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15 Cards in this Set
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LAND NAVIGATION
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LAND NAVIGATION
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What are the basic colors of a map and what do they stand for?
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Blue-water and water features
Red-roads Black-man made objects Green-vegetation Brown-contour lines, elevation and relief. |
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What are military symbols?
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Figures used to represent types of military organizations, installations and activities.
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What is meant by declination?
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The angular distance between true north and either magnetic north or grid north.
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What is vertical distance?
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The distance between the highest and lowest points measured.
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If a map is to be effective, what information is consulted?
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Marginal data.
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Where is the Legend of a map found?
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Lower Left Margin.
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How is a lensatic compass held?
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Level, firm and away from metal such as weapons and electrical devices.
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What is the basic rule for readin coordinates off a map?
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Read right and up from the left hand corner.
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How close does an eight-digit grid coordinate locate a point?
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To the nearest ten meters.
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What does the graphic scale tell you?
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It is the rule by which map distances can be measured as actual ground distance.
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Which North is used when using a military map?
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Magnetic north when using a compass, and grid north when using the map.
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What is the name of the map system that the u.s uses?
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Universal Traverse Mercator grid system.
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What are the three tpes of conrour lines?
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Index, intermediate and supplementary.
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What is a contour interval?
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The vertical distance between contour lines.
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