Wow, I have never been able to understand the compass. So many people have tried to show me but I've never understood . I couldn't sleep last night so I came down stairs I put RUclips on to learn something and I stumbled on your video explaining what's on a compass. Then I watched your next video how to read a compass, when I woke up this morning. I am so inspired by you and I'm so grateful, thank you so much. I have sent your videos to my friends this morning to teach their children.
When I was 16 I got a job marking boundary lines for my county here in New York state. It was a job set aside for retired men as a summer fill-in called the Green Thumb. There wasn't anyone to fill the position so, since I had previously cut brush along the roads for our town the previous two years, they hired me for the job. They bought me a compass just like the fifth one you layed out. They gave me bucket of paint, a brush and a map for each parcel I had to mark. I never used a compass before but I figured it out fairly quickly. Apparently I did a good job because I didn't get a reprimand and got a new parcel when the last one was done. This lasted all summer until school started again. Now I'm a retired old man but not working for Green Thumb but if they call on me again I still have the compass.
Great tutorial. Even though I am very proficient in this skill (24 yr career as a reconnaissance scout in the Army), I was curious how you instructed the subject so I watched it all the way through. Clear and concise intro to some of the basic skills of using a map & compass. While hikers/backpackers are always told they need to have a paper map and compass, most don’t and if they did, very few have a clue how to use them. I commend the poster for efforts to educate. Hopefully people first learn to: 1) read a topographical map - understand and envision the contour and elevation of the terrain depicted on the map 2) orient the map to the ground 3) identify where you and your destination are on the map 4) select a route and navigate using terrain association (following a straight azimuth is rarely the preferred way to get somewhere in the wilderness) If you can’t do the above, you should not venture off trail and probably only limit yourself to well marked day hikes. These can provide good opportunities to practice map reading and navigation skills but with mitigated risk of becoming lost.
A quick little tip from my time in the cadets - if you're following a bearing and need to cross a bridge or other obstacle at a specific point, then you should deviate either left or right by a small but significant amount. When you reach the river, you now know exactly which direction to walk to find the bridge - if the original bearing was off by a degree or two and you'd been walking for miles, you otherwise might not know the direction to walk when you reach the river and find no bridge. This advice has stuck with me for 20 years for some reason.
Because it's true, and it's especially true when navigating in close country where visibility is poor, such heavily wooded areas or bad weather/fog. Once you get more experience however you get to know when this is appropriate or not. For example if you can tell from the map that the river will be in sight of another feature, you know that once you get to the river, you'll be able to shoot a back bearing to the other feature and so find out your position on the river in relation to the bridge, so it's usually best to shoot for the bridge itself and may just save yourself some walking. A bridge is probably a bad example because it will always have other significant features, such as a track that takes the easiest ground and will be identifiable from some distance. There's heaps more to say about this subject, it's one of the more fun aspects of rambling.
This is probably the best video I've watched on how to use a compass. While learning to use a compass I watched many online videos, visited many websites, and read a highly rated book on the subject. The book I read, although very good, avoided discussing the use of fixed declination compasses. It was specific to adjustable declination compasses only. This video offers something not found in the book or any of the videos I watched. At around 15 minutes in he talks about adjusting your bearing to account for declination on a fixed declination compass. The process of rotating the compass so that the north-seeking arrow moves the number of degrees of your declination on the east or west scale, then dialing the bezel so that the orienteering arrow boxes the north-seeking arrow. Wow. I never knew it was that simple. I always relied on remembering to add or subtract bearings which can result in error. This is so much easier and fool-proof. Thank you very much for your video and you have a new subscriber.
67 and just found my Silva from Boy Scouts still in the box from the 1970's! I never got orienteering in the Scouts, but now I understand! Where do you find what your declination is?
@@pattersonmemoriallibrary2190 Type magnetic declination into google search. It's on the NOAA website the latest declination for your map. Maps have them printed too but they may be old and it changes over time.
I learned all this in the Cub Scouts and got a proficiency badge...over 50 years ago! I had forgotten so much of the fine detail of using a compass not having used it since. Thank you so much.
The question of the ages, answered! I’ve bought compasses, had them given to me over the years, none of them came with instructions. So each time I got one, I’d try to fit out and then toss it into a drawer somewhere. So then your video popped up on my RUclips screen randomly. This video answered so many questions! I know! Sounds stupid but when one doesn’t know well he just doesn’t know! Thanks. Subscribed.
I really pleased that it helped. Try and find one of your old compasses then get a map of your local area and go out and give it try - walk around a local park or somewhere you know really well to start with.
Thank you for that. I vaguely knew how to use a compass, but this has gone a good way to filling out that partial knowledge. As an aside, I grew up in Blackrod, so you can imagine the shock of recognition when Rivington Moor came up as an example map. I've been up in the gardens and along the ridge between the Pigeon Cote and the Pike more times than I can remember.
As a former wildernes river guide (20+ yrs), this is one the best primers Ive seen. Clear, useful info, and most importantly; REALISTIC demos! Watched too many vids where a victim goes from a crumpled mess --"look, an eagle! "-- to on a backboard.❤"...map and compass dont lie." 😂😂😂
Thank you. I learned these skills even before army, but this video made it so much easier for me to explain it to someone who doesn't undrstand it at all.
In my younger days as a Boy scout, the only compass 'lesson' learnt was that (then had only one) needle that always pointed north. Never grasped the idea how to rescue yourself with only that information. There's so much more to using the compass as this video shows.
I am going to take a wild guess and say NORTH is always 'the top of the world' If a person holds the compass with the North needle pointing 90 degrees away from their body...then they are facing North toward the North Pole. 90 degrees left (hand) is West and 90 degrees Right (hand) is East. No matter where you are, the sun always rises in the East and sets in the West. If all you have is a compass....."you have to think about what you do know".... and start using that information to make decisions about what direction to take. Most people have a rough picture in their heads about what part and side of a country /world they are standing in. For example, if you are standing somewhere on the North Island of NZ.... no matter which way you walk, eventually you will find the coastline. However, that picture in your head indicates the North Island of New Zealand is much longer than it is wide..... So, it is probably shorter to walk East or West to the coastline. Rivers generally flow downhill....to the coast.... it is probably better to walk downhill. A
This was a useful refresher. I tend to rely on my phone's GPS (usually not relying on signal for the map, as I'd have that downloaded already, but the GPS only requires a view of the sky), and when ultralight camping I ditch both the paper map and compass. If I was going anywhere where getting lost put me at serious risk, though, it would be wise to have the backup in case the phone dies.
This is a fantastically clear and easy explanation. I've been rucking for the last two years, mainly in urban areas and on treadmills, and now I'm fit enough, I want to progress to trecking around Dartmoor National Park. Needless to say, I won't attempt this till I can do it safely, but I think your page will give me all the navigation sills I need to get going. Thank you!
It is imperative to note where you are. So that you can use the compass to get back to where you were. I learned that in the Boy Scouts. Where you want to go secondary.
I need three things. A compass. A large area of fields and trees and streams. The excellent fortune to be graced alongside of you. With a bit more thought, you'll notice I'm already los----- uh no I 'm already uncertain of my current location and what would truly be needed. You are an amazing person and great teacher. Thanks for these. I love the whole process and hope in some way will get to put it to use. Thank You.
Excellent video. Last time I used a map and compass was 36 years ago during RN basic training, and whilst I wouldn't say I'm now ready to wander off over Dartmoor (which I'll be doing next year) this video reminded me of the basics. Now for some practice!
All of your videos are excellent and I have learned so much from them. This one is so clear and concise and understandable. I wasted a lot of time watching confusing, poorly done videos and some of them have misinformation in them. Had I started with this I would have been much better off! Thank you for creating this wonderful content.
I was taught to take two bearings before starting out. This way you always have a positive find and helps with triangulation which also helps with drift when walking on an azimuth direction you just showed that or illustrated this technique. It’s like a forgotten tutorial. Nobody shows that. And people get lost all the time. They don’t know triangulations techniques and still can’t find themselves on a map or position. I was taught in Boy Scouts, explorers club(US Army reserves cadet club) an extension of Eagle Scouts, JROTC, USMC to take two bearings when sighting a azimuth. SEMPER FI
was taught how to use a map compass by the south wales borderers back in the 1960 s as a cadet ,of course time has moved on and we now have satelite Navigation which can tell you where you are within a few feet ,its still good practice to use the methods described in this video just in case sat nav failure. Good video chap for those who wish to learn how to Navigate .
This was super helpful and detailed! Searching "how to use compass" is overwhelming so I'm very glad I happened across your video. I was prepared to write off the idea of me actually carrying one, but am excited the option now.
Such a beautiful presentation, so clear and informative. I know this is all amazingly scientific but if I step out of my logical mind for a moment and just let my imagination roll, this could all easily seem to be a piece of absolute ‘magic!’ 😊😊😊 Thank you very much indeed.
Bravo. At last a video that's got everything to make me feel smug!!! Lol. I am originally an ocean navigator but taking my skills out on my "back garden" Dartmoor taught me huge amounts. I've even used a sextant to check my latitude when hiking. Just for fun. I had one of these compasses, loved it. Unfortunately it is one of those things that one misplaces over the years. Your video brought it back to me. Nowadays I generally use the Suunto Core Alu watch/compass. But I always have at least one standard sighting compass on me. Silva's compact is my usual because it's so small yet accurate, rugged and packs a lot, including a built in safety pin to attach it to yourself in its open position. Brilliant feature if your having to take gloves off to retrieve one from your kit. One thing I did find that has transitioned brilliantly from wheelhouse to the wilds is the "Portland Protractor" very, very useful for chart work in cramped conditions or out in the open.
I've never been proficient at reading maps let alone performing compass readings. Your explanation was just what I needed. And as I now have varifocal lenses I can now see where I'm going while reading a map. 👍
What a GREAT teacher! I will have to watch a few times to understand but am excited to learn how to do this stuff. Thank you so much for helping me understand... :)
To find your position on a map, I was taught to take the reverse azimuth when sighting on a known terrain feature. The intersection of the two reverse azimuth lines from the known terrain features gave me the approximate position. I find that simpler than the method you described.
Enjoyed this haven’t had time for one but always wanted to get one , definitely got some motivation now Great presentation, very through. Glad you popped up in my feed . Much appreciated 👍
You buy the Silva, Type 4 compass. That’s where you start, it’s not the cheapest , but you’ll always be using it. It will spend a lot of time in your hands if you’re new to ‘Map Reading’. It will or should last you years! Thanks for the vid, clear and concise.
Thank you so much for this excellent video. I will continue to study these excellent instructions until I can fully understand the whole process. Once again thank you so much.
Hey there bud, just came across your channel, excellent content very clear and straight to the point, and from someone I would assume knows this very well :)
Nicely done. Wish this video or content like this was available 30 years ago before I joined the Corps. Would have made learning Land Nav much less stressful than the instructors were making it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well done, great tutorial, very easy to follow and understand especially the declination section. I've seen a few tutorials on this and most will explain how to set the declination but not show it as clearly as you have.
I find some people have a general idea of direction and some have no idea about which direction north is from where they are standing. I have often told my children from where you are standing in which direction does the sun come up in the USA and will point in that basic direction so I tell them that must be east. If that is east turning 180 degrees must be west and so on. I have enjoyed watching and listening to each video you post and they all are very informative and interesting. I live 3 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and when someone asks me why they should have a compass and learn how to use I tell imagine you went fishing and the fog rolled in how would know which direction would lead you home? Thanks a million for sharing your knowledge and many years of experience with all of us. Jim Hill
Basically, you need the map to use the compass. I never understood how to use it until now ty. Not one school teaches you this. Sad how society not see the systems is broken by people who run the world.
This is the best explanation of how to use compass. I understood the first part easily but the 2nd part about declaration went over my head. Guess need to rewatch it.
Great for unknown areas and finding locations. For situational awareness land navigation, I find it best to look around you, on the horizon, etc. Of course these aren't exclusive methods, but similarly one shouldn't be neglected for the other. Used together they are much more competent. Cheers.
When i was a boy scout a tip i was given was to look at the map and guess the bearing then work out bearing as you describe, if the two numbers are very different check you had the compass correctly on the map.
I have the us army the last one you showed in army green that is a $200 buck compass love the way when closing it up it stops the floating dial in side from moving around it also so has temp glow tempary only so the enemy don't see you at night using a flashlight in a hidden manner will ilmunate the compass for few seconds to see were you are heading
Wow, I have never been able to understand the compass. So many people have tried to show me but I've never understood . I couldn't sleep last night so I came down stairs I put RUclips on to learn something and I stumbled on your video explaining what's on a compass. Then I watched your next video how to read a compass, when I woke up this morning. I am so inspired by you and I'm so grateful, thank you so much. I have sent your videos to my friends this morning to teach their children.
Glad I could help!
I couldn't have said it better!
I have watched a lot of tutorial but I realize this is the hardest tusk but hoping I gonna understand it one time. I keep on pushing
Folks need to send kids to the cub scouts or regular scouts...😅
This video greeted me early in the morning.
It's worth learning ,
Back to basics,one day, the compass may aid your life, like it's supposed to.
Having over 40 years experience in this subject, this is a clear and correct explanation of map and compass usage. Thank you!
As old Army map reading instructor it was nice to review and go over old lessons again....Great presentation
I'm sure I learned this at one time being a Veteran, but nothing looks familiar. ( almost like when I'm lost)
Mag to grid get rid
I'm a lady in my 60's and have always wanted to know how to read a compass!
Now I know.
Great info, thank you so much!! xx
When I was 16 I got a job marking boundary lines for my county here in New York state. It was a job set aside for retired men as a summer fill-in called the Green Thumb. There wasn't anyone to fill the position so, since I had previously cut brush along the roads for our town the previous two years, they hired me for the job. They bought me a compass just like the fifth one you layed out. They gave me bucket of paint, a brush and a map for each parcel I had to mark. I never used a compass before but I figured it out fairly quickly. Apparently I did a good job because I didn't get a reprimand and got a new parcel when the last one was done. This lasted all summer until school started again. Now I'm a retired old man but not working for Green Thumb but if they call on me again I still have the compass.
I'll have to watch that again twice to get it really clear in my head. It's a very clear but information rich video. Thanks
Same. If you've never practiced with this stuff at all it seems pretty alien. I kinda want to buy a map and compass now tho
Great tutorial. Even though I am very proficient in this skill (24 yr career as a reconnaissance scout in the Army), I was curious how you instructed the subject so I watched it all the way through. Clear and concise intro to some of the basic skills of using a map & compass.
While hikers/backpackers are always told they need to have a paper map and compass, most don’t and if they did, very few have a clue how to use them. I commend the poster for efforts to educate.
Hopefully people first learn to:
1) read a topographical map - understand and envision the contour and elevation of the terrain depicted on the map
2) orient the map to the ground
3) identify where you and your destination are on the map
4) select a route and navigate using terrain association (following a straight azimuth is rarely the preferred way to get somewhere in the wilderness)
If you can’t do the above, you should not venture off trail and probably only limit yourself to well marked day hikes. These can provide good opportunities to practice map reading and navigation skills but with mitigated risk of becoming lost.
I like what you just said, but am still scared. (like frost bitten fingers)
Fear is reduced by repeated exposure in relatively safe environments.
@@Mark-cq1mo AKA "Training."
A quick little tip from my time in the cadets - if you're following a bearing and need to cross a bridge or other obstacle at a specific point, then you should deviate either left or right by a small but significant amount. When you reach the river, you now know exactly which direction to walk to find the bridge - if the original bearing was off by a degree or two and you'd been walking for miles, you otherwise might not know the direction to walk when you reach the river and find no bridge. This advice has stuck with me for 20 years for some reason.
Now I will never forget this tip…..thanks.
Because it's true, and it's especially true when navigating in close country where visibility is poor, such heavily wooded areas or bad weather/fog. Once you get more experience however you get to know when this is appropriate or not. For example if you can tell from the map that the river will be in sight of another feature, you know that once you get to the river, you'll be able to shoot a back bearing to the other feature and so find out your position on the river in relation to the bridge, so it's usually best to shoot for the bridge itself and may just save yourself some walking. A bridge is probably a bad example because it will always have other significant features, such as a track that takes the easiest ground and will be identifiable from some distance. There's heaps more to say about this subject, it's one of the more fun aspects of rambling.
I think it’s called “Aiming Off”.
This is probably the best video I've watched on how to use a compass. While learning to use a compass I watched many online videos, visited many websites, and read a highly rated book on the subject. The book I read, although very good, avoided discussing the use of fixed declination compasses. It was specific to adjustable declination compasses only.
This video offers something not found in the book or any of the videos I watched. At around 15 minutes in he talks about adjusting your bearing to account for declination on a fixed declination compass. The process of rotating the compass so that the north-seeking arrow moves the number of degrees of your declination on the east or west scale, then dialing the bezel so that the orienteering arrow boxes the north-seeking arrow. Wow. I never knew it was that simple. I always relied on remembering to add or subtract bearings which can result in error. This is so much easier and fool-proof.
Thank you very much for your video and you have a new subscriber.
I'm 64. About time I learned this. Thank you 🙏
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I’m 44 and got as a present today looking forward to use it in real life
67 and just found my Silva from Boy Scouts still in the box from the 1970's! I never got orienteering in the Scouts, but now I understand! Where do you find what your declination is?
@@pattersonmemoriallibrary2190 Type magnetic declination into google search. It's on the NOAA website the latest declination for your map. Maps have them printed too but they may be old and it changes over time.
@@pattersonmemoriallibrary2190 Personally I just google the declination. Say, "magnetic declination Gelderland Netherlands" for example.
I learned all this in the Cub Scouts and got a proficiency badge...over 50 years ago! I had forgotten so much of the fine detail of using a compass not having used it since. Thank you so much.
Best compass/map tutorial I have seen. Liked it. Makes me want to go out hiking and practice.
Probably the best tutorial for basic compass use on youtube. Well done!!
Thank you.
The question of the ages, answered! I’ve bought compasses, had them given to me over the years, none of them came with instructions. So each time I got one, I’d try to fit out and then toss it into a drawer somewhere. So then your video popped up on my RUclips screen randomly. This video answered so many questions! I know! Sounds stupid but when one doesn’t know well he just doesn’t know! Thanks. Subscribed.
I really pleased that it helped.
Try and find one of your old compasses then get a map of your local area and go out and give it try - walk around a local park or somewhere you know really well to start with.
just don't use your compass to find your favorite place...could be a discouraging exercise.@@TheMapReadingCompany
Thank you for that. I vaguely knew how to use a compass, but this has gone a good way to filling out that partial knowledge. As an aside, I grew up in Blackrod, so you can imagine the shock of recognition when Rivington Moor came up as an example map. I've been up in the gardens and along the ridge between the Pigeon Cote and the Pike more times than I can remember.
As a former wildernes river guide (20+ yrs), this is one the best primers Ive seen. Clear, useful info, and most importantly; REALISTIC demos! Watched too many vids where a victim goes from a crumpled mess --"look, an eagle! "-- to on a backboard.❤"...map and compass dont lie." 😂😂😂
Not sure what you mean, but none of it sounds good. Thank goodness for 24 hour work shifts.
Fantastic tutorial for basic map & compass use. Thank you for taking the time to educate using clear and simple instruction.
Simply and pedagogically explained so that a Swede can easily understand, THANK YOU
Bork! Bork! ('Your welcome' in Muppet Swedish :o)
I've watched several videos on how to use a compass, and watching your video it all finally clicked! Thanks!
Thank you. I learned these skills even before army, but this video made it so much easier for me to explain it to someone who doesn't undrstand it at all.
In my younger days as a Boy scout, the only compass 'lesson' learnt was that (then had only one) needle that always pointed north. Never grasped the idea how to rescue yourself with only that information. There's so much more to using the compass as this video shows.
I am going to take a wild guess and say NORTH is always 'the top of the world'
If a person holds the compass with the North needle pointing 90 degrees away from their body...then they are facing North toward the North Pole.
90 degrees left (hand) is West and 90 degrees Right (hand) is East.
No matter where you are, the sun always rises in the East and sets in the West.
If all you have is a compass....."you have to think about what you do know".... and start using that information to make decisions about what direction to take.
Most people have a rough picture in their heads about what part and side of a country /world they are standing in.
For example, if you are standing somewhere on the North Island of NZ.... no matter which way you walk, eventually you will find the coastline.
However, that picture in your head indicates the North Island of New Zealand is much longer than it is wide..... So, it is probably shorter to walk East or West to the coastline.
Rivers generally flow downhill....to the coast.... it is probably better to walk downhill. A
This was a useful refresher. I tend to rely on my phone's GPS (usually not relying on signal for the map, as I'd have that downloaded already, but the GPS only requires a view of the sky), and when ultralight camping I ditch both the paper map and compass. If I was going anywhere where getting lost put me at serious risk, though, it would be wise to have the backup in case the phone dies.
Best educational video ever! Thank you for posting this video.
This is a fantastically clear and easy explanation. I've been rucking for the last two years, mainly in urban areas and on treadmills, and now I'm fit enough, I want to progress to trecking around Dartmoor National Park. Needless to say, I won't attempt this till I can do it safely, but I think your page will give me all the navigation sills I need to get going. Thank you!
I knew nothing and now have learned so much - thank you!
It is imperative to note where you are. So that you can use the compass to get back to where you were. I learned that in the Boy Scouts. Where you want to go secondary.
I love your jolly approach to map reading, and compass use, you make it so easy to learn the basics, well done.
Most excellent video. Clear, concise, informative. Best compass video so far, thankyou !
I need three things. A compass. A large area of fields and trees and streams. The excellent fortune to be graced alongside of you. With a bit more thought, you'll notice I'm already los----- uh no I 'm already uncertain of my current location and what would truly be needed. You are an amazing person and great teacher. Thanks for these. I love the whole process and hope in some way will get to put it to use. Thank You.
Excellent video. Last time I used a map and compass was 36 years ago during RN basic training, and whilst I wouldn't say I'm now ready to wander off over Dartmoor (which I'll be doing next year) this video reminded me of the basics. Now for some practice!
Nice one 👍🏻 you explained this so well , it's so easy to listen to your instructions very well demonstrated
All of your videos are excellent and I have learned so much from them. This one is so clear and concise and understandable. I wasted a lot of time watching confusing, poorly done videos and some of them have misinformation in them. Had I started with this I would have been much better off! Thank you for creating this wonderful content.
THE BEST video, THE video with the most CLARITY, I have seen in 6 to 8 months. I finally have learned to use my compass!!!! Thank you so much!!!
Your explanation of declination was great. As a geologist , I always use two compasses 1 for my map and the other for direction.
I was taught to take two bearings before starting out. This way you always have a positive find and helps with triangulation which also helps with drift when walking on an azimuth direction you just showed that or illustrated this technique. It’s like a forgotten tutorial. Nobody shows that. And people get lost all the time. They don’t know triangulations techniques and still can’t find themselves on a map or position. I was taught in Boy Scouts, explorers club(US Army reserves cadet club) an extension of Eagle Scouts, JROTC, USMC to take two bearings when sighting a azimuth.
SEMPER FI
was taught how to use a map compass by the south wales borderers back in the 1960 s as a cadet ,of course time has moved on and we now have satelite Navigation which can tell you where you are within a few feet ,its still good practice to use the methods described in this video just in case sat nav failure. Good video chap for those who wish to learn how to Navigate .
This was super helpful and detailed! Searching "how to use compass" is overwhelming so I'm very glad I happened across your video. I was prepared to write off the idea of me actually carrying one, but am excited the option now.
Such a beautiful presentation, so clear and informative. I know this is all amazingly scientific but if I step out of my logical mind for a moment and just let my imagination roll, this could all easily seem to be a piece of absolute ‘magic!’ 😊😊😊 Thank you very much indeed.
This is interesting and his voice is very soothing too 😊
I know all of this already, but I watched again anyway because your videos are always so relaxing and enjoyable. Keep up the great work. :)
Bravo. At last a video that's got everything to make me feel smug!!! Lol. I am originally an ocean navigator but taking my skills out on my "back garden" Dartmoor taught me huge amounts. I've even used a sextant to check my latitude when hiking. Just for fun. I had one of these compasses, loved it. Unfortunately it is one of those things that one misplaces over the years. Your video brought it back to me. Nowadays I generally use the Suunto Core Alu watch/compass. But I always have at least one standard sighting compass on me. Silva's compact is my usual because it's so small yet accurate, rugged and packs a lot, including a built in safety pin to attach it to yourself in its open position. Brilliant feature if your having to take gloves off to retrieve one from your kit. One thing I did find that has transitioned brilliantly from wheelhouse to the wilds is the "Portland Protractor" very, very useful for chart work in cramped conditions or out in the open.
A very nice and clear lecture on compass, now I get to know how it works, thank you! ❤
I've never been proficient at reading maps let alone performing compass readings. Your explanation was just what I needed. And as I now have varifocal lenses I can now see where I'm going while reading a map. 👍
What a GREAT teacher! I will have to watch a few times to understand but am excited to learn how to do this stuff. Thank you so much for helping me understand... :)
Learned this in Boy Scouts 65 years ago, thanks for the refresher
To find your position on a map, I was taught to take the reverse azimuth when sighting on a known terrain feature. The intersection of the two reverse azimuth lines from the known terrain features gave me the approximate position. I find that simpler than the method you described.
Can I get a second?
@@garymurawski1476 A second what?
A fantastic film thank you, I need to watch it a few more times then I will understand the technique better. Much appreciated, thank you.
I have watched several videos on how to read a compass and this is the only one that made sense to me. Thank you!
I'm glad it was helpful!
I learned alot from all your videos, greating from the USA.
Thanks for watching and greetings from England.
very nicely put together. clear and informative. thank you.
Wow brought back a lot of memories of my military Land Nav classes withe the Compass & Protractor.
Enjoyed this haven’t had time for one but always wanted to get one , definitely got some motivation now
Great presentation, very through. Glad you popped up in my feed .
Much appreciated 👍
Spectacular teaching skills. Thank you!
You buy the Silva, Type 4 compass. That’s where you start, it’s not the cheapest , but you’ll always be using it. It will spend a lot of time in your hands if you’re new to ‘Map Reading’. It will or should last you years! Thanks for the vid, clear and concise.
as a totally absolute beginner i found the vid very helpful i may need to watch a few more times but its a real help thanks
Same here, I’ll watch it again and maybe again..
Thank you so much for this excellent video. I will continue to study these excellent instructions until I can fully understand the whole process. Once again thank you so much.
Hey there bud, just came across your channel, excellent content very clear and straight to the point, and from someone I would assume knows this very well :)
Excellent instructions and very clear to follow steps thank you
I really love your videos, well presented and very easy to understand. Hats off from Germany !
Excellent. I'd be lost without you😂
I love these videos, really interesting.
I have to say that this guy looks incredibly like Scott Tracy from Thunderbirds.
Nicely done. Wish this video or content like this was available 30 years ago before I joined the Corps. Would have made learning Land Nav much less stressful than the instructors were making it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
do they work underwater?
Fantastically clear and concise explanation, thank you!!!
I thought I knew how to use a compass. Today I learned that I did not. Now I do. Great video and thank you for the great and thorough video!
After over complicating a things in my head for a day I figured it out. Many thanks my friend
Thank you very much for this clear explanation. It has inspired us to start using compass and map for our travels.
Nice to have a refresher course every now and again.
Thanks for the deets!
It was very educational and exciting to gather new knowledge and wisdom.
Cheers to more blissful moments!
Finally! This is just the video I was looking for
Astonishing great explanation.Thank you
Well done, great tutorial, very easy to follow and understand especially the declination section. I've seen a few tutorials on this and most will explain how to set the declination but not show it as clearly as you have.
I find some people have a general idea of direction and some have no idea about which direction north is from where they are standing.
I have often told my children from where you are standing in which direction does the sun come up in the USA and will point in that basic direction so I tell them that must be east.
If that is east turning 180 degrees must be west and so on.
I have enjoyed watching and listening to each video you post and they all are very informative and interesting.
I live 3 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and when someone asks me why they should have a compass and learn how to use I tell imagine you went fishing and the fog rolled in how would know which direction would lead you home?
Thanks a million for sharing your knowledge and many years of experience with all of us.
Jim Hill
Great video, reminds me when I was young we learned to use a compass before there was GPS. A good skill to have, thank you
Kids schools should teach this. So good!
This is FANTASTIC! Thank you!
Great reminder, have done a lot of walking in the 1970s it was good to revisit forgotten principles.
Outstanding instructional vid. Thank you Sir.
Thank you, beautiful explanation!
I just wanted to say that this was well done.
When I first explored the hills, I used a Bartholemews 1/2 to the mile map, and it took me into the wilds without ever losing where I was
Basically, you need the map to use the compass. I never understood how to use it until now ty. Not one school teaches you this. Sad how society not see the systems is broken by people who run the world.
Great teaching style. It will take a while to get all this in my head but practice will hopefully get me there.
Thanks, well explained and a lot easier to understand (for a beginner) than some other videos I have seen
Glad it was helpful!
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Sir, thank you so much to your clear english, I am be able to learn a new field of knoweldge in a totally foreign language 🙏🙏👍🧭🗺🌐.
This is the best explanation of how to use compass. I understood the first part easily but the 2nd part about declaration went over my head. Guess need to rewatch it.
This is very good information, I will continue to study your instructions, thank you.
Great for unknown areas and finding locations. For situational awareness land navigation, I find it best to look around you, on the horizon, etc. Of course these aren't exclusive methods, but similarly one shouldn't be neglected for the other. Used together they are much more competent. Cheers.
An excellent explanation, and how great to see Anglezark on a map once again.
😊 and the best thing about Anglezark is a tea and cake afterwards.
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Thanks a lot. very informative video. I will share this with my grand kids as we all are learning together the use of a Compass. Keep it up 👍👍
Good stuff……great explanations and examples!
Very very clear explanation, excellent video, thank you.
When i was a boy scout a tip i was given was to look at the map and guess the bearing then work out bearing as you describe, if the two numbers are very different check you had the compass correctly on the map.
I have the us army the last one you showed in army green that is a $200 buck compass love the way when closing it up it stops the floating dial in side from moving around it also so has temp glow tempary only so the enemy don't see you at night using a flashlight in a hidden manner will ilmunate the compass for few seconds to see were you are heading
anyone else wanna give this guy a hug?
This video is very informative and covered many things simply. Thank you for this.
Great use of lighting to highlight and explain
Good video! One thing needs to be added...keep the compass away from any metal when taking your bearings.
Very good presentation and informative I would like to learn more. Thank you.
Great introduction to taking bearings and navigating. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!