READING THE MAP
INTRODUCTION
This section deals with your understanding of maps and is often called map craft. The emphasis is on the application of map craft for purposes to do with cadet use.
   
The aim of this chapter is to enable you to:
   
a.
find your way about the country and to recognise features on the ground and on the map.
 
b.
understand the information given on the map so that you can picture the ground, and its tactical and administrative possibilities and limitations, even though you have not seen it.
 
c.
quickly and accurately transmit information and instructions involving movements.

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