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Author: Bob Burns Publisher: The Mountaineers Books ISBN: 9780898869538 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 141
Book Description
A classic navigation tool returns, newly updated to reflect the latest advances in GPS technology and including everything a modern explorer of all skill levels needs to know about path finding, compasses, maps, and more. Original.
Author: Bob Burns Publisher: The Mountaineers Books ISBN: 9780898869538 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 141
Book Description
A classic navigation tool returns, newly updated to reflect the latest advances in GPS technology and including everything a modern explorer of all skill levels needs to know about path finding, compasses, maps, and more. Original.
Author: Bjorn Kjellstrom Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0470407654 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 261
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The classic map and compass navigation guide-revised for the age of GPS GPS devices are great, but they can break, get lost, or easily be hampered by weather conditions, making basic map and compass skills essential for anyone who spends time outdoors. This popular, easy-to-use orienteering handbook has been helping people find their way for more than fifty years. Now updated to include information on GPS as well as current Web sites, references, sources, and photographs, it remains the book of choice for professional outdoorsmen, novice orienteers, and outdoor organizations as well as teachers, scout leaders, recreational hikers, hunters, and others around the world. Coverage includes understanding map symbols; traveling by map alone, by compass alone, or by map and compass together; finding bearings; sketching maps; and traveling in the wilderness. Explains basic map and compass skills clearly Fully updated edition, including information on GPS Includes up-to-date Web site addresses, references, and sources Features a fresh, rugged design Ideal book for beginners If you're looking to feel more comfortable in the wilderness, this updated guide is an indispensable reference.
Author: Harold Gatty Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486406138 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 322
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Shows how to determine locations in the wilderness, in a desert, in snow-covered areas, and on the ocean, applying methods used by aboriginal peoples and early explorers
Author: Craig Caudill Publisher: Page Street Publishing ISBN: 1624147208 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 272
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All the Skills You Need to Navigate Unfamiliar Terrain In this must-have guide, top wilderness trainer and author Craig Caudill partners with fellow wilderness instructor Tracy Trimble to help you find your way in nature—no matter the tools you have on hand. Using real-life stories of wilderness navigation successes—and cautionary tales of wilderness exploration gone awry—Craig and Tracy start with the basics of rudimentary compass and map use before teaching the finer points of these indispensable resources, making Essential Wilderness Navigation the ultimate go-to guide for explorers of all skill levels. You’ll also learn how technological aids like GPS and natural elements like flora, fauna and celestial bodies can help you identify your position. Armed with your new knowledge and skills, you will be well equipped to troubleshoot any problems, explore nature and become a master wilderness navigator.
Author: W. S. Kals Publisher: Counterpoint LLC ISBN: Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 254
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Presents a comprehensive guide to land navigation and offers instruction on choosing and using a compass, reading topographic maps, measuring distances, and navigation using the sun and stars as well as providing a fold-out map, drawings, and photographs.
Author: Don Geary Publisher: Stackpole Books ISBN: 9780811725910 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 164
Book Description
Guide to safe exploration of the wilderness, with instructions for using a compass, reading maps, planning an outing, navagating in the field, and understanding the weather.
Author: James L. Gould Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691140456 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 310
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Explores the methods by which animals navigate throughout the world, examining such examples as the monarch butterfly's use of an internal clock and the honey bee's reliance on the sun and mental maps.
Author: Mark Lattanzi Publisher: ISBN: 9780473386771 Category : Adventure racing Languages : en Pages : 275
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Want to learn how to hike in the woods and not get lost? Or perhaps you want to compete in a local orienteering event? Maybe you aspire to do the 10-day Eco-Challenge race? Squiggly Lines is a full-color book about map and compass navigation with a focus on adventure racing. The book is almost 300 pages and has over 150 example maps and figures and almost 100 navigation exercises. You will learn: to read and understand topo(graphic) and other maps to use a compass to locate yourself in the wild to take and follow a compass bearing to a particular destination Plus, Squiggly Lines has some great adventure race stories from around the globe by its author. Reading Squiggly Lines may not prevent you from getting lost, but it will certainly help you find yourself!
Author: Bob Burns
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