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Getting your Bearings - for iPod/iPhone

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Learn how an ordinance survey map is produced before following three ramblers on a field trip in the Peak District. This material makes up part of the course MU120 Open mathematics.
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Episodes

Ordnance survey maps

Learn how ordinance survey maps are accurately produced and quality controlled.

May 19, 2009•6 min

Contour lines

Three walkers begin a field trip navigating a route in the peak district.

May 19, 2009•6 min

Taking a bearing

Discover how to get your bearings with a compass and a map.

May 19, 2009•4 min

A saddle point

Using contour lines the ramblers can predict the land features they are up against.

May 19, 2009•7 min

Planning the route home

While looking at the GPS, the team explore the differences between grid North and true North.

May 19, 2009•3 min
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