All maps are laid out with true north directly at the top. Unfortunately for the wilderness traveler, true north is not at the same point on the earth as the magnetic north Pole which is where your ...

As I mentioned, bearings are the direction or angle as measured in degrees from a reference point. To take a bearing, lay ...

This makes an eight-point compass. There are a further eight points ... south or west. Ordnance Survey maps are always printed so that north is at the top of the map. Most maps have a scale.

On your map, using compass directions ... scale and map reading and can be used as a starting point for related learning of co-ordinates in four quadrants. Other ideas include plotting routes ...