Map Reading and Directions Flashcards
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A unit heads west, turns left, then turns left again. Which direction is it now traveling?
Answer: East
West to left is south, left again from south is east.
If a scale shows 1 inch equals 4 miles, a distance measuring 2.5 inches on the map equals how many miles?
Answer: 10 miles
2.5 inches times 4 miles per inch equals 10 miles.
A caller is located due east of a fire station. An engine leaves heading east and the road curves so it ends up heading north when it arrives. Relative to the caller's final position, the engine approached from which side overall starting point?
Answer: The west
Since the caller was east of the station, the station and starting approach lay to the caller's west.
A unit travels south, then turns right, then turns right, then turns right. Which direction is it now heading?
Answer: East
South-right-west, then north, then east after three right turns.
On a map, a destination is one grid square up and two grid squares to the left of the current position. The destination is in which general direction?
Answer: Northwest
Up is north and left is west, placing the destination northwest.
A dispatcher routes a unit the shortest way. The unit is at 1st & Main; the call is at 1st & Oak, four blocks east on the same street. Which single direction should the unit travel?
Answer: East
The destination is four blocks east on the same street, so travel east.
An officer heading south needs to reach a location on the officer's left. Which direction is that location?
Answer: East
The left side of a southbound traveler is east.