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OUT 105
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Title: | Land and Water Navigation |
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Long Title: | Land and Water Navigation |
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Course Description: | Enables the student to become proficient in backcountry land and water navigation. Efficient wilderness travel abilities will be developed through understanding and proper use of paper and digital topographic maps, paper and digital marine charts, various types of magnetic compasses, GPS, and other associated navigational tools. |
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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Origin Notes: | PPCC |
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Course Notes: | New course entered 4/1/12 LK |
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Status Notes: | Was OUT 165, changed 1/22/13 effective 201410 CFE |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
1. Recognize printed USGS maps including the face of the map and border information.
2. Apply use of a magnetic base-plate compass for backcountry navigation including: taking bearings and azimuths, declination correction, back-bearings and azimuths, following a course, and transferring a field bearing or azimuth to the printed map for triangulation.
3. Apply pace counting and time (if speed is known) to gage distance to facilitate practical learning.
4. Demonstrate matching a topographic map to the surrounding terrain
5. Differentiate and assess a student’s exact location in terms of longitude and latitude and UTM coordinates
6. Demonstrate comprehension of safety concerns and utilize appropriate risk management protocols when planning and navigating a route in different environments.
7. Explain the history of topographic maps, the benefits of different kinds of compasses, and how to use GPS receivers for course planning, deriving, location, route following, and other GPS uses.
8. Describe how to use electronic aids including GPS and digital maps.
9. Apply use of water navigation procedures including position locating, corrections for wind and current, and calculating speed made good.
10. Analyze and identify marine chart symbols, soundings, navigational lights, use of the compass rose, and all other pertinent information.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Map and border information
II. Speed/time/distance calculations and conversions between distance units
III. Interpret contour lines
IV. Infer the shape of land forms from contour lines
V. History, function, and use of the compass
VI. Travel on a bearing
VII. Back bearings
VIII. Use the map and compass together
IX. Backcountry navigation including the use of “hand rails”, “catching features”, and “aiming off” techniques
X. Orienteering basics
XI. Use of digital maps on the computer and Google Earth (others as they are developed)
XII. Introduction and use of the GPS in conjunction with digital topographic maps and marine charts
XIII. Introduction to water navigation, marine charts
XIV. Tides, the movement of the moon, moon phases, the rule of 12’s
XV. Marine navigation, dead reckoning, and ferry angles
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