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- Backcountry Navigation - Describes how to use a compass and a topographical map to navigate cross country.
www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Falls/9200/land_navigation.html
- Electronic Compass - Sells magnetic sensor technology for cars, boats, bicycles, and hikers.
www.electronic-compass.com
- Finding Your Way with Map and Compass - An illustrated guide from the USGS to understanding and using topographical maps and determining direction with a compass.
mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs07999.html
- GORP - Getting Found - How to Navigate the Backcountry - An excerpt from Survival in the 90s by Bob Newman.
www.gorp.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/how_surv.htm
- How To Use a Compass - 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.
www.learn-orienteering.org/old
- Land Navigation - Discusses tools and techniques for navigating in poor visibility.
www.logicsouth.com/~lcoble/dir9/land_nav.htm
- Land Navigation - Map and Compass - A series of slides covering maps, compasses, and the various coordinate systems.
blackwood.wvutech.edu/wvk9sar/Training/Land%20Navigation%20using%20a%20Map%20and%20Compass
- Map and Compass Fundamentals - Covers the background and history of navigation plus techniques including navigating around obstacles and dead reckoning.
www.ccnet.net/~mlynch/land_nav.html
- Navigation Technologies - Maker of digital maps for vehicular navigation. About the company and their products.
www.navtech.com
- OA Guide to Map and Compass - An excerpt from The Backpackers Field Manual by Rick Curtis, including reference tables, illustrations and real life examples.
www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/mapcompass.shtml
- Reading Topographic Maps - Online manual on map reading and land navigation based on US Army training materials which includes instructions on maps, compasses and other navigational aids.
www.map-reading.com
- Rock & Ice Online - Softbody Navigation - How to navigate in a white out, focusing on the use of wands.
www.rockandice.com/index.phtml?section=stories_show&content_id=41
- Sun Compass - Using a horizontal sundial as a sun compass by John C. Fakan, Ph.D.
www.usscod.org/suncomp/suncomp.html
- The Bushwalker's Guide to the Galaxy - Describes techniques that don't require a GPS or compass.
www.ix.net.au/~als/impnav.htm
- Tips on Navigation - Covers the process from pre-planning to error correction.
www.rankin.com.au/navigat1.htm
- Wilderness Survival: Field-Expedient Direction Finding - Describes how to navigate using readily available materials in a survival situation. Includes diagrams.
www.wilderness-survival.net/chp18.php
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