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Map and Compass: The Art of Navigation (Techniques) (Paperback)
$18.13 - Save $0.95 (4%) - RRP $19.08 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Map and CompassA practical guidebook to the art of navigation from map and compass, to GPS. Learn about map scales, the different map symbols, understanding contours and how to read the shape of the landscape. How to take a bearing, and walking with your compass are covered. Suitable for complete beginners, or those wanting to brush up their skills.
Full description- Publisher: Cicerone Press
- Published: 01 March 2004
- Format: Paperback 160 pages
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- Categories: Walking, Hiking, Trekking | Orienteering | Outdoor Survival Skills
- ISBN 13: 9781852843946 ISBN 10: 1852843942
- Sales rank: 69,393
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Full description for Map and Compass
A guide to all methods of navigation from map and compass to GPS. Having the skills of navigation at your disposal is a liberating experience. Getting away from the crowds, inventing your own routes, discovering new areas, and perhaps most importantly having the confidence to navigate by yourself, will all make your outdoor experience more enjoyable. This comprehensive guide to navigation is aimed at giving you the incentive, the skills and the tools to do this. With the author's anecdotes and handy hints close by, those new to using the map and compass, and those who have already mastered navigational skills, will find this guide inspiration enough to get 'out there' and experience the outdoors safely while still having fun.

