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Dead Reckoning on Foot: Pace Counting, Legs & Position

Lesson 6 of 817 minLab

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In this lesson

You turn counted paces into metres with a calibration and a terrain factor, split each leg into east and north parts with SIN and COS, and find the final position and the distance back to the start.

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Lessons in this course

  1. Map Scales: Map Centimetres, Ground Kilometres & AreasLab14 min Locked
  2. Grid References: 6- and 8-Figure References ↔ MetresLab16 min Locked
  3. Bearings from Coordinates: ATAN2, DEGREES & MODLab16 min Locked
  4. True, Grid & Magnetic: Declination That Drifts by YearLab16 min Locked
  5. Contours: Height Differences, Slope % and Slope AngleLab16 min Locked
  6. Dead Reckoning on Foot: Pace Counting, Legs & PositionLab17 min Locked
  7. Aiming Off & Error Cones: What a Few Degrees Do over DistanceLab16 min Locked
  8. Capstone: Navigation Log & Position PlotLab18 min Locked