Knowledge: land
See Also:
- home → consumer information → sports and recreation → accessories → compasses
- recreation → outdoors → survival and primitive technology
Links
- Electronic Compass
http://www.electronic-compass.com/ - Sells magnetic sensor technology for cars, boats, bicycles, and hikers.
- Backcountry Navigation
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Falls/9200/land_navigation.html - Describes how to use a compass and a topographical map to navigate cross country.
- OA Guide to Map and Compass
http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/mapcompass.shtml - An excerpt from The Backpackers Field Manual by Rick Curtis, including reference tables, illustrations and real life examples.
- The Bushwalker's Guide to the Galaxy
http://www.ix.net.au/~als/impnav.htm - Describes techniques that don't require a GPS or compass.
- Navigation Technologies
http://www.navtech.com/ - Maker of digital maps for vehicular navigation. About the company and their products.
- How To Use a Compass
http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/ - How to use a compass in several lessons plus how to navigate in poor visibility and how to navigate without a compass. Suggested exercises. Tips on buying a compass.
- Sun Compass
http://www.usscod.org/suncomp/suncomp.html - Using a horizontal sundial as a sun compass by John C. Fakan, Ph.D.
- Wilderness Survival: Field-Expedient Direction Finding
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/chp18.php - Describes how to navigate using readily available materials in a survival situation. Includes diagrams.
- Reading Topographic Maps
http://www.map-reading.com/ - Online manual on map reading and land navigation based on US Army training materials which includes instructions on maps, compasses and other navigational aids.
- Map and Compass Fundamentals
http://members.impulse.net/~mlynch/land_nav.html - Covers the background and history of navigation plus techniques including navigating around obstacles and dead reckoning.
- GORP - Getting Found - How to Navigate the Backcountry
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/how_surv.htm - An excerpt from Survival in the 90s by Bob Newman.
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