TACTICAL TOOLS (CORPORAL'S COURSE)

TACTICAL TOOLS (CORPORAL'S
COURSE)


Alomaploislodefinedloaslo-loans--
✔✔alographiclorepresentationloofloaloportionlooflotheloEarth'slosurfacelodrawnlotoloscale,loas
loseenlofromloabove.loItlouseslocolors,losymbols,loandlolabelslotolorepresentlofeatureslofound
loonlotheloground.


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Theloideallorepresentationlowouldlobelorealizedloifloeverylofeaturelooflotheloarealobeinglomap
pedlocouldlobeloshownloinlotrueloshape.lo

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Thelopurposeloofloalomaploislotoloprovideloinformationloonlotheloexistence,lolocation,loandlodi
stancelobetweenlogroundlofeatures,losuchloaslopopulatedloplacesloandlorouteslooflotravelloa
ndlocommunication.loItloalsoloindicateslovariationsloinloterrain,loheightslooflonaturallofeature
s,loandlotheloextentlooflovegetationlocover.

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Alllooperationsloconductedlorequirelomaps;lohowever,lothelofinestlomapsloavailableloarelowo
rthlesslounlesslothelomaplouserloknowslohowlotoloreadlothem.

MarginalloInformationlo-loans--
✔✔Alomaploisloconsideredloequipment.loTolouseloitloproperly,loyouloshouldloreadlotheloinstr
uctions.lo

Theseloinstructionsloonlotheloouterloedgeslooflothelomaploarelocalledlomarginalloinformation.
lo


Alllomapsloarelodifferentlosoloexaminelothelomarginalloinformationloonloeachlomaplocarefully
.

MarginalloInformationlo(ToploMarginlo1-6)lo-loans--
✔✔Thelotoplomarginlooflothelomaplohelpsloyoulotoloidentifylothelospecificloarealocoveredloasl
owellloaslotheloageloandloscalelooflothelomap.


1loSheetloNamelo(ToploMargin)lo-loans--
✔✔Thelosheetlonameloislofoundloinloboldloprintloatlothelocenterlooflothelotoploandloinlothelolo
werloleftloarealooflothelomaplomargin.loAlomaploislogenerallylonamedloforlothelosettlementloco

,ntainedlowithinlotheloarealocoveredlobylothelosheetloorloforlothelolargestlonaturallofeatureloloc
atedlowithinlotheloarealoatlothelotimelothelomaplowaslodrawn.

2loSheetloNumberlo(ToploMargin)lo-loans--
✔✔Thelosheetlonumberloisloboldedloinlotheloupperlorightloandlolowerloleftloareaslooflotheloma
rginloandloinlothelocenterloboxlooflotheloadjoininglosheetslodiagram,lowhichloislofoundloinlothel
olowerlorightlomargin.lo


Itloislousedloasloaloreferencelonumberlotololinklospecificlomapslotolooverlays,looperationsloor
ders,loandloplans.lo

Forlomapsloatlo1:100,000loscaleloandlolarger,losheetlonumbersloarelobasedloonloanloarbitrar
ylosystemlothatlomakeslopossiblelotheloreadyloorientationlooflomapsloatloscaleslooflo1:100,00
0,lo1:50,000,loandlo1:25,000.

3loSeriesloNamelo(ToploMargin)lo-loans--
✔✔Thelomaploserieslonameloislofoundloinlothelosameloboldloprintloaslothelosheetlonumberloi
nlotheloupperloleftlocornerlooflothelomargin.

Thelonamelogivenlotolotheloseriesloislogenerallylothatloofloalomajorlopoliticallosubdivision,losu
chloasloalostatelowithinlotheloUnitedloStatesloorloaloEuropeanlonation.lo

Alomaploserieslousuallyloincludesloalogrouplooflosimilarlomapsloatlothelosameloscaleloandloon
lothelosamelosheetlolinesloorloformatlodesignedlotolocoverloaloparticularlogeographicloarea.lo


Itlomayloalsolobeloalogrouplooflomapslothatloserveloalocommonlopurpose,losuchloaslothelomilit
arylocitylomaps.

4loScalelo(ToploMargin)lo-loans--
✔✔Theloscaleloislofoundlobothloinlotheloupperloleftlomarginloafterlotheloserieslonameloandloinl
othelocenterlooflothelolowerlomargin.


Theloscalelonoteloisloalorepresentativelofractionlothatlogiveslotheloratioloofloalomaplodistancel
otolothelocorrespondinglodistanceloonlotheloEarth'slosurface.lo


Forloexample,lotheloscalelonotelo1:50,000loindicateslothatloonelounitlooflomeasureloonlothelo
maploequalslo50,000lounitslooflothelosamelomeasureloonlotheloground.

5loSeriesloNumberlo(ToploMargin)lo-loans--
✔✔Theloserieslonumberloislofoundloinlobothlotheloupperlorightlomarginloandlothelolowerloleftlo
margin.loItloisloalosequenceloreferenceloexpressedloeitherloasloalofour-
digitlonumerallo(1125)loorloasloaloletter,lofollowedlobyloalothree-loorlofour-
digitlonumerallo(M661;loT7110).

,6loEditionloNumberlo(ToploMargin)lo-loans--
✔✔Theloeditionlonumberloislofoundloboldedloinlotheloupperlorightloarealooflothelotoplomarginl
oandlothelolowerloleftloarealooflothelobottomlomargin.lo


Editionsloarelonumberedloconsecutively;lotherefore,loifloyoulohavelomorelothanlooneloedition
,lothelohighestlonumberedlosheetloislothelomostlorecent.lo

Thislodateloisloimportantlowhenlodetermininglohowloaccuratelylothelomaplodatalomightlobeloe
xpectedlotolomatchlowhatloyoulowillloencounterloonlotheloground.

MarginalloInformationlo(BottomloMarginlo7-14)lo-loans--
✔✔Thisloportionlooflothelomaploincludesloinformationlothatlohelpslotolointerpretlothelomap.loIt
loprovideslocorrelationlobetweenloactualloterrainloandloman-
madelofeaturesloandlothelomap'slotopographiclosymbols.loSomeloinformationlofoundloinlothe
lobottomlomarginloislorepeatedlofromlothelotoplomargin.


7loBoundarieslo(BottomloMargin)lo-loans--
✔✔Theloindexlotoloboundarieslodiagramloappearsloinlothelolowerloorlorightlomarginloofloalllos
heets.

Thislodiagram,lowhichloisloalominiaturelooflothelomap,loshowslotheloboundarieslothatlooccurlo
withinlothelomaploarea,losuchloaslocountylolinesloandlostateloboundaries.

8loAdjoiningloSheetslo(BottomloMargin)lo-loans--
✔✔Mapsloatloalllostandardloscaleslocontainloalodiagramlothatloillustrateslotheloadjoininglosh
eets.loThelodiagramlousuallylocontainsloninelorectangles,lobutlothelonumberlomaylovarylode
pendingloonlothelolocationslooflotheloadjoininglosheets.loAlllorepresentedlosheetsloareloidenti
fiedlobylotheirlosheetlonumbers.loSheetsloofloanloadjoiningloserieslooflothelosameloscale,lowh
etherlopublishedloorloplanned,loarelorepresentedlobylodashedlolines.loTheloserieslonumberlo
oflotheloadjoiningloseriesloisloindicatedloalonglotheloappropriatelosidelooflothelodivisionlolinelo
betweenlotheloseries.

9loElevationloGuidelo(BottomloMargin)lo-loans--
✔✔Thisloislonormallylofoundloinlothelolowerlorightlomargin.lo

Itloisloalominiaturelocharacterizationlooflotheloterrainloshown.lo

Theloterrainloislorepresentedlobylobandsloofloelevation,lospotloelevations,loandlomajorlodrain
agelofeatures.lo

Theloelevationloguideloprovideslothelomaploreaderlowithloalomeanslooflorapidlorecognitionloo
flomajorlolandforms.

10loDeclinationloDiagramlo(BottomloMargin)lo-loans--
✔✔Thisloislolocatedloinlothelolowerlomarginlooflolarge-

, scalelomapsloandloindicateslotheloangularlorelationshipslooflotruelonorth,logridlonorth,loandlo
magneticlonorth.lo

Onlomapsloatlo1:250,000loscale,lothisloinformationloisloexpressedloasloalonoteloinlothelolower
lomargin.lo


Inlonewlomaps,lothereloisloalonoteloindicatinglotheloconversionloofloazimuthslofromlogridlotolo
magneticloandlofromlomagneticlotologridlonextlotolothelodeclinationlodiagram.

11loBarloScalelo(BottomloMargin)lo-loans--
✔✔Theseloarelolocatedloinlothelocenterlooflothelolowerlomargin.

Theyloarelorulerslousedlotoloconvertlomaplodistancelotologroundlodistance.

Mapslohavelothreeloorlomorelobarloscales,loeachloinloalodifferentlounitlooflomeasure.

Careloshouldlobeloexercisedlowhenlousinglotheloscales,loespeciallyloinlotheloselectionloofloth
elounitlooflomeasurelothatloisloneeded.

12loContourloIntervalloNotelo(BottomloMargin)lo-loans--
✔✔Thislonoteloislofoundloinlothelocenterlooflothelolowerlomarginlonormallylobelowlothelobarlos
cales.lo

Itlostateslotheloverticallodistancelobetweenloadjacentlocontourlolineslooflothelomap.

Whenlosupplementarylocontoursloareloused,lothelointervalloisloindicated.

Inlonewlomaps,lothelocontourlointervalloislogivenloinlometersloinsteadlooflofeet.

13loLegendlo(BottomloMargin)lo-loans--
✔✔Thelolegendloislolocatedloinlothelolowerloleftlomargin.lo

Itloillustratesloandloidentifieslothelotopographiclosymbolslousedlotolodepictlosomelooflothelom
oreloprominentlofeaturesloonlothelomap.

Thelosymbolsloarelonotlothelosameloonloeverylomap.lo
lo
Alwaysloreferlotolothelolegendlotoloavoidloerrorslowhenloreadingloalomap.

14loGridloReferenceloBoxlo(BottomloMargin)lo-loans--✔✔GridloReferenceloBox

ColorsloonloaloMaplo-loans--
✔✔Bylothelofifteenthlocentury,lomostloEuropeanlomapslowerelocarefullylocolored.

Profilelodrawingslooflomountainsloandlohillslowereloshownloinlobrown.

Riversloandlolakeslowereloshownloinloblue.