Task 15.1 - The great map hunt

This task makes map reading interactive and fun - a treasure trove for collaboration and application of practical navigation skills.

Goals:

Familiarizing the group with aeronautical charts, identifying landmarks, understanding coordinate systems and calculating distances - all in the form of a collaborative and active treasure hunt.

Learning materials:

• Access to Norway's ICAO aeronautical chart via this link: https://avinor.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=bb768577bbaa4a3d8bee9d467480acb6
• Paper, pens and a physical ruler (or digital measuring tool if available)

Activity:

Find the landmark (Team competition):

• Each group gets 3-4 coordinate pairs. For example: "61°37´N, 8°16´E", and must find which famous Norwegian landmark is located there.
• The groups use the digital aeronautical chart to zoom in, find the coordinates and record what they find. Remember that latitude is given first, then longitude.

Target plane:

• The groups choose two points on the map (e.g. an airport and a city, or two mountain peaks) and calculate the straight-line distance between them.
• The map is at a scale of 1:500,000 - in other words, 1 cm on the map represents 5 km in reality.
• They use a ruler or digital tools and state both method and result in kilometers and nautical miles (1 nautical mile = 1852 meters).

Airspace detective:

• The groups should identify different types of airspace on the map, such as control zones (CTR), TMA areas, hazardous areas (EN D354), or restriction areas (EN R102 in Oslo).
• They should describe the location and any height restrictions specified.