Also it may be good to note that some objects around you may interfere with your compass reading, for example power lines, trucks, tanks, field artillery or even your rifle if you're carrying one may interfere with a compass reading. Basically any large metal or electrical objects. So get some distance from things like that before attempting a reading. Also, there's an Army field manual called "Finding Your Way" that may be helpful. I'm sure you can pull it up on Google. I have the book that I usually keep in my pack.
@@tonytaakson3211 They do. It’s called Outdoor Ed. Grade 7&8. It’s part of gym class. It’s also done in the winter. -28C is the cut off for not going outside for this.
I rarely go into the field for my job, but when I do, I always re-watch this video because it's the easiest one to understand on youtube. Thank you for being so direct with these instructions!
This guy's videos/tutorials are off the hook. Fantastic, every time. Explains plainly and clearly every time...and this is important information. Simple, but how many kids/adults are out navigating with a map and compass out in the bush learning/practicing on weekends and holidays/camping trips? Too bad, really, cause it's beautiful to be out 'there', it's free (to a degree), and it'll save your hide if you learn these simple skills/knowledge. If you don't have it???
I agree so many hikers etc get lost and tragically lose their lives worldwide.When a few basic steps can save their lives....like learning to use a map and compass for one.
An excellent introduction to the series on using a map and compass. With modern navigation techniques and equipment, using a map and compass is still something everyone who ventures into the woods should know how to do. I'll be waiting for the next installment.
There are very few channels I subscribe and click the bell to... I'd be foolish to not do so with this channel; so full of good stuff, from being your own body guard, to getting home or picking locks, to learning to use a map and compass....I absolutely love this channel and this is my go to when I want a refresher or want to learn something new. Thanks for consistent, quality material! Beyond superb job!
This is very valuable information. I learned this while I was embedded with the US ARMY. But it takes practice. Get out there and learn your stride. Measure out 100 meters or yards depending on which map grid you are using.
Thank you! Much needed lesson. My first desire to have a compass was at a Gold mine in Alaska. It was a -50 winter, the mining operation was was in a deep canyon, and we had not seen the direct sun for nearly three months. The days were very short and it was actually warmer at night. Until I got a compass, I felt completely disoriented. Thanks again.
Thanks for the video. 2 adults, a baby and a dog recently died hiking in the Sierra National Forest. To think that this 9 min video may have made the difference is mind altering.
I appreciate the way you explained the basic use of a compass and how to get from point A to point be. Its just the right amount of information for a beginner to digest.
Really clear and useful, thanks very much. I’m helping the cub scouts do mapping tonight as a parent of one of them and it was a great reminder set of what to do!
Great video. I've been using a map, compass and protractor since I learned how to navigate in the military back in the 80's, but I did learn something here with that see thru base plate and lining up the grid lines. I kind of thought that the mirror was for shooting and azimuth at something in the direction you wanted to go, and then look down from the V sight and into the mirror to see what the heading is??? Kind of like what that magnifying glass was for on the military lensatic compasses. I hope you cover that in the future too. I'm looking forward to this little series. Keep up the great work.
I realize this is an old video, but I just came across it. I was teaching an orienteering class this weekend. I know a lot of people say to orient the map itself to north, but I’ve never understood the practicality of doing that. The first thing you do after you plot your points is orient the compass to the grid lines. As soon as you do that, it’s irrelevant what direction you physically have the map pointed. I’ve always done, and taught, that you orient the compass to the map, not the map to the compass. Because in reality, as soon twist that bevel, the actual direction the map is pointed is taken out of the equation. Maybe I’m missing something
Thanks for the refresher. I think the mirror can be useful, with a start map, to navigate with the stars. if you open the compass flat and use the center line to line up between 2 stars you can then read your compass to get a bearing for navigation.
Hey great video especially for helping people who may not understand this well. I'm in the Marines infantry reserve as a Mortarman, we have to do quite a bit of mapping/nav to set up mortars, especially as FOs. We use the Lensatic compass which offers not only degrees but Mils which offer much more accuracy so they say, knew I needed a compass so I got my own, though I may get one like your showing just for simplicity. Anyways thanks for the video
Yut. Kill. Yes you are correct. Lensatic are more precise for long distance navigation. Exactly why they are used in the USMC especially in mortar platoons. Thanks and Semper Fi
Because of the coming micronova, declination is moving much farther, and much faster and so declination information is likely incorrect but there is still a way to recalibrate magnetic declination using the shadow of sticks recording the path of the sun---rotation of the earth has not yet changed. First stick will show East. Mark it with a sharp stick pushed in. After a few minutes you can mark sun shadow travel where the shadow has moved - Push another stick in to mark West. Lay a straight stick from the E mark to the W mark. Geographic north or True North is 90 degrees from the E-W line. With your compass pointing toward True North, note how far off your compass is now. That is your true up-to-date declination. My up-to-date declination is 30 degrees, 15 degrees off from the official declination for my area. More on micronova in my 2nd book, Surviving the Micronova: This Train Is on the Tracks
The vid is good for people who already have a basic grasp of the terminology and land nav. As for people that know zero about it like myself, its very confusing.
Grid lines are known as ‘Northings & Eastings’ The compass needle points to magnetic North (Hudson Bay Canada) I used to teach Navigation, I use a ‘Silva’ compass. We call it a ‘Grid bearing’ then covert it to a Magnetic bearing out on the ground.
Great video. I loved it. Navigation is one the skills I realize I need to develop, and this video explains the rudiments extremely well. I grew up in the country and developed fairly decent bushcraft skills. Always pretty much knew where I was, because I spent hours and days walking the woods around my home and I paid attention to my surroundings. Lately though, I'm trying to start getting back to the outdoors and would like to get into some back country areas I'm not familiar with. Map and compass a necessity, even though I do have GPS. Your vid seems like a great place to start learning. Keep up the great work! dcr
Thanks! I guess the easiest way to put this in use is to use a map from a starting point to a destination that you already know inside and out and just use the compass techniques in here to demonstrate it out and then you'll know if you are doing it right with a compass in areas you aren't familiar with 😋👍😁😎
Good Instructional vid, I have been looking for an orienteering course here in Ontario and there are none that are close. So this helps a lot. Thanks, John
Great intro to basic map reading and using a compass. Although, I thought it would have been worth mentioning grid to magnetic variation (declination). If this isn't applied when going from grid bearing to mag bearing, it can drastically change your end point.
+BlackScoutSurvival I was paying attention and I understand that you wanted to keep it short. I just said I thought it would be worth mentioning it, no need to fully explain. You touched on other things and said there would be more in depth explanation in future videos.
Good point. In the central US it's not a big deal. In Maine or Washington you have 18degrees declination though. That is 312 meters off for every 1000 meters. If you have handrails to go by you will be ok but if you are trying to find your spot by triangulation you are going to have hell if you are using distant landmarks like peaks.
Very helpful video, thank you! We had to learn this in the military and I was completely baffled. (It doesn't help when drill instructors are yelling at people.) I don't think the military compass we used had anywhere near the features of that Suunto, but it had all the necessary ones. To this day, I'm still not sure how I got through that orientation course. Come to think of it, I had trouble with it back in the Boy Scouts, too. Just wasn't clicking in the noggin, I guess. Great video!
great video. easy to understand. Thank you so much. I will be searching your channel for the rest of your navigation video. The only thing in the wilderness I am afraid of is getting LOST !
This is the first video of yours that I've seen and you definitely earned yourself a subscription! This is a great instructional video for land nav! It's actually way easier than I thought!
When using your compass to get a heading, that would be a magnetic heading, I’m guessing the compass card would show a true heading less the magnetic variation for the location
THank you! that was great! I have a friend that usually comes with me hiking and we review Map and Compass, but lately he hasnt made any of my hikes. I've book marked this page. thanks again :-) happy trails!!
Black Scout, I have made a worldwide challenge to all YT bushies and preppies. The long untaught practice of using cast iron dutch oven making char/coals. Cast iron is mini-pressure cooker of superheated convection air oven. Properly fired/coaled dutch oven has no uck smell or guck oils after use. Dutch oven makes large volumes of char/coal at home or in outback. You up for it?!
I believe that you oriented the map to TRUE NORTH not magnetic north. Your compass was zeroed to N without the declination angle. You may have forgotten to take into consideration the GM angle.
This is third vid I see and now I understood it immediately. I don't understand why others don't start by orienting the map to the compass, or maybe I missed it?...
Thank you for sharing this! such a good knowledge to have. On a side note: Very nice camera and editing work, such rich colours, very pleasant to watch :)
Did you forget to add or subtract your magnetic declination to your azimuth I don’t think I seen you explain this the azimuth you took was a grid azimuth correct?
Great vid, this has cleared a few things. map reading confuses me so I look forward to the rest of the videos to learn how to navigate the right way! Thanks man
This is very simple. But i am watching one piece right now and i want to know how pirates back then knew wether they came off course or not. Doesnt make sense to me if you dont have a reference point to "measure" from in the middle of the ocean. How did sailors know that they didnt shift from course?
Thank-you there are lots of videos on how to do this but none of them do the same job yours do. Black owl outdoors also pronounces compass the same way as you I'm assuming you guys are from around the same state.
Thanks so much, I need to learn this, and must do it hands on to really get it. Can't wait for the rest of the videos on it. Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!
Hi...I understood shooting the bearing on the map. You got the azimuth 180. Then you took a field bearing. Don't you still need to use the azimuth 180? You didn't mention it for the field bearing. Switching from the map to the field is confusing. Thanks!
I am familiar with a grid style map through the military and using degrees to set headings but using a normal civilian topo map in the flat lands around me always gets me a little messed up
Wow. Thank you I appreciate it. It just takes time. Our videos was not great in the beginning. You will get batter as time goes on. Just stick with it and good luck!
Mermaid Man Most troops actually are using optics these days. Uncle Sam caught on to the massive increase in combat effectiveness an optic gives a soldier. That said, they still do have backup irons. For the same reason they still teach troops to navigate this way. Electronic gadgets are nice, but they fail.
Im getting stuck on once you line up the map and draw the line. I am mot sure im getting my degree right. It seems id be heading 85 degrees SE from point A to my forward point B.
There are several easy ways to account for magnetic declination. Here are 2 methods. After taking your azimuth off the map as shown in the video. Method 1: If your local mag. declination is 10˚ West, turn the degree dial ccw 10˚ [ an 70˚ azimuth from the map will change to 80˚. If your local mag. declination is 12˚ East, turn the degree dial cw 12˚ [an 70˚ azimuth from the map will change to 58˚]. Method 2: After taking the azimuth off the map. Stand up and turn, until the compass arrow if aligned over top of the orienting arrow. Then look at the fixed declination scale printed in the bottom of the compass capsule. Turn a little bit more until the compass needle is pointing at the correct number of degrees of the mag. declination. Hold the compass stationary. Turn the compass degree dial to move the orienting arrow to be directly beneath the compass arrow. Examples: 10˚ west. mag. declination. Hold the compass stationary while you turn the compass housing until the orienting arrow moves to be directly below the compass needle. You will end up turning the compass housing ccw by 10˚ (as in method 1). Your direction of travel arrow will be pointing in the correct direction to your destination. Sight a landmark and walk toward it. If your mag declination is 12˚ East, turn until the compass needle is pointing at 12˚ east on the fixed declination scale printed inside the compass capsule. Hold the compass stationary and turn the compass housing to move the orienting arrow to be below the compass needle. You will be turning the compass housing cw by 12˚. The direction of travel arrow will be pointing in the correct direction toward you destination. Walk toward it. [ Note -- this is the method Silva describes in their compass manuals when using the fixed declination scale printed inside the compass capsule. You can go to the Silva website, find a compass model with a pdf manual and down load it] To hold the compass stationary while doing this I'd recommend you knell on one knee. place the compass on your thigh to hold it steady will turning the compass dial. Both methods do the same thing. The bit to remember - when taking an azimuth from map to compass. For West mag. declination turn the compass degree dial CCW, for East mag. declination, turn it CW. But when taking a compass measured azimuth back to the map, you do the opposite.
Also it may be good to note that some objects around you may interfere with your compass reading, for example power lines, trucks, tanks, field artillery or even your rifle if you're carrying one may interfere with a compass reading. Basically any large metal or electrical objects. So get some distance from things like that before attempting a reading. Also, there's an Army field manual called "Finding Your Way" that may be helpful. I'm sure you can pull it up on Google. I have the book that I usually keep in my pack.
Especially computers and cell phones will interfere
This is a skill every one should learn including me
Definitely.. they should teach this in school
Ok
Tonytl Taakson they do i’m grade 9 hpe usually i am
@@tonytaakson3211 according to my dad they used to teach this skill in schools
@@tonytaakson3211 They do. It’s called Outdoor Ed. Grade 7&8. It’s part of gym class.
It’s also done in the winter. -28C is the cut off for not going outside for this.
I rarely go into the field for my job, but when I do, I always re-watch this video because it's the easiest one to understand on youtube. Thank you for being so direct with these instructions!
Boyscout one out there is better, but this one ok.
This guy's videos/tutorials are off the hook. Fantastic, every time. Explains plainly and clearly every time...and this is important information. Simple, but how many kids/adults are out navigating with a map and compass out in the bush learning/practicing on weekends and holidays/camping trips? Too bad, really, cause it's beautiful to be out 'there', it's free (to a degree), and it'll save your hide if you learn these simple skills/knowledge. If you don't have it???
I agree so many hikers etc get lost and tragically lose their lives worldwide.When a few basic steps can save their lives....like learning to use a map and compass for one.
An excellent introduction to the series on using a map and compass. With modern navigation techniques and equipment, using a map and compass is still something everyone who ventures into the woods should know how to do. I'll be waiting for the next installment.
There are very few channels I subscribe and click the bell to...
I'd be foolish to not do so with this channel; so full of good stuff, from being your own body guard, to getting home or picking locks, to learning to use a map and compass....I absolutely love this channel and this is my go to when I want a refresher or want to learn something new.
Thanks for consistent, quality material! Beyond superb job!
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This is very valuable information.
I learned this while I was embedded with the US ARMY.
But it takes practice. Get out there and learn your stride. Measure out 100 meters or yards depending on which map grid you are using.
Thank you! Much needed lesson. My first desire to have a compass was at a Gold mine in Alaska. It was a -50 winter, the mining operation was was in a deep canyon, and we had not seen the direct sun for nearly three months. The days were very short and it was actually warmer at night.
Until I got a compass, I felt completely disoriented. Thanks again.
Thanks for the video. 2 adults, a baby and a dog recently died hiking in the Sierra National Forest. To think that this 9 min video may have made the difference is mind altering.
I appreciate the way you explained the basic use of a compass and how to get from point A to point be. Its just the right amount of information for a beginner to digest.
Simple and educational...
I know how to navigate but I like to keep these things fresh.
That's the quickest, foolproof explanation I've heard yet
Really clear and useful, thanks very much. I’m helping the cub scouts do mapping tonight as a parent of one of them and it was a great reminder set of what to do!
Great video. I've been using a map, compass and protractor since I learned how to navigate in the military back in the 80's, but I did learn something here with that see thru base plate and lining up the grid lines. I kind of thought that the mirror was for shooting and azimuth at something in the direction you wanted to go, and then look down from the V sight and into the mirror to see what the heading is??? Kind of like what that magnifying glass was for on the military lensatic compasses. I hope you cover that in the future too. I'm looking forward to this little series. Keep up the great work.
And I thought the video, “rubbing two nickels together to make a dollar” was a good video. This takes the cake! Thanks!
Thank you, I needed a refresher. Going to be teaching my kids this.
I realize this is an old video, but I just came across it. I was teaching an orienteering class this weekend. I know a lot of people say to orient the map itself to north, but I’ve never understood the practicality of doing that. The first thing you do after you plot your points is orient the compass to the grid lines. As soon as you do that, it’s irrelevant what direction you physically have the map pointed. I’ve always done, and taught, that you orient the compass to the map, not the map to the compass. Because in reality, as soon twist that bevel, the actual direction the map is pointed is taken out of the equation. Maybe I’m missing something
Very good video for beginners! I've not tried a compass with a mirror yet. I'm still using my military one. Happy Thanksgiving! Bob
Happy thanksgiving and thank you
That was the clearest explanation I've come across. Super-helpful, thanks so much!
great video, compass use is becoming a lost art for many with the gps. very important skill to have. looking forward to the next videos.
Thanks for the refresher. I think the mirror can be useful, with a start map, to navigate with the stars. if you open the compass flat and use the center line to line up between 2 stars you can then read your compass to get a bearing for navigation.
Hey great video especially for helping people who may not understand this well. I'm in the Marines infantry reserve as a Mortarman, we have to do quite a bit of mapping/nav to set up mortars, especially as FOs. We use the Lensatic compass which offers not only degrees but Mils which offer much more accuracy so they say, knew I needed a compass so I got my own, though I may get one like your showing just for simplicity. Anyways thanks for the video
Yut. Kill. Yes you are correct. Lensatic are more precise for long distance navigation. Exactly why they are used in the USMC especially in mortar platoons. Thanks and Semper Fi
+BlackScoutSurvival Semper Fi brother
Because of the coming micronova, declination is moving much farther, and much faster and so declination information is likely incorrect but there is still a way to recalibrate magnetic declination using the shadow of sticks recording the path of the sun---rotation of the earth has not yet changed. First stick will show East. Mark it with a sharp stick pushed in. After a few minutes you can mark sun shadow travel where the shadow has moved - Push another stick in to mark West. Lay a straight stick from the E mark to the W mark. Geographic north or True North is 90 degrees from the E-W line. With your compass pointing toward True North, note how far off your compass is now. That is your true up-to-date declination. My up-to-date declination is 30 degrees, 15 degrees off from the official declination for my area. More on micronova in my 2nd book, Surviving the Micronova: This Train Is on the Tracks
The vid is good for people who already have a basic grasp of the terminology and land nav. As for people that know zero about it like myself, its very confusing.
Thanks so much for the intro. I need to learn this stuff and have been putting it off for decades!
Needed this... Map reading class was a long time ago
Grid lines are known as ‘Northings & Eastings’ The compass needle points to magnetic North (Hudson Bay Canada) I used to teach Navigation, I use a ‘Silva’ compass. We call it a ‘Grid bearing’ then covert it to a Magnetic bearing out on the ground.
Great video. I loved it. Navigation is one the skills I realize I need to develop, and this video explains the rudiments extremely well. I grew up in the country and developed fairly decent bushcraft skills. Always pretty much knew where I was, because I spent hours and days walking the woods around my home and I paid attention to my surroundings. Lately though, I'm trying to start getting back to the outdoors and would like to get into some back country areas I'm not familiar with. Map and compass a necessity, even though I do have GPS. Your vid seems like a great place to start learning.
Keep up the great work!
dcr
Thanks! I guess the easiest way to put this in use is to use a map from a starting point to a destination that you already know inside and out and just use the compass techniques in here to demonstrate it out and then you'll know if you are doing it right with a compass in areas you aren't familiar with 😋👍😁😎
Jeez man that was interesting, i do a lot of hiking, this is another skill i need to learn
Good Instructional vid, I have been looking for an orienteering course here in Ontario and there are none that are close. So this helps a lot. Thanks, John
I know what you mean. so much wilderness and not alot of courses around here
Great intro to basic map reading and using a compass. Although, I thought it would have been worth mentioning grid to magnetic variation (declination). If this isn't applied when going from grid bearing to mag bearing, it can drastically change your end point.
Walk crawl run brother. No need to confuse the people just starting. I also said I didn't want to make a two hour video. Or did you not pay attention.
+BlackScoutSurvival I was paying attention and I understand that you wanted to keep it short. I just said I thought it would be worth mentioning it, no need to fully explain. You touched on other things and said there would be more in depth explanation in future videos.
Good point. In the central US it's not a big deal. In Maine or Washington you have 18degrees declination though. That is 312 meters off for every 1000 meters. If you have handrails to go by you will be ok but if you are trying to find your spot by triangulation you are going to have hell if you are using distant landmarks like peaks.
Very helpful video, thank you! We had to learn this in the military and I was completely baffled. (It doesn't help when drill instructors are yelling at people.) I don't think the military compass we used had anywhere near the features of that Suunto, but it had all the necessary ones. To this day, I'm still not sure how I got through that orientation course. Come to think of it, I had trouble with it back in the Boy Scouts, too. Just wasn't clicking in the noggin, I guess. Great video!
I watched a lot of Compass videos to learm and this is the best one!
great video. easy to understand. Thank you so much. I will be searching your channel for the rest of your navigation video. The only thing in the wilderness I am afraid of is getting LOST !
Well done ✅. Best one I've seen and understood the entire way through. Thanks!
What is empiricism in simple terms ? What is a good example of empiricism ? What is rationalism vs empiricism ? What is the father of empiricism ?
Great video. It's been along time since I did anything like was in this video. Thanks.
Well done. I’ll send this to a few people who need to learn this.
This is the first video of yours that I've seen and you definitely earned yourself a subscription! This is a great instructional video for land nav! It's actually way easier than I thought!
last time I used a compass 1971, in the army. Oh and one time teaching my son while hunting elk.
Robert Pingley thank you for your service !
@@IsabelaMTG he's a fake. he participated in the kkk
Mr. MIND wtf. how do you know this? 😂😂
When using your compass to get a heading, that would be a magnetic heading, I’m guessing the compass card would show a true heading less the magnetic variation for the location
I was wandering how you acquire a map of an area you are interested in exploring?
Go to a book store or library as ask for local maps.
Who is here in 2024 and have a geography test tomorrow?😶🌫️
I definitely needed a refresher. Great video.
really helpful video! I have a regular compass and I’m pretty sure all the information carries over. a compass like that just makes it easier
THank you! that was great! I have a friend that usually comes with me hiking and we review Map and Compass, but lately he hasnt made any of my hikes. I've book marked this page. thanks again :-) happy trails!!
Black Scout, I have made a worldwide challenge to all YT bushies and preppies. The long untaught practice of using cast iron dutch oven making char/coals. Cast iron is mini-pressure cooker of superheated convection air oven. Properly fired/coaled dutch oven has no uck smell or guck oils after use. Dutch oven makes large volumes of char/coal at home or in outback. You up for it?!
You don't want me cooking brother. Haha
I believe that you oriented the map to TRUE NORTH not magnetic north. Your compass was zeroed to N without the declination angle. You may have forgotten to take into consideration the GM angle.
Thanks Jack. Keep doing what you do!!
This is third vid I see and now I understood it immediately. I don't understand why others don't start by orienting the map to the compass, or maybe I missed it?...
you my friend, deserve a sub
What kind of map is that and where does a person get those maps for a given area/region?
He definitely wasnt 100% sure how to use the compass card at first lol but he figured it out
Nice video, and I love that it is in 4K. I am a computer Nerd and I love these 4K stuff :).
Where did you get the map?
am I using the right map?
Nice video. I learned the hard way not to get your magnetic reading on a car hood or metal table. it tends to make it off by a few degrees.
Thank you for sharing this! such a good knowledge to have.
On a side note: Very nice camera and editing work, such rich colours, very pleasant to watch :)
Thank you
+BlackScoutSurvival What camera do you use?Just out of curiosity.
+BlackScoutSurvival What kind of camera and lens do you use?
Did you forget to add or subtract your magnetic declination to your azimuth I don’t think I seen you explain this the azimuth you took was a grid azimuth correct?
Why is the camera not from your perspective? You’ve made the video more confusing than it has to be by making it upside down.
Simple enough for me my friend God bless you always and América
You know why compass has a mirror? So you can check who's lost.
Ha ha ha. 😂😂
Great vid, this has cleared a few things. map reading confuses me so I look forward to the rest of the videos to learn how to navigate the right way! Thanks man
Why are you using a sighting compass which is more involved and expensive rather than a simple baseplate compass - ?
Awesome video, thank you 👍👍👍
This is very simple. But i am watching one piece right now and i want to know how pirates back then knew wether they came off course or not. Doesnt make sense to me if you dont have a reference point to "measure" from in the middle of the ocean.
How did sailors know that they didnt shift from course?
Thanks for this video. It has been very helpful. Off to give it a practice try. Thanks so much.
Thank god someone made simple!
Thank-you there are lots of videos on how to do this but none of them do the same job yours do. Black owl outdoors also pronounces compass the same way as you I'm assuming you guys are from around the same state.
Are the grid lines UTM? Sometimes UTM does not match the edge of the map so which do I use to line up?
Silly question, but are there any map suggestions?
nice video very good and usefull teachings on how to use the Compass on the Map , thank you :)
Thank you so much for simple explanations!
I like your videos they are a really good refresher video.
Thanks so much, I need to learn this, and must do it hands on to really get it. Can't wait for the rest of the videos on it. Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!
Happy Thanksgiving and thank you
Very nice information! Definitely needed a touch up in this topic! Thanks for sharing and hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Thanks you too!
Thanks soooo much for teaching us how to us a compass!! Very great video and I'm sure the next nav videos will be great too. Thanks!!!
Thank you. Glad it helped
Important skill to teach. Thanks.
That's it. I'll forever be confused on how to use a compass, especially with a map.
@Bbjones Jones the way he said orientation killed me
So If I were travelling 50 miles or so by sea, would this method work?
Hi...I understood shooting the bearing on the map. You got the azimuth 180. Then you took a field bearing. Don't you still need to use the azimuth 180? You didn't mention it for the field bearing. Switching from the map to the field is confusing. Thanks!
Thank you for the help sir!
Pretty good. So, it sounds as though, if you're in the sand dunes of the Sahara, you're pretty screwed, compass or not?
The tricky part is to know where exactly you're on the map (without a gps, ofc)
Can you show if you don't know where you are and how to fond it out??
Nice video. Thanks.
I am familiar with a grid style map through the military and using degrees to set headings but using a normal civilian topo map in the flat lands around me always gets me a little messed up
Josh Bennett: A map WITHOUT grid-lines is pretty useless for most purposes.
Thanks for your useful video. Please try my app it has both compass and topographic map. But also, Altimeter with GPS or Barometer.
Awesome lesson!
I know I’m late to this video but does anyone know where I can get maps like these for my state/area?
Now l know how to use a cawwmpis!
If you are west of Texas, learn about declination before trodding far into the woods.
Hey buddy!! Great videos! Did you ever do a follow up on handrails and whatnot to this one? Thanks!! Keep up the work hoss!
Another amazing video. The quality is amazing and your wording is so smooth. I hope my survival videos will be as good as yours one day :)
Wow. Thank you I appreciate it. It just takes time. Our videos was not great in the beginning. You will get batter as time goes on. Just stick with it and good luck!
“Quality is amazing” Boy just you wait for 2020
Do they generally rely on physical maps these days in the forces? Or is this skill akin to iron sights?
Mermaid Man Most troops actually are using optics these days. Uncle Sam caught on to the massive increase in combat effectiveness an optic gives a soldier.
That said, they still do have backup irons. For the same reason they still teach troops to navigate this way. Electronic gadgets are nice, but they fail.
dude, thank you! i haven't had a compass class since high school ROTC.
Thanks for this information 👍👌🙏🏼
Im getting stuck on once you line up the map and draw the line. I am mot sure im getting my degree right. It seems id be heading 85 degrees SE from point A to my forward point B.
The fact the man have to teach trigonometry to use a compass is telling
How do you account for magnetic declination?
There are several easy ways to account for magnetic declination. Here are 2 methods.
After taking your azimuth off the map as shown in the video.
Method 1: If your local mag. declination is 10˚ West, turn the degree dial ccw 10˚ [ an 70˚ azimuth from the map will change to 80˚. If your local mag. declination is 12˚ East, turn the degree dial cw 12˚ [an 70˚ azimuth from the map will change to 58˚].
Method 2: After taking the azimuth off the map. Stand up and turn, until the compass arrow if aligned over top of the orienting arrow. Then look at the fixed declination scale printed in the bottom of the compass capsule. Turn a little bit more until the compass needle is pointing at the correct number of degrees of the mag. declination. Hold the compass stationary. Turn the compass degree dial to move the orienting arrow to be directly beneath the compass arrow.
Examples: 10˚ west. mag. declination. Hold the compass stationary while you turn the compass housing until the orienting arrow moves to be directly below the compass needle. You will end up turning the compass housing ccw by 10˚ (as in method 1). Your direction of travel arrow will be pointing in the correct direction to your destination. Sight a landmark and walk toward it.
If your mag declination is 12˚ East, turn until the compass needle is pointing at 12˚ east on the fixed declination scale printed inside the compass capsule. Hold the compass stationary and turn the compass housing to move the orienting arrow to be below the compass needle. You will be turning the compass housing cw by 12˚. The direction of travel arrow will be pointing in the correct direction toward you destination. Walk toward it. [ Note -- this is the method Silva describes in their compass manuals when using the fixed declination scale printed inside the compass capsule. You can go to the Silva website, find a compass model with a pdf manual and down load it]
To hold the compass stationary while doing this I'd recommend you knell on one knee. place the compass on your thigh to hold it steady will turning the compass dial.
Both methods do the same thing. The bit to remember - when taking an azimuth from map to compass. For West mag. declination turn the compass degree dial CCW, for East mag. declination, turn it CW. But when taking a compass measured azimuth back to the map, you do the opposite.
Need more emphasis on importance of declination, some areas are as much as 20 degrees.