Description
Embark on your wilderness adventures with confidence using 'Be Expert with Map and Compass'. This essential outdoor navigation guide, now in its fully updated edition, combines classic techniques with modern insights in GPS functionalities. Ideal for both novices and seasoned outdoor enthusiasts, this handbook has been a trusted companion for over fifty years. Whether you're hiking through dense forests, navigating rocky terrains, or exploring uncharted trails, understanding foundational skills such as reading map symbols, using a compass effectively, and interpreting bearings is crucial. This book guides you through each aspect with clarity, ensuring you can travel by map alone, compass alone, or both. Additionally, it offers comprehensive tips for sketching maps and wilderness travel essentials. With updated web resources, references, and photographs, this manual stands out as a perfect choice for teachers, scout leaders, recreational hikers, and hunters. If you've ever felt uncertain in the wild, this guide will help you gain the navigational confidence you need. Remember, while GPS devices are helpful, they can fail you at critical moments. Equip yourself with robust map and compass skills to enhance your outdoor experience. Order now and enjoy free shipping! Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Note that once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Don't miss out on the chance to master wilderness navigation today!
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780470407653
Year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 256
Description:
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.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780470407653
Year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 256
Description:
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.