@@kylep6194 Thanks Kyle. More food videos are on the way. I have taken a bit of a break from those as I complete the book I am working on. The book should be out in about a month from now and you will see more food videos soon :)
Using a map and compass for navigation purposes is a perishable skill. It really helps to keep a video of this in a bookmark for a yearly review if need be.
Excellent video you do you demystified for me why you always see these extra set of lines on the map. I never knew quite which ones I should be using. Thanks for the very informative video.
Thanks for another great video. Once again I find myself saying I've never seen this topic so well explained before. Big kudos to you! I really love this video and plan to come back to it as well as the declination video when I need to help new trippers learn.
Very interesting thanks buddy. I'm glad there wasn't a quiz at the end. Lol😉🤣 Seriously well done and much appreciated! A huge refinement on my rather rudimentary map skills.
I have recently watched both Compass videos. Both are well thought out and a big help. My only request is another map/compass video - maybe pace related?
Kevin, who is the manufacturer of the maps you use? I use both Fisher and Voyageur maps for the BWCA. They are great maps, but use different measurements. So setting up the gps is fun. Thank you for the videos you produce and the knowledge you share with us.😊
Great video Kevin! One thing I'm slightly confused about. When you adjust your needle to line up the orienteering lines with the grid lines, doesn't that throw off your declination adjustment a bit? Do you just take that into consideration when taking a bearing afterwards?
It shouldn't because I have already adjusted for declination then I aligned my map to true north. Once the map is physically pointing to true north I no longer need to worry about declination. I then adjust the compass bezel to align with the UTM lines and the compass needle is pointing to magnetic north. it just lets me use the UTM lines with the compass.
Excellent videos. You must have military experience. If your map has the grid north declination on the map you can adjust the declination off the hop. I like the way you showed the method of adjusting to grid without having a grid azimuth on the map. On my Caltopo 7.5 map of a Halifax area hike the grid lines are out 1 mm from the top and bottom west side of the map (TN). Not a lot for the amount of travel I hike in a day. The map actually does not list the grid declination. On a long trip and a fair distance from the central meridian would make a difference. Great videos.
...showed a guy how to use his GPS one day. He was very long on Bush, but very short on Tech. Amazingly, he found it easiest to navigate simply by referring to the cor-ordinate numbers only, in his head, and seeing if they were plus or minus from his campsite's location numbers...he didn't want to use the breadcrumb trail screen...
Thanks Andy, yes I have it is catching on here as well. I believe the system was in the news last fall when someone who used it was found and were saved.
I am not sure you can. By UPS you mean the polar system? I don't have any experience with that and I don't think there is overlap between the two systems.
Best discussion of UTM system I have seen on You Tube
Thanks Action Jackson!
Finally an explanation of the Mercator Projection system that made sense to me. Thanks!
Thanks, that is what I was going for. I haven't seen a video this comprehensive or straightforward before.
Best explanation I have seen. Thanks a lot!!
You are welcome!
Well done, very clear explanation.
Thanks!
Excellent description.
Thanks!
Kevin, you have a gift for explaining the complex in a way that is understandable. Well done! Thank you for this important series.
Thanks April, much appreciated!
Great information. You’re a natural teacher. I learned a lot from this video. Keep the dehydrated food videos coming as well.
@@kylep6194 Thanks Kyle. More food videos are on the way. I have taken a bit of a break from those as I complete the book I am working on. The book should be out in about a month from now and you will see more food videos soon :)
Using a map and compass for navigation purposes is a perishable skill. It really helps to keep a video of this in a bookmark for a yearly review if need be.
Great explained, thanks 👍
You are welcome!
Excellent video you do you demystified for me why you always see these extra set of lines on the map. I never knew quite which ones I should be using. Thanks for the very informative video.
Thanks Chris, Glad to hear that!
Well done Kevin!
Thanks, glad you liked it.
Thanks for another great video. Once again I find myself saying I've never seen this topic so well explained before. Big kudos to you! I really love this video and plan to come back to it as well as the declination video when I need to help new trippers learn.
Thanks Mama, I really appreciate that! We are a lucky that we live in a part of the world with minimal declination.
Damn you’re good. Thanks! I’m now beginning to understand
Thanks so much. Glad you found this helpful!
Kevin - very well explained. I always love doing map and compass work in the bush, especially as a geog student.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Haha. I’m back for Part 2 🤯 🤯
Welcome back
Very interesting thanks buddy. I'm glad there wasn't a quiz at the end. Lol😉🤣 Seriously well done and much appreciated! A huge refinement on my rather rudimentary map skills.
Thanks buddy 👍 Glad you enjoyed it 👊
Thanks for the info. I will have to watch it a couple times to digest all but keep them coming!!
You bet! Thanks.
I have recently watched both Compass videos. Both are well thought out and a big help. My only request is another map/compass video - maybe pace related?
Good suggestion. I'll try and think of something for when the snow finally leave us and before the leaves come out.
Excellent
Thank you! Cheers!
Good Information Sir
Thanks you!
Good job
Thanks!
Kevin, who is the manufacturer of the maps you use? I use both Fisher and Voyageur maps for the BWCA. They are great maps, but use different measurements. So setting up the gps is fun. Thank you for the videos you produce and the knowledge you share with us.😊
Thanks for the comment. The maps I use are the 1:50,000 National Topographic Series produced by the government of Canada.
Very important skills especially on big open water with no points of reference.
Thanks Derek!
Thanks
No problem.
Great video Kevin! One thing I'm slightly confused about. When you adjust your needle to line up the orienteering lines with the grid lines, doesn't that throw off your declination adjustment a bit? Do you just take that into consideration when taking a bearing afterwards?
It shouldn't because I have already adjusted for declination then I aligned my map to true north. Once the map is physically pointing to true north I no longer need to worry about declination. I then adjust the compass bezel to align with the UTM lines and the compass needle is pointing to magnetic north. it just lets me use the UTM lines with the compass.
Excellent videos. You must have military experience. If your map has the grid north declination on the map you can adjust the declination off the hop. I like the way you showed the method of adjusting to grid without having a grid azimuth on the map. On my Caltopo 7.5 map of a Halifax area hike the grid lines are out 1 mm from the top and bottom west side of the map (TN). Not a lot for the amount of travel I hike in a day. The map actually does not list the grid declination. On a long trip and a fair distance from the central meridian would make a difference.
Great videos.
Thanks Steve. Actually I learned how to do all of this in Scouts when I was a kid.
Another informative video Kevin, nice work! 👏
Thanks Teunis! 👍
...showed a guy how to use his GPS one day. He was very long on Bush, but very short on Tech. Amazingly, he found it easiest to navigate simply by referring to the cor-ordinate numbers only, in his head, and seeing if they were plus or minus from his campsite's location numbers...he didn't want to use the breadcrumb trail screen...
That will work. I have an idea for a video on how to use GPS with map and compass.
Great video. What is the brand and model of the compass
It was likely my Silva Ranger. One of the best compasses for navigating.
Superb explanation. I assume you’re familiar with the “what3words” system, which is being pushed really hard over here at the moment.
Thanks Andy, yes I have it is catching on here as well. I believe the system was in the news last fall when someone who used it was found and were saved.
What I got out of these videos:
Someone else is in charge of map and compass duty!
LOL, In a future video I am going to say that you can still use a compass and not worry about all this detailed stuff. :)
How can I convert utm user grid to utm ups
I am not sure you can. By UPS you mean the polar system? I don't have any experience with that and I don't think there is overlap between the two systems.
@@KevinOutdoors thank you sir for your reply