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 Map reading

On the water tower

The goal of this exercise was to determine whether the "compass" on the water tower was giving a grid reading or a magnetic reading.
We took a reading on one of the distant mountains and after checking on the map, determined that it was a grid reading.







After taking a few bearings with a compass on landmarks, we learnt how to triangulate our position.


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