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

The basic orienteering compass is composed of the following parts: (See Figure 6.6) No, this is not a silly question, there are two types of north. True North: (also known as Geographic North or Map ...

During the Age of Exploration, explorers relied on compasses to navigate the oceans and conquer the wilds, but they were ...

The four main points of the compass are north ... Ordnance Survey maps are always printed so that north is at the top of the map. Most maps have a scale. These help us to work out distances ...

A spade, a tape measure, a metal detector, and his son Ethan with his trusty compass. The map says to start at the old climbing tree and walk north for ten metres. It’s Ethan's job to find north ...