Evening journal., 1914-07-09
NEWS OF THE BOY SCOUTS

churches. and other bindings as well
as other features that thculd be or
the map. DO .ot stop Ia put each
thing on the map as you come 10 it
nut make notes as r. Distance srnm
stsrsing point, whc1 side Of roac,
ttc., and then pace Il em on vonr
map v, en- you silo to take a sighting
or tecmse the read Changes diree-
tion. Mnenever ihe rond does change
direction stop SC thai Your board IS
criented and then lay On the new
direction with your ruler just as for
the start AT all cross roads you
should halt and plot the direction
Whenever you stop in this way, indi-
cate it on your map and mark it two.
three, etc, eonsecutively, as this will
assist you in working out your notes.
II the road crosses a stream, halt and
get the direction of the stream and
the description Of the bridge When
you get to suitable place for your
second sighting for the purpose of
locating some landmark by means OF
intersection, stop and get your data.
Take in everything within three hum
dred yards of the road. and all land
marks of special importance at
greater distance. When plotting the
distance travelled by means of your
scale II is better to lay off the. whole
number OF strides from your starting
/ point and not just simply the number
4 OF strides from one stopping place
! to another That is each time you
\ stop. locate the point on the map by
/ laying off the whole number Of
strides since you started your map
and not from the last hating place
! The error in distance is kept down in
1 this way. Remember at each sight
ing, 10 be careful to keep your board
oriented, that is with tho north and
south line on the map exactly paral-
lel with that Of your compass. When
the map is finished. write or print a
title, describing the route, telling
from where and to where the road
leads, and giving the scale, vertical
interval, etc. If the paper is not
long enough, either place a new sheet
on your board or begin again on
you have. In either case. put down a
new north and south line and begin
your sketch just as in the first case,
making the first point Of the new
sketch correspond with the last point
Of the old. These different portions
of the map may be pasted together
afterwards, taking care of course.
that the north and south lines all
are parallel and that they are pro-
perly joined together so that the
road may be continuous. In writing
the elevations, on the contour lines
il Is not necessary to know the cor
lect elevation above sea level All
that is cared about IS to know the
relative elevations between different
parts of the map. You may start
With any number of feet you wish al
the starting point of your map. II is
we'll to take a pretty high number
however, as otherwise you might en-.
counter a depression so much lower
than the number you have assumed
that you would have to use a minui
quantity which would be inconveni
ent Five hundred is a convenien
elevation to assume as the height O
your starting point A map OF a Ger
tain area or tract is known as
Position sketch" The sam
! methods are used as In a road sketcl
! The scale used is six inches to tn
, mile with a vertical interval betweei
contours of ten feet It Is usual Il
first locate and indicate on the mai
the most important features such al
large streams, roads. railroads, pro
minent buildings and hill tops an,
other conspicuous landmarks whicl
will aid in locating other points. I
Is well to pick out two prominen
points some distance apart and mea
sure the distance between by pacinl
and then use this line as a base lini
in locating other points by intersec
ticn After the prominent feature
have been located and lines drawn {,
them from your sighting points. tn
other features can be readily fllei
! in by observing their relative location
to the points already plotted or to tn
! line drawn TO them from your OBJ
! serving point. First study these les
! sens until you are sure you are thor
I oughly familiar with the theory O
map making and the differen
! methods used and then get all th
, practice you possibly can as nothin
: but plenty Of experience will max
! you expert. Map making is a sub
I ject that has not been given the pro
, per attention by scouts. There Is n
/ part of the scout program that vii
, do more to develop the powers q
! 4 observation and of accurate descrip
! ton. It involves plenty of the bes
I sort Of exercise in the open. II /
hoped that Scout Masters will max
it a point TO encourage the develor
, ment Of this section Of scoutcraft.