OrienteeringOutlines requirements for pursuing a merit badge in orienteering including instructions on using a compass, reading a map, health and safety issues, and competitive orienteering. |
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aid kit attack point beginners blue flag boundaries Boy Scouts brown line check your compass code letters collecting feature color compass bearing competitor contour contour line control card control markers control points corner descriptive clues dirt road DISTRIBUTION CENTER east exer experienced orienteer Expert With Map fastest feet finish forest Gordon Pirie graduation ring John Disley judging distance landmark Line Orienteering loop magnetic north magnetic north-south lines Map and Compass map reading master map area Meadow MERIT BADGE meters millimeter scale minutes late Mississippi River offset technique orienteering event P.O. Box path penalty pinprick Pivot the slip plastic plate quadrangle Railroad READ BEARING recorder's sheet result board route orienteering running/walking score orienteering Scouts of America Section shown slip of paper stream team competition teer terrain tick mark topographic map track true north U.S. Army U.S. Geological Survey U.S. land survey West declination woods