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Home: Consumer Information: Sports and Recreation: Accessories: Compasses (3)
Recreation: Outdoors: Survival and Primitive Technology (207)
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Backcountry Navigation
Describes how to use a compass and a topographical map to navigate cross country.
The Bushwalker's Guide to the Galaxy
Describes techniques that don't require a GPS or compass.
Electronic Compass
Sells magnetic sensor technology for cars, boats, bicycles, and hikers.
GORP - Getting Found - How to Navigate the Backcountry
An excerpt from Survival in the 90s by Bob Newman.
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.
Navigation Technologies
Maker of digital maps for vehicular navigation. About the company and their products.
OA Guide to Map and Compass
An excerpt from The Backpackers Field Manual by Rick Curtis, including reference tables, illustrations and real life examples.
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.
Sun Compass
Using a horizontal sundial as a sun compass by John C. Fakan, Ph.D.
Wilderness Survival: Field-Expedient Direction Finding
Describes how to navigate using readily available materials in a survival situation. Includes diagrams.
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