Re: Maps! (let's have a seperate thread, instead of using roll call)
- From: "Stephen Rainsbury" <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ->
- Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:00:01 GMT
"Eddie Langdown" <the3lang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:8-udnWc6gO7IeBTZnZ2dnUVZ8qSdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxx
I would be more than happy, indeed extatic, if my scouts ( and Explorers) used their compasses to check the direction of ROADS; to turn left or right and more seriously to decide on the correct fork of paths in a forest. Should I really care tuppence about magnetic variation?
I recently read DofE report that a good navigator was doing well to be less than 10 degrees off course after 10km over open countryside. I have no idea if this included deviation by 4degress is quit a significant lump of that.
If its a big issue you could probably work it out yourself by finding a decent length linear feature like a straight road or railway track.
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Stephen Rainsbury
ADC(Scouts) Gillingham Kent
ESL Agathoid Explorer Scout Unit
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