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What is the FM for map reading and Land Navigation

FM 3-25.26

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.

What is an azimuth

A horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise manner from a North base line, expressing direction.

3 minor features

Cliff


Draw


Spur

What is a benchmark

Man-made marker showing points of elevation

What is the declination diagram

To covert magnetic north to grid and true north

What is the Map used by the Army

Universal Transverse Mercator

Each bezel ring click is worth how many degrees

3 degrees

How many clicks will be done in a full bezel ring rotation

120 clicks

4 cardinal directions on a map

Northeast


Northwest


Southeast


Southwest

3 types of primitive ways to find your direction

Celestial


Clock face


Shadow tip

What is the borderline of the outside of the map called

Neat

What is a Map

A geographic representation of a portion of the earth's surface seen above drawn to scale.