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> I "naturally" held charts north-up so I could read all the > captions. An ex-AF navigator who flew with me often after I > got my license was very upset at this behavior. He only flew > with flight track up so "waypoints would appear as they do > on the chart." Now that I have a moving map GPS, I set it > for "track-up," but I vary my paper charts, depending upon > my mood. How do you hold your charts? I'd say it depends on how well your brain rotates the map image to fit the real world. People's brains vary in this ability. I do it VERY well, some people can scarcely do it at all. From the time I look at the map and see it's position on my mental view of the world to raising my head to look out the window, the rotation has happened. My only problem with orienting the map to match the terrain is in doing the rotation to match the map/real-world image to my mental map of the whole world which has north up. Probably a matter of practice. -- Ed Burkhead Peoria, Ill. Ercoupe N3802H, 415-D __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ Want to find the best email lists? Check out the Topica 20! http://www.topica.com/topica20
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