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E. Training in this ield is wide open and Note the direction that lays exactly midway
throughout various government agencies. between the twelve and the ‘hour hand’.
There is a ton of free training. Take it! Forty This will be North.
four years ago we had very little training and
technology available. So take the time and These methods will give you a good
take advantage of any and all training you can approximation of compass direction.
get! On the other hand, we must prepare for If your watch happens to be adjusted for
“grid down” situations. We shouldn’t dependent daylight saving at the time, then you can
totally upon the electronic base systems, for ‘remove’ the daylight saving for greater
example, the internet, GPS mapping systems accuracy.
and skip tracing databases. We as investigators,
we know when those devices fail and you are
setup in a rural area, it can make for a long
day. You may have to call off the assignment,
but if you know “old school,” land navigation
& celestial navigation: Finding direction by
using your watch. (Source: natureskills.com)
You could easily ind your way out of heavy
foliage remote areas. This method used varies
depending upon which hemisphere (northern
or southern) that you happen to be living in.
The following methods are described using an
analog watch, (that’s a watch with an hour and
a minute hand) but they can be applied just
as well if you own a digital watch – just use
your imagination to superimpose the 12 hourly
numerals and the relevant position of the ‘hour
hand’ on the face of your digital watch.
Northern Hemisphere
Holding your watch horizontally, point the
‘hour hand’ of your watch at the sun.
Note the direction that lies exactly midway
between the ‘hour hand’ and the numeral twelve
on your watch. This will be South.
Once you have established this, it will be easy
to determine the other points of the compass.
Southern Hemisphere
Holding your watch horizontally, point the
numeral twelve on your watch at the sun. Courtesy of upload.wikimedia.org
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throughout various government agencies. between the twelve and the ‘hour hand’.
There is a ton of free training. Take it! Forty This will be North.
four years ago we had very little training and
technology available. So take the time and These methods will give you a good
take advantage of any and all training you can approximation of compass direction.
get! On the other hand, we must prepare for If your watch happens to be adjusted for
“grid down” situations. We shouldn’t dependent daylight saving at the time, then you can
totally upon the electronic base systems, for ‘remove’ the daylight saving for greater
example, the internet, GPS mapping systems accuracy.
and skip tracing databases. We as investigators,
we know when those devices fail and you are
setup in a rural area, it can make for a long
day. You may have to call off the assignment,
but if you know “old school,” land navigation
& celestial navigation: Finding direction by
using your watch. (Source: natureskills.com)
You could easily ind your way out of heavy
foliage remote areas. This method used varies
depending upon which hemisphere (northern
or southern) that you happen to be living in.
The following methods are described using an
analog watch, (that’s a watch with an hour and
a minute hand) but they can be applied just
as well if you own a digital watch – just use
your imagination to superimpose the 12 hourly
numerals and the relevant position of the ‘hour
hand’ on the face of your digital watch.
Northern Hemisphere
Holding your watch horizontally, point the
‘hour hand’ of your watch at the sun.
Note the direction that lies exactly midway
between the ‘hour hand’ and the numeral twelve
on your watch. This will be South.
Once you have established this, it will be easy
to determine the other points of the compass.
Southern Hemisphere
Holding your watch horizontally, point the
numeral twelve on your watch at the sun. Courtesy of upload.wikimedia.org
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