{"id":81,"date":"2014-01-12T11:52:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T10:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/?p=81"},"modified":"2014-02-09T19:52:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T18:52:53","slug":"using-the-compass-in-interaction-with-a-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/2014\/01\/12\/using-the-compass-in-interaction-with-a-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the compass in interaction with a map."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s when you use both compass and map the compass is really good, and you will be able to navigate safely and accurately in terrain you&#8217;ve never been before without following trails. But it&#8217;ll take some training and experience, though.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>MAP READING.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Road maps and other general use maps are often a jumble of color. They use map colors in a variety of ways&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Blue<\/span> &#8211; lakes, rivers, streams, oceans, reservoirs, highways, local borders<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Red<\/span> &#8211; major highways, roads, urban areas, airports, special interest sites, military sites, place names, buildings, borders<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffff00\">Yellow<\/span> &#8211; built-up or urban areas<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ff00\">Green<\/span> &#8211; parks, golf courses, reservations, forest, orchards, highways<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000\">Brown<\/span> &#8211; deserts, historical sites, national parks, military reservations or bases, contour (elevation) lines<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Black<\/span> &#8211; roads, railroads, highways, bridges, place names, buildings, borders<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800080\">Purple<\/span> &#8211; highways, (also used on U.S.G.S. topographic maps to represent features added to the map since the original survey)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"line-height: 24px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/files\/2014\/01\/IMG_6012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-100\" src=\"http:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/files\/2014\/01\/IMG_6012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/files\/2014\/01\/IMG_6012-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/files\/2014\/01\/IMG_6012-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/files\/2014\/01\/IMG_6012-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>As you can see, different maps can use colors in a variety of ways. It is important to look at the map key or map legend for the map you are using to become familiar with the color scheme, lest you decide to turn right at an aqueduct.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>bibliography:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/studygeography\/a\/mapparts.htm\">http:\/\/geography.about.com\/od\/studygeography\/a\/mapparts.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s when you use both compass and map the compass is really good, and you will be able to navigate safely and accurately in terrain you&#8217;ve never been before without following trails. But it&#8217;ll take some training and experience, though. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/2014\/01\/12\/using-the-compass-in-interaction-with-a-map\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":333,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/333"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/home.uia.no\/sarar13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}