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Your topographic map is your most important land navigation tool. If you ever find yourself without a map in the unknown wilderness, one of your first priorities is simple to make your own map.

Homemade map

Find the best vantage point and look out over the terrain. Climbing a tree may give a better view. Note the direction of the ridges, count how many you can see. Make a general map with blank patches and then fill them in as you gain more information from other vantage points and from your explorations on the ground.

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