Navigation/Orienteering Things To Know

  1. Map border information - type, declination, scale
  2. Map topographic information - lines, contour interval, inaccuracies
  3. Map symbols and colors
  4. Computing scale
  5. UTM vs. Long/Lat
  6. Declination
  7. TN vs. GN. vs MN
  8. Close topo lines indicate steepness.
  9. Crossing topos lines is going up/down hill.
  10. U’s represent ridges and spurs.
  11. V’s represent creeks and reentrants.
  12. Shading indicates ridges.
  13. Streams join into bigger streams. Streams never divide into two streams.