Dead reckoning
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I am not sure how a Chart will help you with DR! All charts have distance markers.
DR traditionally used Heading and Airspeed which was plotted on the chart as a vector, by applying the forecast wind you can calculate track and groundspeed but, if you are flying over the sea or featureless terrain there is no real check they are correct. When you eventially fix your position, you can draw another vector back to the Hdg and TAS vector to give you the average wind over the time flown. This is then used to DR ahead.
DR traditionally used Heading and Airspeed which was plotted on the chart as a vector, by applying the forecast wind you can calculate track and groundspeed but, if you are flying over the sea or featureless terrain there is no real check they are correct. When you eventially fix your position, you can draw another vector back to the Hdg and TAS vector to give you the average wind over the time flown. This is then used to DR ahead.