Navigation with compass and GPS - Part 3

[chihene]

to be confident in your compass skills..practice...practice...­practice...just as this video shows....when the time comes you will find your way ....

[mpsarge2]

arwe you still at that location where you dont want us to know..lol its been 4 yrs now i hoped you moved and at camp..

[InTheSticks1881]

While out practicing and with a fresh set of batteries, one the batteries malfuctioned and my GPS was useless. This motovated me to stick with a compass . The GPS will only be used as backup. USFS maps are good, but another type the USFS offers has longitude and latitude and old and closed roads for check points.

[j8sterno]

dave punch this guy in the face for me

[joepatroni77]

Great video, but on another note, here is something I learned today...

Websters Dictionary "Pinch a Loaf"...

Using your sphincter muscle to "pinch" a loaf of shit that is hanging halfway out your ass and won't drop of its own accord. Example:

"Hurry up and finish taking a shit Gertrude, were already late! Pinch the loaf if you must!"

[HBC258]

Could you do a video using only a compass and map and show how to find your way from camp (point a) to point b and back to camp.

[millerjosh77]

he lined the map up so he doesn't have to read it upside down. The GPS will tell him where to go in relation to his new position on a map which is right-side up

[moorvis2]

Why are you aligning the map's edge with magnetic north?

[LakelandNomad]

most maps have the top of the map faceing north, so aligning the compass "north" along with the map gives your basic bearing. although UK OS maps have a compass "north" bearing printed on them to align your compass to.

Having yourself along with the map facing north is a great starting point for navigation :P

TBH everyone should learn how to navigate with only map and compass, or even with only a map at first.

so that if your GPS electronic mapping kit fails, you can still easily navigate.

[moorvis2]

It's much more accurate to do the right way, aligning the protractor base plate with north lines. And don't forget to compensate for the projection (or use the right lines) and declination.

[05MagnumSXT]

Good Video. I picked up a Garmin 400t last week and tried this out WITHOUT a map. I marked my waypoints and found the direction I needed to go then set my compass to that heading. I made like the GPS failed me and needed to get back without it.

Again, this was a good video, Thanks

[zloben9000]

republians with a GPS ?

LOL

[unodepoalli]

Republicans invented GPS

SILLY GOOSE

[BurtonKelly0]

Dumbass.

[mysticalwoodsman]

When the GPS says you need 265 degrees, I guess it automatically calibrates declination range?

Also, my compass is a military surplus model, so the dial does not have the numbers it is just black. The actual magnetized dial has the numbers on them so I am not sure how I would do the same (without a GPS too!).

My compass does have the black line that does not rotate, and a phosphorous line/mark on the dial (with no numbers around its perimeter) that can rotate above the magnetized needle.

[area51er6]

you have two needles on that compass? magnetic and true north?

[icecreamforcrowhurst]

Useful video. Thanks.

[Dakota556]

Great series you guys put together, hopefully the sheep will learn and even apply!

Keep up the good work