Sectional Usage Poll

Sectional - North Up
Garmin GPSMAP 196 - North Up

Art Varrassi
PP-ASEL

"Daniel L. Lieberman" wrote in message
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I have been advised that some people when using a sectional always hold it
with North up even when they are flying South rather than orienting it
along
their flight path. This is an option on moving map GPS systems.

Do you a) keep North up or b) orient the map in the direction in which you
are flying?

TIA

North up, definitely... There is nothing wrong with drawing lines on
the chart... I have charts that have all kinds of colored lines on
them... While I now use GPS as my primary nav tool, I always keep a
chart open and the #1 VOR tracking my progress so that when the
inevitable GPS meltdown occurs (inside or outside of the cockpit) I
will simply keep on truckin'...


Denny

"Daniel L. Lieberman" wrote:

North up, charts & GPS moving map.

I find GPS map re-draws disorienting if I use track up. Also, geographical
shapes look unfamiliar if they're not depicted north up.
--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

For sectionals and paper maps, it's north up but it's because of the labels.
When I use an electronic chart (or a nav system in a car), I use heading up.

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Travis


"Daniel L. Lieberman" wrote in message
...
I have been advised that some people when using a sectional always hold it
with North up even when they are flying South rather than orienting it
along their flight path. This is an option on moving map GPS systems.

Do you a) keep North up or b) orient the map in the direction in which you
are flying?

TIA

I tend to use North-Up when I am flying using other means (GPS, VOR ),
while using the sectional only for monitoring progress. I use heading-up
when I am actively looking at the section for navigation.


"RobsSanta" wrote in
news:0i%xd.69968$DC.32060@fed1read03:

Oriented to flight path... my old instructor always said that was the
way he did it during their bombing runs over Germany in the 1940's

Rob


"Daniel L. Lieberman" wrote in message
...
I have been advised that some people when using a sectional always
hold it with North up even when they are flying South rather than
orienting it
along
their flight path. This is an option on moving map GPS systems.

Do you a) keep North up or b) orient the map in the direction in
which you are flying?

TIA

I like North Up also. I do not have difficulty visualizing orientation when
flying in a direction different from the map's orientation. I have had
instructors try to convert me - and in some cases they made good points
about how my expectations would be better met with the "orientated map"
method. Once I flew to a small airfield with my usual, North Up method. I
had no difficulty getting there, but I was surprised for about a half a
second by the orientation of the runway. The instructor used this as proof
that I would have flown it better with the map turned.

"Travis Marlatte" wrote in message
k.net...
For sectionals and paper maps, it's north up but it's because of the
labels.
When I use an electronic chart (or a nav system in a car), I use heading
up.

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Travis


"Daniel L. Lieberman" wrote in message
...
I have been advised that some people when using a sectional always hold
it
with North up even when they are flying South rather than orienting it
along their flight path. This is an option on moving map GPS systems.

Do you a) keep North up or b) orient the map in the direction in which
you
are flying?

TIA