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Map Maker

Make your own maps by triangulation and compass survey, enlarge a section of a map, and draw a cross-section of the terrain.

  • Pursuit
  • Syllabus page 23

What you need to do

  1. Make a map by triangulation, using prismatic compass or plane table. The area should include fields, a building and a pond or equivalent features.
  2. Make a road map, with a compass and field book, of 2 kilometers of road, showing all main features and objects within a reasonable distance on either side, to a scale of 10 centimeters per kilometer. The field book must be produced for inspection.
  3. Enlarge such portions of a 1:50 000 scale OS map as the examiner may determine, by a 1:3 proportion.
  4. Draw a simple cross-section of a 1:50 000 scale OS map (the line chosen is to include varied features, gradients and so on).