Map Skills - Moors & Dales
Book a Navigation Course with me, Jim Haskell.
Basic & Advanced Navigation Courses based on the North York Moors
Yorkshire Dales National Parks.
One Day Basic Advanced Navigation Course
Book a days advanced navigation with Map Skills - Moors & Dales
[You must have completed the basic training day, or show competence with
basic map & compass skills to attend the advanced training day.]
● Back bearing
● Triangulation
● Drift - formula
● Aiming off
● Route planning
● Terrain
● Routes
● Slope aspect
● Dead reckoning
● Relocation procedure
● Leapfrogging
● Boxing
● Putting it into practice!!!!
What is included :- The use of a compass & laminated map for the day
Course notes, laminated - yours to keep
What is NOT included:- Transport to or from the course location.
Food & drink - bring your own, No Accommodation.
Duration:- Each day will last 6 to 8 hours, and you will walk about 5 to 8 miles/8 to 12 km.
This is a learning experience, not a walk. About 450 metres of elevation.
One Day Basic Navigation Course
Book a days basic navigation course with Map Skills - Moors & Dales
What you will learn during your day
● Understanding scale
● Types of map
● Map legends/symbols - what they mean
● Setting a map - rotating a map so that it is in-line with what is on the ground
● Obtaining a grid reference
● Contours - interpret what they mean - features & steepness
● Using a compass - the various parts. What compass is best?
● The difference between True North, Grid North & Magnetic North
● Magnetic deviation - how to compensate - WAvES.
● Taking a map bearing - map to compass & visa versa
● Setting the map - compass
● Timing, pacing & Naismith’s Rule & variations
● Access rights
● Handrail, collecting feature & capture point
● Learn to see, what features are visible & relate to the map
● Thumbing
What is included :- The use of a compass & laminated map for the day
Course notes, laminated - yours to keep
What is NOT included:- Transport to or from the course location.
Food & drink - bring your own
Accommodation.
Duration:- Each day will last 6 to 8 hours, and you will walk about 5 to 8 miles/8 to 12 km.
