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13 Cards in this Set
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What is the FM for map reading and Land Navigation |
FM 3-25.26 |
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What are the Basic Colors of a Map and what does each color represent |
Blue - Water Green - Vegetation Black - man made features Brown - identifies all relief features and elevation, such as contour lines on older edition maps, and cultivated land on red light readable maps Red-Brown - The colors red and brown are combined to identify cultural features, all relief features, non surveyed spot elevations, and elevation, such as contour lines on red light readable maps Red - Cultural Features/ populated areas or main roads on older maps Other - Occasionally other colors are used to show special information. These are indicated in the marginal information as a rule. |
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What is an azimuth |
A horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise manner from a North base line, expressing direction. |
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3 minor features |
Cliff Draw Spur |
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What is a benchmark |
Man-made marker showing points of elevation |
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What is the declination diagram |
To covert magnetic north to grid and true north |
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What is the Map used by the Army |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
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Each bezel ring click is worth how many degrees |
3 degrees |
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How many clicks will be done in a full bezel ring rotation |
120 clicks |
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4 cardinal directions on a map |
Northeast Northwest Southeast Southwest |
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3 types of primitive ways to find your direction |
Celestial Clock face Shadow tip |
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What is the borderline of the outside of the map called |
Neat |
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What is a Map |
A geographic representation of a portion of the earth's surface seen above drawn to scale. |