Using a Map and Compass

Using a Map and Compass

Using a map and compass are two essential skills that can save your life both in game and in real life.

Whenever you find a map, compass or watch take it! You can even use a watch as a compass, click here to learn now.

Map

Features

A map is graphical representation of an area showing physical features such as cities, roads, forests etc... Maps can also show you the elevation of the terrain, the distance between two points and allow you to tell others your exact position or allow you get to a position based on coordinates which will be handy when you do mission.

Lets look at features we can see on the in game map. We can see roads marked as yellow lines, dark yellow lines are main roads and light yellow lines are side roads. We can see city and area names, names of rivers and lakes, red lines which represent railway tracks. Various symbols showing landmarks such as water towers, churches, petrol stations etc...

You can also see your current position on the map as well as the last known positions of cars and other players you recently saw.

Elevation

Understanding elevation is very important