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The parts of your compass:
1. Sight wire ("front sight")
2. Sight glass
3. Rotating rim
4. Sight slot ("sight notch")
5. Magnifying glass
6. North arrow (compass needle)
7. 360° scale with degrees
8. Centimetre scale
9. Measuring scale
1. Before you use your compass
CAUTION!
Only hike with an adult, never hike alone. When
you are roaming in unfamiliar surroundings, you
must not rely solely on your compass, even if you
know exactly how to use it. Otherwise, you could
lose your way!
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You must always hold your compass horizontally so
that the north arrow and the scale can rotate freely.
Don't use your compass near metallic objects (e.g.
bridge railings made of metal) or magnetic ones
(e.g. mobile phone). They interfere with a correct
reading because the north arrow is magnetic as
well.
2. How do you orient a map?
Before you use your compass with a map for the
first time - e.g. to set a direction for travel - you need
to get your bearings. Rotate the sight glass (2) on
the rotating rim (3) so that the somewhat longer yel-
low line on it forms a line (Fig. 2) with the sight wire
(1) and the sight slot (4).
Then place the compass either on the map edge or
on a line of longitude running north to south on the
map – provided that one is plotted there – so that
the sight slot (4) and sight wire (1) in their turn form
a line (Fig. 4, a). Now you only need to turn the
map, along with the compass arranged upon it, far
enough that the north arrow (6) points toward the
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