Exercise 01 Grid Reference

1. Assemble at 16T 0295712 4933522 (NAD27). The call on June 21^st has just come in that there is a pet white hamster missing somewhere in the vicinity of campus. The rescue teams must assemble at the coordinates above. Describe this assembly location, in terms that volunteers from out-of-town could understand and find. South door Science Building

2. The first command is to search all outside areas within 50 meters. Team A goes to 95698/33495. Team B goes to 95735/33487. Team C goes to 95735/33527. Team D goes to 95714/33538. Team E goes to 95744/33471. Which Team exceeded the search boundaries? E

3. Which Team, so far, never even got out of the building after departing the assembly area? D

4. Team A wanders away on bearing 300T for 303 m. Soon after, Team B arrives at 44�-31'-54.96"N/089� 34' 20.87�. Team C is ticked off about missing lunch but shouldn�t have, as their location is now 95563/33684. Team D wasn�t too happy either, as their location 065T for 310 m from Team C really didn�t provide much in meal prospects. Team E was happy as could be, since everyone liked the Mexican cusine around 9542/3345. So which team now is farthest south? Oh, and where�s that hamster? E; the hamster is still lost

5. Now the call comes in from a Concerned Citizen; a hamster might be rummaging throught the weekend detritus at 95915/33731. All teams receive instructions to proceed immediately to the report site from wherever they now are. What direction and distance �toward� the target should each team report as their intention, assuming a straight-line route?

A � 079/479m; B � 124/388m; C � 081/354m; D � 137/102m; E � 059/560m

6. Which Team should arrive first at the �hamster site� (at 95915/33731)? D

7. All teams arrive at the reported hamster site, and predictably, there is no hamster. What landscape feature does exist at this location? Southeast corner Pray Dormitory

8. The hamster sighting was at the east end of a building. Hamsters get cold, and being pretty familiar with people, they�ll go inside to get warm. Assuming that such an escapee rodent can only get into the ground floor, how much indoor area of the nearest building should the search team anticipate having to search? 2400 m²

9. The search remains unsuccessful, so Command has called in the aerial team. What UMS coordinates should the aircrews receive for the last known point of hamster sighting? GRB 462 D 2957

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