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Ultimate Navigation Manual
Author | : Lyle Brotherton |
Publsiher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2011-09-15 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780007424610 |
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Due to the level of detail, the images are best viewed on a tablet. All the techniques you need to become an expert navigator.
Navigation
Author | : Pete Hawkins |
Publsiher | : Cicerone Press Limited |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2024-05-13 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781783627882 |
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This conveniently sized guide is an invaluable point of reference for all walkers. Written by an author with a wealth of experience teaching navigation skills, it provides a clear and comprehensive guide to the key techniques - giving you the confidence to navigate successfully with map and compass and to plan and execute your own routes. All topics are clearly referenced and easy to find. Chapters cover scales and grids, map symbols and contours, compasses, bearings, navigation on the hill, route planning and night and bad weather navigation. This new edition also incorporates new content on walking with a GPS device, with notes on how technology can complement map and compass. The text is illustrated with explanatory photos and diagrams as well as extracts from real maps and map keys, and - since the best way to learn is through experience - throughout the guide, practical exercises are suggested to help you practise and develop your skills. Perfect both for novices seeking an introduction to navigation and also those wishing to brush up on old skills, this book is an indispensable companion to mastering the essential techniques. These valuable skills will enhance not only your safety but also your enjoyment of the outdoors.
Map and Compass
Author | : Peter Hawkins |
Publsiher | : Cicerone Press |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2010-09-09 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1852843942 |
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Guide to the art of navigation from map and compass to GPS. For complete novices and experienced hillwalkers. Explains the different tools available to help you find your way. Fully illustrated with the author?s own photographs and OS and other mapping. Appendices outlining further practice techniques and useful sources of information.
Map Reading and Land Navigation
Author | : Department of the Army |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2015-12-31 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1626543003 |
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The field manual provides a standardized source document for Army-wide reference on map reading and land navigation. It applies to every soldier in the army regardless of service branch, MOS, or rank. This manual also contains both doctrine and training guidance on map reading and land navigation.Part One addresses map reading and Part Two, land navigation. The appendices include an introduction to orienteering and a discussion of several devices that can assist the soldier in land navigation. For soldiers, hunters, climbers, and hikers alike, this is the definitive guide to map reading and navigation.
U S Army Guide to Map Reading and Navigation
Author | : Department of the Army |
Publsiher | : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2009-07-27 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781602397026 |
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It requires no prior knowledge of these subjects. Sections include map care, comprehension of map symbols, military symbols, grid reference systems, and interpretation of aerial photographs. After the basics are covered, the second half moves to land navigation - varying terrains, elevations, day-night variations. Map and compass work is thoroughly explained. Finally, extreme scenarios - desert, mountain, jungle, arctic, and urban terrains - are all explored.
Map Reading Skills
Author | : Terry Marsh |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:474009933 |
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Helps learn basic map reading and navigation skills and discover how to use and get the best from a compass. This book is illustrated with maps, diagrams and photographs.
Wilderness Navigation
Author | : Bob Burns,Mike Burns |
Publsiher | : The Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2012-12-20 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781594852060 |
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* GPS chapter completely updated to reflect newer models and features of GPS receivers now available * Expanded to include a section on routefinding on glaciers, along with additional information on changing declination * Extensive illustrated examples of orientation and wilderness navigation Proceed with confidence when heading off-road or off-trail with the second edition of Wilderness Navigation. Whether you are climbing a glacier, orienteering in the backcountry, or on an easy day hike, Mike and Bob Burns cover all the latest technology and time-tested methods to help you learn to navigate-from how to read a map to compasses and geomagnetism. Bob Burns is a long-time member of The Mountaineers. He has taught classes in the use of map and compass since the late 1970s. Mike Burns is an avid climber. He has instructed climbing and navigation classes, and written articles for Climbing magazine. Part of the The Mountaineers Outdoor Basics series! Created for beginning-to-intermediate enthusiasts, this series includes everything anyone would need to know about staying safe and having fun in the backcountry.
The Official U S Army Map Reading and Land Navigation Handbook
Author | : Department of the Army |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2022-10-15 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781493069378 |
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The U.S. Army’s official guide to map reading, determining location, and navigating For a soldier, knowing where you are is a matter of life and death, and so it comes as no surprise that the Army has produced the most complete, clear, and thorough guide to map reading and navigation available. The book starts with a comprehensive explanation of the meaning and uses of maps, whether photographic, planimetric (standard-style), or topographic, then proceeds to the use of those maps, discussing compass techniques, celestial navigation, and determination of distance. There is a detailed section on interpreting topographic maps, with notes on tactical considerations for differing terrain, as well as determining the ease of movement through an area. The book’s crucial, well-illustrated chapters have invaluable information on: Training Strategy Maps Marginal Information and Symbols Grids Scale and Distance Direction Overlays Aerial Photographs Navigation Equipment and Methods Elevation Relief Terrain Association Mounted Land Navigation Navigation in Different Types of Terrain Unit Sustainment There is also information on field sketching, the tricky art of map folding, units of measure and conversion factors, map symbols, orienteering, and the global positioning system (GPS).