Map Reading and Directions Flashcards
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A dispatcher reads grid coordinates B-4. On a typical map grid, the letter usually refers to which axis?
Answer: The horizontal row label across the top
Grid letters typically label columns running across the top of the map.
A unit is heading north and the dispatcher says the suspect fled to the unit's left. Which direction did the suspect flee?
Answer: West
The left side of a northbound traveler is west.
If 1 inch on a map equals 2 miles, how many miles is a route measured at 3 inches?
Answer: 6 miles
3 inches times 2 miles per inch equals 6 miles.
A vehicle traveling south turns right, drives one block, then turns left. Which direction is it now traveling?
Answer: South
South to right is west, then left from west returns to south.
A caller is northeast of an officer's location. The officer travels northeast and arrives. The caller would have described the officer as approaching from which direction?
Answer: The southwest
From the caller's view, the officer came from the opposite direction, southwest.
On a map, a river runs straight from the bottom edge to the top edge. The river runs along which axis?
Answer: North-south
Bottom to top on a standard map is south to north.
An officer heading west needs to reach a scene to their immediate right. Which direction is the scene?
Answer: North
The right side of a westbound vehicle is north.
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