An Online Scout Encyclopedia
Select a specific location for the map creation. Draw a straight line in the center for its convenience. Ten or twelve paces * will suffice. Place a table in the center of the document and make sure the map paper on it does not change direction. Draw a straight line on a piece of paper…
Contour lines are imaginary lines that connect places at the same height above sea level. These are recorded in brown on the survey maps. These documents appear to be closed curves. The height difference between the two adjacent contour lines on the survey map is 20 m. This is called contour interval. As the distance…
Determine the Direction Using Stars Some of the stars seen in our sky are helpful in determining the north direction in the night. Important and common among these were. Great Bear It was commonly seen in northern polar region. It includes a group of seven stars. It looks like a cup or plough in shape.…
Boxing the compass is the action of naming all thirty-two principal points of the compass in clockwise order. Navigational compass No Compass point Abbreviation True Heading 1. North N 0.00° 2. North by east NbE 11.25° 3. North-northeast NNE 22.50° 4. Northeast by north NEbN 33.75° 5. Northeast NE 45.00° 6. Northeast by east NEbE…
