thanks man. LIking the survival on a budget at certain stores videos too. In the process of coming up with a good survival kit myself.
TheRealAnarchrox
opposite as in opposite side of the equator, so the sun rises in the east, transits northward, and sets in the west. The Earth rotates about its axis, True North and True South.
Great video
That was good info.
But I thought the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so shouldn't the directions you provided be reversed (i.e. the first rock is east, and the second rock is west)?
No. He did it correctly. Stop, use your brain for a couple minutes and visualize where the sun is in the sky when these shadows are being made and which direction it's traveling. It's really not that difficult if you try to think just a little.
When the Sun is in the East, shadow is cast on the West and vice versa, simple. So first he marked the West, later the East. He is right.
But... how do you tell the difference between North and South of the rock?
Chase Le grange LOL
*faceplam
sailentxx The sun doesn't move. Earth rotates from west to east, and the sun APPEARS to move east to west.
But... But guize, what if he looks at the rock from the wrong side of the line?
The first rock is west the second is east.
Very good!
You should point out the method shows TRUE SOUTH when applied in the Southern Hemisphere. The shawdow moves counter clockwise here, just saying.
In Nepal it's NEWS
Want to this for my ncc exam😁
Never Ever Smoke Weed
We don't have a sun here in Washington.
Is this the easiest way to find direction or the needle way
lol , its funny that you say this , next video is the needle way .
Haha thanks
needle way will find you magnetic north. The magnetic north pole is somewhere in Canada I think. It moves all the time.
Colt how far off is magnetic north from true north?
it's been moving very fast towards true north lately. Sign of a magnetic polarity shift. They are over 1000 miles apart.
Brock make an vdo about haw to make sundial
Is this method any different in the southern hemisphere?
No. If you understand that the sun essentially rises in the east and sets in the west, you would have a general point of reference for north.
@@thejuniorseas7683 Lmao you are actually replying to my comment from more than 6 years ago. Now that I am 6 years older and smarter, I understand that the method will be the same. I was confused 6 years ago because in the southern hemisphere, the sun moves east->north->west in the sky, while in the northern hemisphere, the sun moves east->south->west in the sky but it is irrelevant for this demonstration.
if i have a map wi th a *fake* north and a compass with a *fake* north
the *fake* north will help me navigate
where the true north will only get me lost
Alex Sander no shit sherlock
Damn liberal maps I only use a Trump maps and compasses by Ivanka.
Informative
if someone put you in an unknown island or jungle your going to survive for centuries KGB XD!!!!!!!!!
There's a difference between North and magnetic North -_- Magnetic north changes miles daily.
Wery good. But on the south side on earth it in the opposite way. I you kan now figure out the earth in the half. Are you on the north or the the south side?
wery god video.
In South Africa it was always never eat silk worms 😂
Does this work the same in the southern hemisphere?
Yea thats my doubt. Directions are reversed in this video . Sun rise at east right. Why he marked it west
Sun rise from east (right), therefore when the sun projects the shadow, it will be the most left.
What is it that he says at the end of every video?
Surely its opposite when you use it when the sun is setting
That’s exactly what I was thinking
This work for both Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
+winkwink You are incorrect. Just visualise what is happening here. The hemisphere you are in will make no difference.
Rock on the left is west? but the shadow was cast left to right.. I think you overcomplicated it?
Yes. You're right. It's not overcomplicated. Think about it for a minute...
Rock on the left means sun from the right side, it projects shadow
Very useful tip. Please don't go off on a tangent like you friend the Russian Hacker.
Where is the very centre of magnetic north?
Country?
Magnetic North moves around. As a matter of fact, scientists are getting worried that the magnetic poles might flip (change position with each other) soon as the Magnetic pole is rapidly moving lately. This is why you have to buy updated maps to adjust for magnetic declination.
will this method work in the southern hemisphere?
Like all things on the southern hemisphere, you would have to do a handstand in order to percept things the way they are supposed to be looked at.
this method is wrong. test it yourself, once in the morning and another one in the evening (before dawn). results will also vary depanding on the latitude you are at
***** I'm imagining it in my head and the first rock is west and the second rock is east in both northern and southern hemispheres. Correct me if I'm wrong with an explanation.
Last I heard, the sun rises in the east in Australia too, and they are in the Southern Hemisphere!
ground should be level and stick should be plumb
I appreciate your making of this video. The outside audio was fine. The inside audio was not good.
Please set up a system so that you can use a personal mic indoors. I realize that many cellphones and small video recorders don't offer the option of external mic, but that's what you need.
Using the camera's mic in a hard walled space invites room reverb which messes with your plosives and fricatives which are critical for differentiating words. Help yourself and us, please.
Fantastic
This is totally wrong - just imagine doing it on the summer solstice at 9:00 am - The shadow points relatively southwest on both readings.