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Travel Well By Knowing How To Use Maps

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Jan 09,2008 by shab

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If you are planning any outdoor travel, then you know that using maps is one of the key elements to enjoying your trip. Tourism is not going to go well in the wooded forests near you unless you have the skills and tools to be successful. Using maps and GPS units to help you get around is important. If you believe that you can just stick to the local trails and be fine, this mistake could cost you much more. Even on clearly marked trails, chances are good that you will find it difficult to know where you are even if you are a skilled hiker without a map.

Tips For Using Maps

While most maps will not help you through the local forest, they will help you to know where you are and how to get back to where you should be, if you get turned around too many times. The first thing to do is to have a current map in the area you plan to be in. Before leaving for the trip look it over and know how to use it. The legend is an important part of that map because it will teach you about the symbols used on the map. These change from one company to the next. You also need to know what the scale of the map is. Is one inch equal to one mile? You also want to know the type of terrain that you will be on as this will play a significant difference in the hike.

Altitude Markings

Most maps will have altitude markings on them to help you to know what they are. Each map will have their own way of marking these changes in altitude whether it is a hill shape on the map or numbers that are printed along the actual path line to tell you, called contour lines. You also want to pay attention to the lat and longitude lines found on the map. Longitude runs up and down on the map, which would be north and south. Latitude runs side to side and is east and west. Maps are all unique to themselves, so it is important to know what you have first before using them.

It is important to know small and big things about hiking. During the day, the sun and natural elements in the landscape can help to keep you oriented. The sun rises from the east, which can help you as well. It sets in the west. Depending on what time of the day it is, you will know which way west and east is, based on where the sun is located. It is important too, to realize that latitude and even the coastline can easily make things that seem simple much more complex. Looking into the night sky, you are likely to see the star formations, because most hiking trails are far enough away from the city to allow them to shine.

With your map, your outdoor traveling adventure can be made safely and perhaps easily.

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