Fieldcraft Survival Land Navigation 1
This one-day Land Navigation class will teach you the skills you need to navigate in a wilderness with a map, compass, and GPS. This course follows the lostproofing curriculum and teaches the fundamentals of land navigation from multiple perspectives. You will learn all the necessary skills to create route cards and they will learn to "speak navigation" using appropriate terminology. This class is 90 percent classroom and 10 percent field exercises to proof what is learned. Those who demonstrate proficiency with these skills will be ready for Land Navigation Field Exercise.
Course Overview:
Topics Covered:
- Map reading
- Determining position with UTM and MGRS coordinates
- Measuring distance through multiple methods
- Establishing pace count
- Taking a bearing, walking a bearing, and other compass directional functions
- Offset shooting, resection, doglegging, and boxing an obstacle
- Creating route cards with descriptions of terrain
- Intro to celestial navigation, GPS, and online mapping software
Required Equipment:
- Notebook, pen, and mechanical pencils
- Lunch/snacks/water for the day
- Suunto MC2D, Suunto MC2G or M3 Compass (or equivalent baseplate compass)
- Lunch/snacks/water for the day
- Optional Equipment: 1:24,000 Pocket UTM Protractor and 1:24,000 ruler
Pre-Requisites: There are no pre-requisites or recommended courses to take prior to this course.
How to get the most out of the course:
This course generally runs 7 hours (0900-1600) but be sure to check the specific course page for detailed schedule in your location as time and length may vary based on specific circumstances.