. Elements of military sketching and map reading . ORIENTATION 27 on the compass face. The map is now oriented, andA—B has the same direction as the road on the there is no meridian hne on the map (orwhen you have no compass or other means of orient-ing by using a meridian Hne), if you can locate on the (5Un)<-. Fig. 14. map your position and some other point that you canidentify on the ground, draw a Hne connecting thesetwo points on the map. Now hold the map so thatthis line points from you towards the object, and yourmap is oriented. Or, if two points visible on theground can
. Elements of military sketching and map reading . ORIENTATION 27 on the compass face. The map is now oriented, andA—B has the same direction as the road on the there is no meridian hne on the map (orwhen you have no compass or other means of orient-ing by using a meridian Hne), if you can locate on the (5Un)<-. Fig. 14. map your position and some other point that you canidentify on the ground, draw a Hne connecting thesetwo points on the map. Now hold the map so thatthis line points from you towards the object, and yourmap is oriented. Or, if two points visible on theground can be identified on the map, turn the map so 28 ELEMENTS OF MILITARY SKETCHING that a line passing through them hes in the same direc-tion as the hne joining the points on the ground. When you have no compass for orienting your mapor sketch you may find the approximate true Northby the fohowing method, when the sun is shining:Point the hour hand of your watch toward the Hne drawn from the pivotal center of the dial mid-way between the hour hand and XII will point Southand a prolongation of this line in the opposite direc- <S KO / ^, ^/^ Fig. is. tion. To point the hour hand in the direction of thesun, hold a straw perpendicularly between the sun andthe watch and bring the hour hand in its shadow(Fig. 14). At nig
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