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
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 44,20 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780898869538
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 : Don Geary
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 15,78 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780811725910
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 : Harold Gatty
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,55 MB
Release : 1998-12-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780486406138
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 : Lyle Brotherton
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 44,59 MB
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0007424612
Due to the level of detail, the images are best viewed on a tablet. All the techniques you need to become an expert navigator.
Author : Michael Hodgson
Publisher : Brunton Company
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 2000-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781570340437
Author : June Fleming
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 11,64 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780898867855
-- Features many new charts and illustrations -- New contact information for purchasing maps in the U.S. and Canada This tried-and-true guide teaches practical skills for navigating in the wilderness: reading maps; determining "true" directions following
Author : Steve Boga
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 35,18 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780811728706
Describes the skills needed to compete in this outdoor sport, including map reading, navigating with a compass, and physical fitness, and shares quizzes, exercises, and strategies.
Author : Mark Lattanzi
Publisher :
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,63 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Adventure racing
ISBN : 9780473386771
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 : W. S. Kals
Publisher : Counterpoint LLC
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 38,57 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Reference
ISBN :
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 : Cliff Jacobson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 41,38 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1461745683
BASIC ILLUSTRATED MAP AND COMPASS Wilderness guide Cliff Jacobson created the map and compass curriculum for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and here he shows easy-to-follow steps on choosing a compass, reading contour lines and other map features, using them in concert with a GPS receiver, plotting a course in the wilderness, navigating at night by the stars, and much more.