People learn via different methods. This lesson connected with my brain so much better than the 30 other videos I watched. The creator of this vid has a natural talent for teaching. Thank you! I am subbing and will be searching the playlist to see if you made this into a series, or cover the advanced things we need to know. Edit: Sad to see that there are no recent vids, especially regarding orienteering. I will check out the older ones tho.

FREAKING FINALLY!!! Somebody explains this in a perfectly, simple way. I can't tell you how many vids I watched, knowing I'd eventually trip on someone that could explain it to me the way I needed it. Thank you! Can you please take some time to work on a help-vid where say, you're in the woods with the family, you need to go hunting and you know it will take you possibly miles from your camp. How can you take off, perform the hunt and all that goes with that, and still be able to find your way back using your compass and map, etc.? By the way, I'm not talking about driving there in my suv, I'm talking about living out there in case the stuff hits the fan kind of scenario.

@PreppingItForward

8 жыл бұрын

+Kurt Bennett It's basically the same as show in the vid Kurt. You must know your starting position on the map for any of this to work. Once you've taken your bearing, 180 degrees from that point is the direction of travel back from your destination. Or, from your destination you could simply keep the south end of the needle aligned with north on your compass. Using a ruler (commonly found on a compass) is the simplest way to measure distance/travel time on a map. Refer the map scale to figure out your distance. If 1cm = 5 miles and the distance between your current position and destination is 3cm's your distance would be 15 miles.

I am a scout leader and to my knowledge this explanation left the issue of declination totally out. There is a difference between true north and magnetic north. The meridian lines on the map show true north, the compass needle points to magnetic north. One must first adjust the compass to according to W or E declination to orient a map accurately.

@PreppingItForward

5 жыл бұрын

I feel declination should be discussed independently. I didn't want to over-complicate things for those new to this.

@stevemulholland1532

Жыл бұрын

The Eastings do not point to True North. Only the sides of the map point to TN. The Eastings point to Grid North. You are correct about him not mentioning declination. Half measures can be a safety issue. He needs to complete a full video with declination. It would be one of the best on YT. Keeping it real. S

You explained it so simply and concisely in three minutes without even needing recourse to an O.S. map. Thank you so much.

@PreppingItForward

5 жыл бұрын

No problem...thank you.

My orienteering teacher at scout camp didn’t explain it he just signed off the requirement so this helps a lot thanks

@PreppingItForward

5 жыл бұрын

No problem...happy this helped.

one of the best compass and map videos i have ever seen. it shows exactly how to do it and is short sweet and accurate....excellent job

Short, sweet, and to the point!!! Excellent!!

EXCELLENT. SIMPLE. Well Done. Thank you. Appreciated.

OMG, this video is amazing. I am a first class scout right now and this video helped a lot in studying for the board of review! Thank you so much. My leaders couldn't explain it to me this easily, and I am finally clear on how to orient a compass and other compass skills! THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN!!!!! :) :) :) :) :)

Thanks plain and simple. Easy to understand. Thanks again!

@PreppingItForward

7 жыл бұрын

:)

1. Re-calibrate compass north with map's north. 2. Align compass with path direction on map. 3. Keep compass pointing to map's north to travel in that direction.

KISS (keep it simple stupid) thats what you did , best easiest advice i've seen and heard here.big thanks

Thank you for a very clear demonstration!

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

No problem Jason...thanks for checking it out!

Thank you for sharing on basics of maps & compass. Helps a lot! Keep up the good work.

@PreppingItForward

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks...will do!

Lovely explanation precise and easy to follow! 🙏

There are so many confusing videos that say similar things that make sense, but not if you are just learning. I found this video very helpful!!! Thanks for the great video!!!!

This is how I learned to use a compass. The win about aligning the map along magnetic north is you don't have to mess with declination. The map is oriented to the compass, so even if the compass has flaws, so long as the flaws are consistent you can still get a good bearing.

Great video, thanks for making it

This video is the best of all videos for compass use. Anyone will know how to use compass after watching this. Thank you.

@PreppingItForward

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Justin...much appreciated!!!

This is easily the best video regarding map and compass navigation...Thank you

@PreppingItForward

8 жыл бұрын

+Shady Ron Thank you...much appreciated!

This is the most simple and concise video on KZread that teaches the basics of using a compass. Clean video and audio. Simple and clear instructions...very articulate. Only 3 pieces of tools (pen, compass and map). Not to bash anyone but if you didn't like it or couldn't grab the concept then I would suggest you take a class or put down the compass :). Excellent job!!!....5*****. In this video I would assume magnetic north and true north are the same (i.e. no declination) :).

@PreppingItForward

7 жыл бұрын

virtualtube1 Discussing declination here would have added unnecessary complexity for eager newcomers. I felt it best to try and produce an easy foundation to build on. Thanks for your support.. Much appreciated! :-)

An excellent *lesson* ty, I get it now!!

Thank you so much! I'm a scout, but my leaders couldn't explain it easier then you. Thanks SOOOO much!

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

Ian Spencer You welcome Ian. I was a scout many years ago too. Good times!

Excellent demonstration. We’ve already seen adjustment for magnetic declination

Wow this was such a simple and good explanation. I've watched several other videos and was still confused. Thank you. I hope you're still making content because I just subscribed.

THE BASICS OF MAP AND COMPASS WILL NOT BE EXPLAINED ANY MORE CLEARLY THAN THIS. BANG! Excellent 3:00 video.

@PreppingItForward

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you...much appreciated!

Ha!! It sunk in!!! I switch off incredibly easily (which I have to fight constantly) and you got through!! Great stuff, Thank you!!

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

jelkel25 Happy to hear it. Thanks for stopping by!

This is great, thank you for sharing.

@PreppingItForward

10 жыл бұрын

No problem...happy to share what I've learned from others.

Nice and clear instructions. Thanks...

@PreppingItForward

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pinak!

Excellent!

Seriously I appreciate it.. no droning no ahhhhhhh , buts , ands... just quick info. Thanks agin !

@PreppingItForward

7 жыл бұрын

No problem...thanks!

Great explanation! Thanks.

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

jkelly6620 Thanks for stopping by!

Fantastic tutorial mate. Simple and easy to understand by far the best I've come across. Thanks mate really appreciate it.

Simple and easy,thanks

@PreppingItForward

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

very clear and concise, thank you

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

Stuart Ovington Thanks Stuart!

@phaaser6889

9 жыл бұрын

Stuart Ovington Hi Stuart, good to see that you will be well prepared :-) See on Thursday!

Best Video in it's class.

@PreppingItForward

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you...much appreciated!

nice and simply explained,cheers from the u.k.

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

john whitehead Thanks for stopping by John.

@jimrobson3453

9 жыл бұрын

john whitehead I also agree, I have just watched a video on KZread and I was sooooooooooooo confused and so I'm glad I found this really simple explanation. Thank you very much, also in the UK

Good video.. right to the point.

@PreppingItForward

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you...much appreciated!

Do you use declination at first adjustment of map or is this not necessary ?

Great explanation. Thank you

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

Ivet Petrikova No problem...thanks for watching!

@acrossdline

9 жыл бұрын

PreppingItForward Most simplistic explanation on youtube, yet the best and clearest. Cheers

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

acrossdline Thank you very much!

Very clear. Thanks

@PreppingItForward

4 жыл бұрын

Np, thanks for stopping by.

suffering from Discalculia this videos is a god send thank you so much.

@PreppingItForward

8 жыл бұрын

+Alan Smyth Happy to hear you found this video helpful. Thanks Alan!

@alansmyth4310

8 жыл бұрын

we need more like this, keep up the good work.

@PreppingItForward

8 жыл бұрын

+Alan Smyth Thanks Alan...ramping back up soon!

a very informative and easily understanding video..

@PreppingItForward

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you...much appreciated :)

thank you for the info.

@PreppingItForward

10 жыл бұрын

kam ali No problem, just sharing what I've learned from others Kam.

Good and clear thank you.

@PreppingItForward

6 жыл бұрын

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Great explanation......

this is helpful, for my reporting...thanks

@minecraftcc1337

6 жыл бұрын

In school

I've seen many videos about this topic, but definitely this one stands higher than the rest! Thanks mate!

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

Anton Nashev Appreciate the comment Anton!

Best compass´s video ever! Thank you very much!!

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

zeroa6 Thank you for the sub and supportive comment...much appreciated!

Congratulations on the presentation

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

Mike Williams Thanks Mike!

Best Explaind, Thanks Dear❤

@PreppingItForward

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Nice job!

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

The-Great-Outdoors Thank you!

This is great but when do you adjust for declination?

Best video ever!!! 😀

@PreppingItForward

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

NOW I GET IT! 👍👍👍

Thank You

I like this guy splinted more how to use your compass... He took his time breaking down how use a compass or rightly.. practice practice you will..

Well Done.

Excellent

great video, very informative! Is your magnetic declination set in your compass or would you still need to add or subtract to the 70 degree NE? Thanks!

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

carlsandersvip The magnetic declination for my area is 11 degrees West (negative declination). The compass used here doesn't have declination correction. Simply accounting for declination by repositioning the compass accordingly would make the correction. This was an introductory video with one example of how to orient a map and take a bearing. I didn't want to make things too complicated by including declination which is why I didn't include a scale on the map.

One thing I’m trying to understand is if I need to realign the orienting arrow to the North marker on the bezel to take an accurate bearing? Instead of having the orienting arrow adjusted to the Magnetic North which is out of line with the bezel’s North...?

This was extremely useful thank you so much, I don't suppose you have a downloadable clip of this, I'm doing Basic Nav tomorrow and could really do with this explanation in the lesson.

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

Sorry I couldn't get back to you before the Basic Nav. I hope everything went well. FYI, you can download any KZread video using Mozilla Firefox as your browser. Simply open Mozilla Firefox, click the add-ons tab, search KZread downloader and install it to download KZread videos directly to your computer.

Excellent...but...you could have gone one minute longer to say that when you set off on your walk, you have to keep the red needle inside the block at all times to stay on the bearing to the destination.

Very helpful

@PreppingItForward

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex!

Excellent run down on map alignment. When would you dial in declination in this process?

@PreppingItForward

5 жыл бұрын

I feel declination should be discussed independently. I didn't want to over-complicate things for those new to this. There are plenty of great vids on declination out there.

thank you

@PreppingItForward

7 жыл бұрын

:)

This was a big help for my second class requirement. (boy scouts) BTW. were you a scout, and if so, did you make eagle?

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

Joy Bhasin Happy to hear this helped out. Never made eagle scout but I always demonstrated Scout Spirit and positive leadership. I still follow the Boy Scout Oath and Law to this day. Once a scout always a scout!

sooo goood!

@PreppingItForward

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Clement Thank you Daniel!

While taking an bearing on a map it is much safer to use the compass as a protractor and not use the technique of using the needle. First it does not require map orientation and secondly it excludes any needle interference from metal etc.

Hey there. I'm a newbie when it comes down to this, so this might seem like a dumb question, but if your destination is 60° NE, do you keep the red arrow pointing at the N while you travel?

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

xV13TCONGx Yes. You want to keep the magnetic needle aligned with the orienting arrow / north on the compass every you want to check your bearing or direction of travel. Generally you don't keep the compass aligned or out while walking. Set visual markers or way points in the distance by aligning the magnetic needle with the orienting arrow / north and walk to them. Good question...glad you asked.

Thank you. So, lets say I've driven my boat out to open water and shore is no longer visible. How would I map my way back? I go through the steps you've shown in video, then how dovi turn boat in direct ion I've determined I need to go according to map?

@PreppingItForward

10 жыл бұрын

Assuming you knew or marked the position from which you started and had an idea of the direction you were travelling and for how long, you would have a general idea of where you may be. Orient the map. Set the bearing from the general or current position back to the starting point. Keep the magnetic needle aligned with magnetic north and follow the direction of travel back. That would get you relatively close to where you started assuming the water was somewhat calm.

This is different than the other videos I've seen. This seems to orient the map to magnetic north and since your traveling direction is relative to magnetic north, to my understanding, there is no need to adjust for declination.

Great video. Could you clarify one thing - my understanding from your video is that you can successfully navigate in the field without factoring in declination by orienting the map to magnetic north. Is that correct?

@PreppingItForward

5 жыл бұрын

I felt declination should be discussed independently. I didn't want to over-complicate things for those new to this.

@armandolissarrague4913

3 жыл бұрын

@@PreppingItForward do you have a video on declination?

Oh, that's simple enou- *BAM!!!* *Magnetic Declination*

So if im trying to get a bearing to catalina island from long beach ca, i do this first at home and use the heading i get in my boats compass?

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

Sam Megliorino Yes. Assuming you are certain of where the starting position from long beach is located on the map.

@smeg4208

9 жыл бұрын

Perfect!! Thanks alot :)

@smeg4208

8 жыл бұрын

Phillip Griffin thank u

This method will work exceptionally well, if your location exactly between true north and magnetic north, and you need to go south :)

what about the correction between magnetic north and true north. ..without that the farther you travel the farther you will be off your destination

Well explained and good visuals gj

@PreppingItForward

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Mancuso Thanks Joe!

@Joe-Marco

8 жыл бұрын

No problem man, I meant it.🙋

finnaly i understand

@PreppingItForward

5 жыл бұрын

Great stuff!

Not so fast. You forgot about the magnetic declination, you need to set that up first thing, then you start orienting the map!

@XBKLYN

3 жыл бұрын

It's not necessary to know declination if you consistently align the map to the compass. If you don't want to take a compass with you then draw new declination lines on the map before you take your walk...just take the map!

That's cool! But was this compass set to declination?

@PreppingItForward

7 жыл бұрын

It was not. I feel Magnetic Declination should be explained independently. I didn't want to overwhelm any new compass users.

Do you not need to account for magnetic declination?

@createandinnovate1843

5 жыл бұрын

He neglected to do this which means that the map would not correspond exactly to its orientation on earth. This might be negligible and might cause major issues especially if you think you are taking a bearing of similar things like close peaks because you might confuse one with the other.

@PreppingItForward

5 жыл бұрын

I felt declination should be discussed independently. I didn't want to over-complicate things for those new to this.

I use handheld map GPS, is easy,fast. I can also use my handphone. with the right software it work great. compass are ancient way of finding location.

@WASRT001

6 жыл бұрын

Until your batteries die.

@misternobody4644

6 жыл бұрын

WASRT Exactly. Lost in wild, with your GPS is only good while the batteries work. GPS devices are power hungry. A GPS left on, will work for about 24 hours, unless you have another pair of batteries on you. If you don't have batteries and you are really lost, and don't know how to use a compass, you might as well, dig your own grave. There have been reports of people putting to much trust on their GPS devices and randomly exploring an area only to wind up dead a week later. A compass can only find a bearing in the world; you need a physical map in conjunction with a compass to find location--a compass by itself will NOT give you a location.

@whitacrebespoke

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck when your GPS goes tits up. I have the ordnance survey map app on my iPhone which works a treat but if and when batteries are no good your basically screwed with out a paper map and compass. I like GPS and map app because they give me a grid location instantly and if your in trouble that’s a good thing. I like paper map and compass because they are reliable

@ussling

5 жыл бұрын

@@whitacrebespoke I haven't heard "tits up" since my military days a few decades ago. Thanks for the laugh.

So, it's all about finding north first?

@PreppingItForward

9 жыл бұрын

rachparov That's definitely a big part of it to say the least.

1:34 wait what? you aren't adjusting for declination when you orient the map??

What about declination?

@flex0201

5 жыл бұрын

Nevermind, I read down, lol.

i know title says basic, but what about Magnetic Declination

@PreppingItForward

8 жыл бұрын

I feel Magnetic Declination should be explained independently. I didn't want to overwhelm any new compass users.

@condor5635

6 жыл бұрын

Gary Lee - in a nutshell this great video shows just orienting the map to magnetic north to take a bearing. The beauty of this technique is that it doesn't require knowing anything about True North or what the declination is - notice he never mentioned either terms. Orienting the map to magnetic north eliminates these complexities. These are still very important concepts however to understand in order to have a thorough understanding of map and compass navigation. Great video!

you from DMHS to?????

@PreppingItForward

8 жыл бұрын

+Complex Carmine No, not associated with the DMHS.

NEGATIVE: !!! What you have done is align compass and map to magnetic North. The only location where this would work is for someone located on the agonic line where there is no magnetic error . At any other location where there is magnetic error compared to TRUE NORTH, your Declination, ( Declination being the angular difference between true North and Magnetic North) EAST or WEST, comes into the mix. To "orient" a map is to NOT to align the compass needle, which always points to Magnetic North (unless influenced by external forces) with a map meridian (unless on the agonic line) but local current Declination must be adjusted for. To "orient" a map is to turn or rotate map until the topographic features in real life agree with the location depicted on map, if a hill on my map is located 090 deg TRUE azimuth, my C.C. (compass course) after correction, plus or minus Declination, will agree with map azimuth, then all vertical lines will point to GRID NORTH sometimes called TRUE NORTH and NOT magnetic North which can be, depending on location, as much as 15 or 20 degrees or more in error when compared to a grid north-south line or line of Longitude. There are types of compass with variable declination adjustment capability that can be preset (East or West) to eliminate the addition or subtraction of Declination allowing the use of True North or meridian lines for angle or bearing measurement instead of Magnetic North as a reference.

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i just cant get my head around this

@PreppingItForward

6 жыл бұрын

Hang in there. Once it hits it sticks!

gotta fix the overlapping audio track. It ruins an otherwise good presentation.

@PreppingItForward

8 жыл бұрын

I hand't noticed your concern while editing and during playback. Not too sure why the audio was off while you were watching.

@2shy226

8 жыл бұрын

Ok. I just watched it again and it was fine. So I guess it was just a transient problem with my Internet connection.

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My declination is almost 17 West. By not mentioning declination you may have jeopardized someone's safety. Half explanations are not worth doing. You should have mentioned your technique could be off as much as 20 degrees depending where you are in the world. I will check if you have done a supplementary video. You did a great job otherwise. Keeping it real. S

The huge flaw is after 7 years, you still didn’t make a video like you said to factor in declination. So this video is pointless for those that are unaware of how to really use a map and compass.

There is no need to rotate the map to north just use the north south lines on the map with the red grid on the compass that is what its for. Also don't forget magnetic variation in your area.