Gnarly Gnu Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I'm interested in folks preferences. What would seem an obvious choice to me might be seen much different to you. Also I'm told many females have a different preference to the majority of males with regard to map reading orientation, but I'm not sure if that is a myth or not. If you have a totally different technique please be sure to share it, the dislike button has thankfully gone the way of the Dodo here so if you don't like the confines of using a compass and the NSEW cardinal direction system don't hold back on describing your favourite tea leaves navigation method or the great hand drawn sketch global circumnavigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Whether it be map, GPS, or FMS, always track up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I was trained to hold a chart track up and run the GPS the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 A lot less confusing when the map is oriented so the track matches the route... , track up for sure.. Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfGnome Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Always track up, regardless of whether it is paper or GPS or tea leaves. However, I called that 'other' because of the gps choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianwells Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 maps are always drawn with north at the top and that is the the way they should be used !!!!! except for the girls ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mriya Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Last time I checked, I was still a guy, but I have to agree with the majority and go track-up:poking: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Whether it be map, GPS, or FMS, always track up! How about that, you HH were the first one that I expected to nominate celestial navigation.... GPS - check Autopilot - check.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodo Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 ...has thankfully gone the way of the Dodo here ...and your problem with the dodo is? dodo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Normoyle Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I go track up with everything, car GPS, paper map GPS and OZRUNWAYS, I'm just that kind of guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimaMike08 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 North up for me. Didn't think I would be in the minority though. I will have to try track up and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankmcm Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Everything north up. last time my GPS battery died and defaulted to track up I couldn't cope. (Comment removed - mod) North up for me. Didn't think I would be in the minority though. I will have to try track up and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andys@coffs Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 If the device will orientate itself so that what you see is whats in front of you why would you do north up... when sh&t happens, and it will, why need to do a conversion when time is of the escence and stress levels are high.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyerme Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 paper map nth up ( so I can read it whilst in strapped to my knee board)) ,GPS track up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Evans Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 track up for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOS Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I'm in two minds. I must say that track up aids with nav, but north up helps with a quick " ABC what is your position" question ... which I can answer quickly as "10 SW of GAFA". With track up ... I have to think a bit. But that might just be me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 A lot less confusing when the map is oriented so the track matches the route... , track up for sure..Maj... Im with Ross, having north up when you for example are heading due south doesnt make sense, it will however have the potential to confuse the pilot, things that appear on the map will be opposite to what appears out side looking through the windscreen. . Better off with track up so that if your planned track shows a little town on the left side of track and a lake on the right of track on the map.That is how it will appear through the windscreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halden Boyd Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Map up on track, GPS North By the way check out our new Evans Head Great Eastern Fly In 2013 page. It's been up for a month and has had over 20,000 hits! http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Great-Eastern-Fly-In-Evans-Head-2013/387138744702187?fref=ts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakej Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Track up - so that looking out the window, which we all do , what we see is what's on the map/gps therefore immediate situational awareness 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 How about that, you HH were the first one that I expected to nominate celestial navigation.... GPS - check Autopilot - check.... Does one use a sextant track up, or North up? In that case surely it is North up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Which North ? . . . . . . ( ! ) True, . . . or that darned magneticky thingie. . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyerme Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 interesting! looks like pilots use different techniques to what they feel is more understanding to them personally . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 The way you can read the words UP. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Track up but sometimes have to turn the map round so I can read the names more easily. Track up with the GPS cause that's the way it does it & names are always the right way up. If you go north up, then as Jake says features on the ground won't be able to be correlated to the map easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Some people can not easily map read features ( hypsometric tinted contours etc) unless they orientate the map with their track ( as the GPS can easily). If I am using a WAC chart I personally keep the chart North up. because I have no real difficulty imagining that I am going along the track wherever it is from. The advantage of this is that you always think in terms of bearing and the points of the compass. You can easily locate yourself in relation to known features. ie 15 NM southwest of XXXX tracking 045 degrees. Will you pass over xxxx ? Today MOST orientate the map with the track and have a lot of difficulty with the concept of just where they are going. At the end of the day you will use what suits you I would urge the consideration of the North up and not just dismiss it. Nev 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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