Orienteering Exercises - Distance evaluation
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Distance evaluation Exercises
| GPS Distance evaluation | Build up an accurate feeling for distance evaluation in different terrain types using your GPS. Try to run a specified distance in the forest (without looking at your map or GPS), e.g. 100 meters, and check your GPS when you think you have run this distance. Repeat in different terrain types / on paths etc. | Distance evaluation, GPS evaluation | |
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| Map surveying | Map surveying is a good exercise in order to understand properly how a map is built up. | Map reading, Theoretical exercise, Distance evaluation, Map understanding |  |
| No-map compass training | A course on a white sheet of paper with only the course drawn (no details at all). | Compass, Distance evaluation, GPS evaluation |  |
| Step counting | Distance evaluation through step counting. Measure a distance on the map (e.g. 100 meters), and run the same distance in different terrain types and count your steps. Repeat until you get familiar with how many steps you need for a certain distance. | Distance evaluation, GPS evaluation |