66% of people cant read a map.

[Kenneth Eames]

I learned to read a map when I was in the boy scouts. We built up contours with papier mache on a large sheet of plywood and orientated the board North and South. We then crouched down, with our eyes level with the board, we were then able to see how the contours obscured the landscape beyond them. I can navigate very well. When on a scheme in Germany (when in the Army) we became lost through our officers bad map reading. He knew from practice map reading that I was good, he let me extricate us from our position. I have a large collection of Ordnance Survey maps and five or six of Germany as well. If you have children persuade them to join the Boy Scouts or Girl Guides as they still teach map reading. Kenneth Eames.