This guide will get you familiarised with a map and compass, teaching the basics of how to navigate with them, laying the ...

you want the map bearing and the magnetic bearing to be equivalent. If you are lucky enough to be on the line where the declination is 0°, both are already equivalent, or if you orient your map with ...

To take a bearing by map: Holding the compass flat, point the direction of the travel arrow toward the landmark you have chosen. Rotate the compass dial until the orientating arrow is lined up ...