Orienteering

Orienteering
Author: Steve Boga
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1997
Genre: 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.

Wilderness Navigation

Wilderness Navigation
Author: Bob Burns
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2004
Genre: 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.

Finding Your Way Without Map Or Compass

Finding Your Way Without Map Or Compass
Author: Harold Gatty
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1998-12-23
Genre: 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

Staying Found

Staying Found
Author: June Fleming
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2001
Genre: 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

Be Expert with Map and Compass

Be Expert with Map and Compass
Author: Bjorn Kjellstrom
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2009-12-09
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0470407654

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.

Ultimate Navigation Manual

Ultimate Navigation Manual
Author: Lyle Brotherton
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2011-09-15
Genre: 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.

How to Use a Compass for Kids (and Adults Too!)

How to Use a Compass for Kids (and Adults Too!)
Author: Henry D Bridges
Publisher: Admore Publishing
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2021-06-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9783967720785

The fantastic little guide to learning how to use a compass! Today, we primarily use these tiny computers called cellphones that fit in our pockets to help us navigate. It's never been easier to know exactly where you are and find a route to where you want to go. Still, these fancy computers can have their fair share of problems. Batteries run out of charge, GPS lose signal outside of cities, and they can run out of data... This is where this fantastic yet simple tool comes in handy. Yup. You guessed it... a compass! Although we rarely use this awesome little gadget nowadays, it truly changed the world. Best of all, a compass can always be relied on to help you find your way around no matter where you are! This creative guide has everything to help the little explorer in your life learn how to use a compass. Learn the How-To's and become an expert navigator. The exciting history of this magical device. Compass anatomy explained. Filled with helpful tips, tricks, and interesting facts. Suitable for young and old explorers ages 10 and up. Learning how to use a compass is incredibly helpful, even today. It's also tons of fun as you get to experience the outdoors and learn in a creative way. So treat the adventurer in your life (big or small), and grab this fun guide now!

Be Expert With Map and Compass

Be Expert With Map and Compass
Author: Bjorn Kjellstrom
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1447493079

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Be Expert with Map and Compass

Be Expert with Map and Compass
Author: Bjorn Kjellstrom
Publisher: Wiley
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1994-06-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780020292654

"Required reading for the beginner in map and compass work, as well as for those interested in serious Orienteering. In simple, clear, concise terms the basics of map and compass work are described and illustrated." —George T. Hamilton, Appalachia This new, enlarged edition of Be Expert with Map & Compass includes everything the beginner needs to know about the increasingly popular sport of Orienteering: 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. Other updated sections cover competitive Orienteering, how to join an Orienteering event or organize your own, and useful hints for competitive and wilderness Orienteering. In addition to the revisions throughout, the author has interspersed the text with reminiscences of his more than fifty years of experience with map and compass. Drawing crowds of 25,000 participants at international events, the sport of Orienteering is more popular than ever. The Orienteering world championships were held in the United States for the first time in 1993. For Orienteers and scouts, avid outdoorspeople, and anyone who wants to feel more comfortable in the wilderness, this updated guide is an indispensable reference.