MSL 301, Lesson 08: Map Reading Review

Map Reading
Review

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Learning Objectives
 Identify the marginal information and topographic
symbols on a military map
 Distinguish between the five major, three minor
and two supplemental terrain features on a map
 Determine grid coordinates on a map

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Marginal Information

 Sheet Name
 Sheet Number
 Adjoining Map
Sheets Diagram

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Marginal Information (cont’d)

 Special Notes

 Declination Diagram

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Marginal Information (cont’d)

 Scales

 Contour Interval
Notes

 Grid Reference Box

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Marginal Information (cont’d)

Legen
d

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Colors used on a Military Map

 Black: Man-made features
 Blue: Water features
 Brown: Relief features and elevation on older or red-light readable
maps
 Green: Vegetation
 Red: Man-made features
 Red-Brown: Cultural features and non-surveyed spot elevations
 Other: Occasionally other colors may be used to show special
information and - if used - will be noted in the marginal information

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Elevation and Contour Lines

CONTOUR INTERVAL 10 METERS

SUPPLEMENTARY CONTOURS 5 METERS

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Terrain Features

Five Major Three Minor

 Ridge  Draw
 Hill  Spur

 Saddle  Cliff
 Valley Two Supplemental
 Depression  Cut

 Fill

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Ridge

X
G E
RI D

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Ridgeline

RIDGELINE RIDGELINE

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Ridgeline

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Hill

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Saddle

X X

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Valley

X
X

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Depression

X
X

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Spur

X
X X X

X X

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Draw

X X X
X

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Cliff
X

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Cut and Fill

X
X

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Protractor
(GTA 5-2-12)

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Four-Digit Grid Coordinates

16S FG 05 80 1)Identify
1) Identifythe
the100,000
100,000
SquareIdentification
Square Identification
Letters(in
Letters (inthe
theGrid
Grid
ReferenceBox).
Reference Box).

2)Read
2) ReadRight
Righttotothe
thelast
last
north-southgrid
gridbefore
before

Then Up
north-south
yourpoint.
your point.

3)Read
3) ReadUp
Uptotothe
thelast
last
Read Right east-westgrid
east-west gridbelow
belowor or
beforeyour
before yourpoint.
point.

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‘Zero (0) Mark’

 Select the correct scale on the protractor.

16S FG 05 80 Placethe the

Place

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1000
horizontal
horizontal
scaleon
scale onthethe
1000 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
gridline
grid linewith
with
the‘zero
the ‘zero(0)(0)
mark’at
mark’ atthe
the
lowerleft-
lower left-
handcorner
hand corner
ofthe
of thegrid
grid
square.
square.

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Six-Digit Grid Coordinates

16S FG 055 804

 Slide
 Slidescale
scaleright
right
. intountil
into untilthe
the
verticalscale
vertical scale
intersectsthe
intersects the
centerof
center ofyour
your
plotpoint.
plot point.
 Grid
 Gridcoordinates
coordinates
aredetermined
are determinedto to
thenearest
the nearest100m100m
(sixdigits)
(six digits)
 Read
 Readright,
right,then
then
readup
read up

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Eight-Digit Grid Coordinates

16S FG 0557 8046

 Slide
 Slidescale
scaleright
right
. intountil
into untilthe
the
verticalscale
vertical scale
intersectsthe
intersects the
centerof
center ofyour
your
plotpoint.
plot point.
 Grid
 Gridcoordinates
coordinates
aredetermined
are determinedto to
thenearest
the nearest10m 10m
(eightdigits)
(eight digits)
 Read
 Readright,
right,then
then
readup
read up

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Determining Grid Coordinates Review

 Select the correct scale on the protractor.
 Place the horizontal scale on the grid line
with the ‘zero (0) mark’ at the lower left-
hand corner of the grid square
 Slide scale right until the vertical scale
intersects the center of your plot point.
 Read Right, then read Up.

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