U.S. Army Guide to Map Reading and Navigation by Department-of-the-Army -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents PART ONE - MAP READING

CHAPTER 1 - TRAINING STRATEGY

1-1. THE BUILDING-BLOCK APPROACH 1-2. ARMYWIDE IMPLEMENTATION 1-3. SAFETY

CHAPTER 2 - MAPS

2-1. DEFINITION 2-2. PURPOSE 2-3. PROCUREMENT 2-4. SECURITY 2-5. CARE 2-6. CATEGORIES 2-7. MILITARY MAP SUBSTITUTES 2-8. STANDARDS OF ACCURACY

CHAPTER 3 - MARGINAL INFORMATION AND SYMBOLS

3-1. MARGINAL INFORMATION ON A MILITARY MAP 3-2. ADDITIONAL NOTES 3-3. TOPOGRAPHIC MAP SYMBOLS 3-4. MILITARY SYMBOLS 3-5. COLORS USED ON A MILITARY MAP

CHAPTER 4 - GRIDS

4-1. REFERENCE SYSTEM 4-2. GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES 4-3. MILITARY GRIDS 4-4. THE US ARMY MILITARY GRID REFERENCE SYSTEM 4-5. LOCATING A POINT USING GRID COORDINATES 4-6. LOCATING A POINT USING THE US ARMY MILITARY GRID REFERENCE SYSTEM 4-7. GRID REFERENCE BOX 4-8. OTHER GRID SYSTEMS 4-9. PROTECTION OF MAP COORDINATES AND LOCATIONS

CHAPTER 5 - SCALE AND DISTANCE

5-1. REPRESENTATIVE FRACTION 5-2. GRAPHIC (BAR) SCALES 5-3. OTHER METHODS

CHAPTER 6 - DIRECTION

6-1. METHODS OF EXPRESSING DIRECTION 6-2. BASE LINES 6-3. AZIMUTHS 6-4. GRID AZIMUTHS 6-5. PROTRACTOR 6-6. DECLINATION DIAGRAM 6-7. INTERSECTION 6-8. RESECTION 6-9. MODIFIED RESECTION 6-10. POLAR COORDINATES

CHAPTER 7 - OVERLAYS

7-1. PURPOSE 7-2. MAP OVERLAY 7-3. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OVERLAY

CHAPTER 8 - AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

8-1. COMPARISON WITH MAPS 8-2. TYPES 8-3. TYPES OF FILM 8-4. NUMBERING AND TITLING INFORMATION 8-5. SCALE DETERMINATION 8-6. INDEXING 8.7. ORIENTING OF PHOTOGRAPH 8-8. POINT DESIGNATION GRID 8-9. IDENTIFICATION OF PHOTOGRAPH FEATURES 8·10. STEREOVISION

PART TWO - LAND NAVIGATION

CHAPTER 9 - NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT AND METHODS

9-1. TYPES OF COMPASSES 9-2. LENSATIC COMPASS 9-3. COMPASS HANDLING 9-4. USING A COMPASS 9-5. FIELD-EXPEDIENT METHODS 9-6. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

CHAPTER 10 - ELEVATION AND RELIEF

10-1. DEFINITIONS 10-2. METHODS OF DEPICTING RELIEF 10-3. CONTOUR INTERVALS 10-4. TYPES OF SLOPES 10-5. PERCENTAGE OF SLOPE 10-6. TERRAIN FEATURES 10-7. INTERPRETATION OF TERRAIN FEATURES 10-8. PROFILES

CHAPTER 11 - TERRAIN ASSOCIATION

11-1. ORIENTING THE MAP 11-2. LOCATIONS 11-3. TERRAIN ASSOCIATION USAGE 11-4. TACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS 11-5. MOVEMENT AND ROUTE SELECTION 11.6. NAVIGATION METHODS 11-7. NIGHT NAVIGATION

CHAPTER 12 - MOUNTED LAND NAVIGATION

12-1. PRINCIPLES 12-2. NAVIGATOR’S DUTIES 12-3. MOVEMENT 12-4. TERRAIN ASSOCIATION NAVIGATION 12-5. DEAD RECKONING NAVIGATION 12-6. STABILIZED TURRET ALIGNMENT NAVIGATION 12-7. COMBINATION NAVIGATION

CHAPTER 13 - NAVIGATION IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF TERRAIN

13-1. DESERT TERRAIN 13-2. MOUNTAIN TERRAIN 13-3. JUNGLE TERRAIN 13-4. ARCTIC TERRAIN 13-5. URBAN AREAS

CHAPTER 14 - UNIT SUSTAINMENT

14-1. SET UP A SUSTAINMENT PROGRAM 14-2. SET UP A TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM 14-3. SET UP A LAND NAVIGATION COURSE

APPENDIX A - FIELD SKETCHING APPENDIX B - MAP FOLDING TECHNIQUES APPENDIX C - UNITS OF MEASURE AND CONVERSION FACTORS APPENDIX D - JOINT OPERATIONS GRAPHICS APPENDIX E - EXPORTABLE TRAINING MATERIAL APPENDIX F - ORIENTEERING APPENDIX G - M2 COMPASS APPENDIX H - ADDITIONAL AIDS APPENDIX I - FOREIGN MAPS APPENDIX J - GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM GLOSSARY - ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS REFERENCES INDEX