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CHAPTER 8
TWO WAYS TO LINE UP YOUR MAP
WITH THE GROUND
Before the compass and the map are ready to work
together, the map must be placed in a position so that
the directions on the map are lined up with the direc-
tions on the ground. There are two ways to do this, one
of them without the aid of a compass and the other with
the help of a compass or of some other way of finding
north. This act of lining up your map with the ground
is called orienting the map.
By Inspection
The first way of lining up your map is called "by in-
spection," which simply means "by looking at the
ground with the map in front of you." This can be
done when you have found objects on the ground which
you recognize on your map and which you can see. For
example, in figure 81 you hold your map so that theFigure 81.
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