How to discern directions in an unfamiliar place?

During the day, you can tell the direction by the sun.

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so you feel the time according to your surroundings, and then put up a wooden stick to determine the direction according to the shadows.

Second, look at the surrounding trees. Generally, the south-facing branches and foliage are more luxuriant, and the north-facing branches and foliage will be sparse.

If it's nighttime, you can see the North Star.

However, you can't see the stars at night now, so it's best to ask someone for directions at night.

Nowadays, mobile phones basically have a compass function, and you can also use your mobile phone to identify the direction.

If you lose your direction in a strange place, I feel that if you have a mobile phone, and when there is a signal in this place, you can use your mobile phone GPS, if you don't have this communication tool, you can use your watch and the sun, sunset, sunset and rest to distinguish the direction, I feel that there are many ways to identify the direction, but you must take care of your health and how to keep yourself from the outside world.

If you are in a strange place, the mobile phone is still around, you can use some navigation software, higher than people and the like, there is a compass function on it, can teach you to identify the direction, and you only want to go to the destination, you can go according to the route it gives, if the mobile phone is not around, you can choose to ask passers-by, or look at the road signs.

The most basic point is to use the sun to identify the direction, the morning sun is the east, the sunset at night is the west, if it is cloudy, then you can see the building, in China many buildings are sitting north and facing south, and finally it is really not possible to take out the mobile phone, each mobile phone basically has a compass function.

Nowadays, smart phones have navigation functions, and when you go out, you can bring your mobile phone, and the map software in your mobile phone will guide us in unfamiliar places, and it can point us to the southeast, northwest, and northwest. At the same time, the compass that comes with the phone can also point us in the right direction. If you don't have your phone with you, you can buy a map of the area and find local landmarks to get your bearings.

Or, find someone familiar with the local environment to point you down.

First of all, today's mobile phones basically come with navigation and compass functions.

Secondly, if you don't have a mobile phone, you can tell the direction by estimating the time and looking at the direction of the sun.

Finally, if it's a cloudy day, then you can observe the orientation of the gate, as the gate in rural China is generally facing south.

It's really a bit difficult for a road idiot, and I used to do buses in the wrong direction. Later, as soon as I got out of the car, I began to recognize the road signs or the names of more conspicuous buildings or surrounding shops, the role is still more obvious, and there is also a point that you can use the map to navigate, you can choose the real map, so that you can better recognize the direction.

I'm a full road idiot (* I've really never been good at recognizing the road, I really have never been good at going out, I can't tell the difference between southeast and northwest, and I can only remember to turn left and right when I remember the road, so I basically rely on the mobile phone map to navigate, otherwise I will get lost directly.

How to find your way in the wild.

1. Look at the rivers, the river direction in the northeast is from the northeast to the southwest, then you may ask why, this is geography, according to ancient times, this is feng shui, because the northeast is higher, the southwest is lower, most of them flow from the northeast Daxing'an Mountains and Changbai Mountain to the Bohai Bay in Tianjin. The reminder is to look at the direction of the river, not a section of the river, because the river is bent and bent when walking, and you can only see the direction of the river when you walk ten miles away, and the farther away the more accurate. When the ancients looked at feng shui, this was what they used in the form method.

Second, look at the mountains and rivers in winter, you may say, what if there is no mountain, it doesn't matter, as long as there is a small dirt bag, because in winter there is snow in the mountain bag on the letter cave, the south is the highest temperature at noon, because the sun hits the ground directly, then only the snow in the south of the mountain bag melts first, on the melting surface, find the midpoint, and draw an extension line in the heart, the end of the line is due south, and the end of the line is due north. So what about the river, contrary to the mountain, because the north bank of the river can be well exposed to direct sunlight, so the snow on the north bank melts first, and the snow on the south bank is not easy to melt, and the law of yin and yang is used to determine, that is, the south bank of the mountain, the north bank of the water, is yang, I think you should understand. So how to look at the direction in other seasons without snow, in fact, the reason is the same, after the rain, the south bank of the mountain, the north bank of the water will be under the sun, the temperature is higher, and there is the first dry, then the opposite direction is humid, the temperature is lower.

3. Look at the trees, the leaves of the trees are generally running towards the sun, because plants need photosynthesis, and the sunlight is the most abundant at noon, and it is also the most conducive to the growth of plants, so the direction of the physiognomy of the leaves of the plant is south, and the conclusion that it is due south is not very accurate. In addition, the south side of the tree is very smooth, and the north side of the tree is a little worse because of the sun. There are many more, I won't talk about it, it's better to look at the grave, look at the house slippery yard, look at the wind direction according to the season, etc., because these need to be easy to learn, Feng Shui knowledge a little understanding.

Finally, let me tell you, everything must be used flexibly, you may ask, if I am in the urban area of a city, go to see the mountains, go to the river, what if there are no trees, hehe, in fact, as long as you use it flexibly, everything is not difficult, beyond the plane can be defined as a mountain, for example, when we sweep the snow, the snowdrifts piled up, based on the road, the road can be defined as a mountain, and the direction is defined from the earth's magnetic field, that is, the north and south poles, so I won't say much here. Of course, what other friends said is also a good way, but when you turn, or in the mountains and forests, go to ** to find a house, and how to look at the latitude and longitude. What I'm talking about though can't be scientifically accurate.

The above quotation is self-promising.

There are two ways to plant soldiers: in the presence of sunlight, insert a short stick on the ground and make a mark at the top of its shadow, and after ten minutes, make another mark at the top of the shadow that has changed its position, and after connecting the two marks, make a vertical line, this is the north-south point, the side where the sun is located is south, and the other side is north; You can also use a watch with a scale, in simple terms: fold the clock in half to the sun, and point to the north at zero. By the way, there are stars at night, there are the Big Dipper, the North Star, Orion, Scorpion, Lion, Daystar and so on.

If you know the local monsoon, you can also determine the direction. There are many ways to do this, observe carefully and analyze comprehensively.

I also run into this problem from time to time, and my solution is:

1) Looking at the sun or shadow, this method has been proposed by many people before, so I won't talk about it.

2) What if it's cloudy if there's no sunshine? Then look at the direction of the house, most of the houses of the Chinese are facing south, you can look at the balcony or architectural features of the house to know, as long as most of the houses are facing this direction, it is south, especially the rows of houses are easier to see the direction.

3) What if in the wilderness, there is no sunlight and no buildings? Then it depends on the growth of plants, generally the south side of the tree grows more luxuriantly, the north is slightly worse, the south bark is smoother than the northern bark coarse.

4) Looking at the growth of plants on the mountain, generally the plants on the south slope are more luxuriant, and the north slope is poor; With a large rock, the grass grows vigorously in the south and worse in the north. The ant nests under the trees are all on the south side. The snow melts first on the south side, and the snow remains on the north side. And so on.

5) Look at the stars and moon at night.

The sun only remembers the direction in which the sun comes out. + A nursery rhyme, when I was in elementary school, I still use him, east in front, west in the back, north on the left, and south on the right. Don't look at me in my twenties, I don't use elementary school things, it's enough, really, college, middle school, I forgot about it, I should learn too much.

Look at the sun in the east in the morning, in the south at noon, and in the west at night. Or buy a compass.

In a clear day, according to the sunrise and sunset, it is easy to know the east and west, and it can be judged, but it can only be a rough estimate, and the more accurate measurement has the following methods:

1. The direction finding of the watch "the hour folds half to the sun, 12 refers to the north", generally between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., the direction can be quickly identified, and half of the time is directed to the sun, and the 12 hour is the north, such as the time of 14:40 in the afternoon, half of which is 7:20, and the time is directed to the sun, then 12 refers to the north, or the watch is flat, the hour hand points to the sun, and the reverse extension direction of the hour hand and the 12 hour bisector is the north; Or put a watch, stand a small stick vertically on the watch** and turn the watch, so that the shadow of the small stick coincides with the hour hand, and the bisector between the hour and the 12 hours is the north.

The earth rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours, so 1 hour is 15 degrees, and the watch rotates 360 degrees in 12 hours, that is, it is 1 times faster than the sun. At 6 o'clock in the morning, the sun is in the east and the shadow points to the west, and if the dial hour hand 6 points to the sun, 12 on the dial points to the west; If the dial is rotated 90 degrees, i.e. 6 divided by 2 to 3, then 3 points to the sun, and 12 refers to the north; Also at 12 noon, the Sun is in the south, and dividing 12 by 2 is 6, then 6 points to the Sun and 12 points to the north. The disadvantage of determining the direction according to this method is that it is best to consider the local time difference to avoid deviations in orientation, but it may be used as a simple judgment of the approximate direction.

It must be noted that: 1) When determining the direction, the watch should be flat;

2) It should not be used around noon in areas between 20°30 north and south latitudes, that is, the meridian of standard time shall prevail, add 1 hour for every 15° to the east, and subtract 1 hour from 15° to the west.

2. Polaris Polaris is located in the sky due north, and its outcropping altitude angle is equivalent to the local latitude, according to which the Polaris can be found quickly.

3. Characteristics of ground features.

Houses: Generally, the doors are open to the south, and the doors and windows of the larger temples in the north of our country, the main entrance of the pagoda and the independent houses in the countryside are mostly open to the south. The doors of yurts on the steppe mostly open to the southeast.

Temples: Usually also open to the south, especially the main building in the temple complex;

Protruding features: North-facing side with a moist base and possible growth of low bryophytes.

For buildings and mounds, snow melts slowly in the north, while in depressions such as earth pits, the opposite is true. In the grasslands and deserts of northern China, there are many northwest winds, and many snow dragons and salons are often formed near the grasslands, with large heads and small tails, and the direction of the head is northwest.

Hope it helps.

Direction, followed by the goal, the goal is to make a fortune, to a strange place, the first thing is to be stable, rent a house, find a job, get up on time every day, go to work, surround the boss, first arrange these small details, and the back will naturally be!

In the field, people can use a straight pole (such as a longer branch) to stick it into the ground so that it is perpendicular to the ground, and first place a stone at the apex of the shadow of the benchmark; After about 10 minutes, place a stone on the new benchmark shadow vertex as the b place. Connect the stones at A and B into a straight line, and the straight line points in an east-west direction. The direction perpendicular to the AB line is north-south, and the end of the line towards the sun is south.

Determining Direction with an Analog Watch The watch is placed horizontally, and the time indicated by the hour hand (24-hour format) is halved to the sun, and the direction indicated by the 12 o'clock scale on the dial is approximately north.

Using the North Star to Determine Direction There is no sun at night, and you can tell by the North Star. Find the recognizable Big Dipper (Ursa Major Sign) or W Star (Cassiopeia) first, and you can quickly find the North Star.

The Big Dipper are seven brighter stars shaped like a spoon. The North Star is the North Star when the two stars on the spoon are connected and extend about 5 times the distance of the line towards the spoon-shaped opening. The constellation Cassiopeia is made up of 5 brighter stars, shaped like the letter "W", which extends from the opening of the letter, about twice the width of the opening, and is the North Star.

In addition, it is also possible to use various features of the ground to determine the orientation, and flexibly use it according to different situations. For example, the main entrance of ancient temples usually opened to the south; Solitary trees usually have dense foliage and smooth bark on the south side; The ring lines on the stump are usually sparse in the south and dense in the north; Large rocks, mounds, and trees are densely planted in the south, and moss is easy to grow in the north; In the case of a snowy winter, the snow in buildings, mounds, ridges, and highlands usually melts quickly in the south and slowly in the north.

The most straightforward way is to look at the street signs, bus stop signs, or street stop signs, which have clear arrows on them!

Just use a compass, and there's a mobile phone app like that.

I think there are many ways to discern your orientation in an unfamiliar environment, so let me tell you how I can discern your orientation in an unfamiliar environment.

The first method is to follow the direction of sunrise or sunset, which is a common knowledge that the sunrise is east and sunset is west, and if you are in an unfamiliar environment, you can tell the direction according to the position of the sun.

The second way is to use a compass. This is a very ancient method, a long, long time ago, our ancestors invented this thing that can help people distinguish the direction, and made a great contribution to the ancient navigation of our country. Although the compass is ancient, it is very practical, for many people who travel or explore, the compass is an indispensable tool, because after entering the mountains or plateaus, the mobile phone may have no signal, and it is very likely to encounter various dangers, and the role of the compass is very powerful at this time.

The third way is to use mobile phone maps, I believe that most people will have a navigation software in their mobile phones, with this software you can clearly know where you are and what to do next. If you find it troublesome, you can also buy a real map and follow the map to know exactly where you are, so you don't get lost.

The fourth method, which I use the most, is to ask someone for directions ......Surprised? Not surprised?? Haha, this method is really super easy to use, if you are in an unfamiliar environment, you might as well find a trustworthy person to ask for directions, one can't ask two, two can't ask three, I think you will always find the right direction.