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  2. Military Grid Reference System - Wikipedia

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    This has been controversial in the past, since the oldest specification, TM8358.1, [1] used rounding, as did GEOTRANS [4] before version 3.0. However, truncation is used in GEOTRANS since version 3.0, and in NGA Military Map Reading 201 [3] (page 5) and in the US Army Field Manual 3-25.26. [5] The civilian version of MGRS, USNG, also uses ...

  3. Land navigation - Wikipedia

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    Land navigation is the discipline of following a route through unfamiliar terrain on foot or by vehicle, using maps with reference to terrain, a compass, and other navigational tools. [1] It is distinguished from travel by traditional groups, such as the Tuareg [ 2 ] across the Sahara and the Inuit [ 3 ] across the Arctic , who use subtle cues ...

  4. Draw (terrain) - Wikipedia

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    Example on a topographical map, and how it would look in the real world. Typical draw, Little Carpathians A draw, sometimes known as a re-entrant in orienteering, is a terrain feature formed by two parallel ridges or spurs with low ground in between them.

  5. Topographic map - Wikipedia

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    1913 saw the beginning of the International Map of the World initiative, which set out to map all of Earth's significant land areas at a scale of 1:1 million, on about one thousand sheets, each covering four degrees latitude by six or more degrees longitude. Excluding borders, each sheet was 44 cm high and (depending on latitude) up to 66 cm wide.

  6. Vought F4U Corsair - Wikipedia

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    The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War.Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts were given to Goodyear, whose Corsairs were designated FG, and Brewster, designated F3A.

  7. Europe - Wikipedia

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    Europe covers approx. 10,186,000 square kilometres (3,933,000 sq mi), or 2% of Earth's surface (6.8% of Earth's land area), making it the second-smallest continent (using the seven-continent model). Politically, Europe is divided into about fifty sovereign states , of which Russia is the largest and most populous , spanning 39% of the continent ...

  8. Flögeln - Wikipedia

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    Flögeln belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180.The local prince-archiepiscopal vassals were the Ministeriales of Flögeln. On their emigration to Hamburg in 1375, where they adopted a civic career, they made over Flögeln proper and six more villages to the Neuenwalde Convent. [1]

  9. History - Wikipedia

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    It covers economic aspects such as the use of land, labour, and capital, the supply and demand of goods, the costs and means of production, and the distribution of income and wealth. Economic historians typically focus on general trends in the form of impersonal forces, such as inflation, rather than the actions and decisions of individuals. If ...