Orienteering
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Orienteering is the sport where a map and compass are essential. Participants navigate through various terrains to find specific checkpoints using only these tools, testing both physical and navigational skills.
The map key and compass rose are essential to understanding the information on any map.
Different parts of a map, such as the legend, scale, and compass rose, are important for providing key information to readers. The legend helps interpret symbols and colors used on the map, the scale indicates the relationship between map distance and actual distance, and the compass rose shows direction. These elements are essential for navigating and understanding the features represented on a map.
A compass rose.
The compass rose shows the direction of North on a map.
If a person is traveling they would need to know how to read a map, and what the symbols mean. The Compass Rose, is a compass. It gives a map reading direction, from where they currently are, to their end destination.