Elements of military sketching and map reading (1917)
Barnes, John Bryson, 1876- · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 36
ORIENTATION 27 on the compass face. The map is now oriented, andA—B has the same direction as the road on the ground.When there is no meridian hne on the map (orwhen you have no compass or other means of orient-ing by using a meridian Hne), if you can locate on the (5Un)<- … Fig. 14. map your position and some other point that you canidentify on the ground, draw a Hne connecting thesetwo points on the map. Now hold the map so thatthis line points from you towards the object, and yourmap is oriented. Or, if two points visible on theground can be identified on the map,…
Military topography · Maps, Military
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