In this day and age, when we can access GPS in everything from our cars to our smart phones and we rarely have reason to travel to anything more rural than our friends' suburban houses in Whitby, the skill of compass reading is not widely held. However, in an emergency, it could save your life, so let us teach you some compass basics.
Deciphering the Markings
Any compass you can find, even the tiny one fixed to the strap of a sport watch in a drawer in your Arlington, TX real estate, will at least have a magnetized needle. The red end always points north. Many compasses have markings around the outside that indicate compass directions (north, south, east, west). The best kind of compass to have is one with a rotating bezel, marked with all 360 degrees of the compass rose.
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Finding a Bearing
The direction to an object is called a bearing. To find out your bearing, hold the compass in front of you, flat in your hand, front of the casing pointing forward. Turn the bezel until the red needle lines up with the red track. Whichever number on the bezel lines up with the notch in the front is the direction you are pointing. You can use this skill to find out which direction you should walk in order to get to a faraway place, such as a farm that does equestrian in London, Ontario which you can see over the hill but would not be visible while you are in the woods.
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Following a Bearing
When someone gives you directions to follow with your compass it will be in the form of a number bearing and a distance. To walk to your Liberty Village condos, using a bearing, line up the number with the notch and turn your body until the needle lines up with the track. You are now facing the direction you must walk. Do not stare at the compass while you are walking or you will quickly be thrown off track by obstacles. Instead, sight a waypoint along it and walk to it, leapfrogging to your destination.
Figuring Out Your Location
When you are lost, you can use your compass in conjunction with a map of the area to figure out where you are. Climb to a high point and use your compass to sight to three different objects marked on the map. Subtract the number of degrees indicated on the map to adjust for declination (the fact that the true north used on maps and the magnetic north used by compasses are not in the same place). Then draw lines on the map along these bearings for each location. Like a junction triangle, they will all meet in one place. This is where you are.
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