There are several kinds of the method of using the sun, the stars can help you to tell direction.
But these methods are just to give you a rough orientation, if you understand the region’s terrain, you can more accurately identify the direction.
So you need to learn you or your team will go to the country or region of terrain, especially those significant characteristics or landmarks.
Understanding of the terrain, plus the following methods, you can identify the basic in the right direction.
Use of sunlight and shadow
If there is sunshine, there are two easy to discern the direction of the method: using the end of the shadow and the use of a watch.
Using the shadow end.
Anywhere in the world the sun dongsheng west down, so no matter where you are, can be in accordance with the following approach to tell direction:
When looking for a stick of about 3 feet (1 meter) stick, a comparison of level off, without grass grow
, so we can make the shadow of the sticks clearly onto the ground.
Insert stick straight into the ground, but does not need absolute vertical and ground.
The tip of the shadow in the stick to do a mark.
Such as low shadow move an inch and a half to two inches (about 10 to 15 minutes).
On the tip of the second shadow also do mark.
Draw a line, the first sign and the second marker, after the second marker to continue painting, until after the second mark 1 foot (30 centimeters) when to stop.
Standing at the first sign on his left foot, right foot on the other end of the line.
If you are in the northern hemisphere temperate regions, you face the direction is the north, and then you can distinguish accordingly
The other direction.
If you’re in the southern hemisphere temperate regions, you face is to the south.
Make use of the watch.
You can also use a watch to tell direction.
The concrete steps of using this method
Flash depends on whether you are in the northern hemisphere temperate regions or in the temperate zone in the southern hemisphere, or watch is a traditional watch
Digital watches.
In the northern hemisphere temperate regions located in north latitude between 23.4 ° and 66.6 ° north latitude, temperate southern areas in south latitude 23.4 ° to the south of the equator between 66.6 °.
In the northern hemisphere temperate regions using traditional watch tell direction steps are as follows:
In the southern hemisphere temperate zones using traditional watch tell direction steps are as follows:
Using traditional watch tell direction there is a shortcut to quickly, in the northern hemisphere temperate regions, will watch the clock
To the sun (if in the southern hemisphere, 12 points to the sun), and then according to the above mentioned method is the last step can identify direction.
, of course, this method is accurate tell direction is not regular, but more quickly.
With what method should be depending on the situation.
If your watch is electronic watches, then draw a traditional watch on the ground, on time (according to you
Electronic watch shows the time), make the pointer points to the right time, clockwise to point to the shadow of the stick, the rest of the steps and the traditional watch.
Using the stars
On a fine night you can see many stars, toward the direction of the pole star, you are in the north
.
But the north star is not the brightest star in the sky, it is sometimes hard to find.
To find the north star, you need to know the following knowledge:
When all the other stars around the north star.
Polaris is Ursa (leave) the last on the handle a star, but the small compass
Often it’s hard to see.
When looking for the easiest method is to use Polaris Ursa major (big dipper).
In the big big dipper dou mouth the most
Between the two stars (refers to the pole star) after drawing a straight line, this line will point to Polaris, the north star Is about five times of the distance between the two refers to the pole star.
Big fairy queen’s beidou opposite sign, Cassiopeia is composed of five stars, sometimes shaped like a tilted M, sometimes like a tilt W, depending on its position in the sky.
North star in the constellation Cassiopeia the height in the middle of the star, the distance between the Polaris to big big dipper and Cassiopeia is almost equal.
South of the equator can take advantage of the crux identify roughly facing south direction.
The crux is by four
Brightest star, is shaped like a tilted cross.
Located at the cross a long axis of the two stars are called Pointers.
Use southern cross to distinguish:
Low imagine long axis, extending outward from the foot end extends out about five times the number of shaft, long distance, the imaginary line
The finish is roughly the south.
“From the end of the imaginary line vertical and looked into the horizon, choose a landmark.
