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🐢Longer Videos & Reads (>30 minutes)
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Set default mode - SAR
Show center coordinates - ON
Datum - WGS84
Format (Primary) - Degrees
Units - Imperial
Format (Secondary) - None
Show Heading Line - On/off, Your Preference (try both!)
North Reference - Magnetic
Record Track Detail - High*
Allow Cellular Tile Downloads - On
Allow Cellular Photo Downloads - On
Add intel to your map with overlays:
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Cell Coverage
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Forecasts:
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Learn the parts of the compass, how to set your declination and how to take a bearing from a map and in the field.
🏃 Land Navigation by Resection
How to figure out where you are on a map based on the bearings you take of visible objects. Keep in mind that aligning your grid lines in your compass housing with the north/south grid lines on your map is another option versus putting "red in the shed".
Wilderness Navigation #11 - UTM coordinates from Columbia River Orienteering Club
Topographic Maps
UTM Maps
Basic Land Navigation (2016) from National Wildfire Coordinating Group - 172 page PDF document (free)