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HOW TO USE A COMPASS FOR NAVIGATION: A hands-on navigation guidebook on how to use, build and navigate with or without a compass and a map for beginners
HOW TO USE A COMPASS FOR A hands-on navigation guidebook on how to use, build and navigate with or without a compass and a map for beginners
You can't survive without a compass if you're ever in the woods. You can avoid becoming lost if you know how to use a compass and have a decent topographical map of the region you're exploring. Discover how to recognize the compass's fundamental parts, get a precise reading of your bearings, and start the process of learning to navigate.
Long before there were satellites circling the earth or space junk, and even longer before there was Uber or Google Maps, people really used paper maps and compasses to navigate the world. If you want to explore the outdoors, you need learn how to utilize a map and compass.
You should know how to read a map and use a compass if you're going to be exploring the great outdoors. This is true regardless of whether or not you find navigation to be interesting or think it would make you more attractive to future romantic partners.
You still need the ability to orient yourself in the world even if you have a GPS gadget. In the event that your GPS gets wet, its battery dies, you need to direct some wayward hikers, or you want to show some friends the way to a great cave you found a few days ago, you will be glad you brought along that map.
And if you can't use that map, you'll seem silly at best, and at worst, you'll have to be rescued from the woods by a helicopter after your voyage unexpectedly takes longer than expected.
If you're interested in learning the basics of using a map and compass for navigation, this book is for you, whether you want to go completely old school on your next trip into the wilderness or you just want to find your way through the maze of stores in your local underground shopping mall.
You can't survive without a compass if you're ever in the woods. You can avoid becoming lost if you know how to use a compass and have a decent topographical map of the region you're exploring. Discover how to recognize the compass's fundamental parts, get a precise reading of your bearings, and start the process of learning to navigate.
Long before there were satellites circling the earth or space junk, and even longer before there was Uber or Google Maps, people really used paper maps and compasses to navigate the world. If you want to explore the outdoors, you need learn how to utilize a map and compass.
You should know how to read a map and use a compass if you're going to be exploring the great outdoors. This is true regardless of whether or not you find navigation to be interesting or think it would make you more attractive to future romantic partners.
You still need the ability to orient yourself in the world even if you have a GPS gadget. In the event that your GPS gets wet, its battery dies, you need to direct some wayward hikers, or you want to show some friends the way to a great cave you found a few days ago, you will be glad you brought along that map.
And if you can't use that map, you'll seem silly at best, and at worst, you'll have to be rescued from the woods by a helicopter after your voyage unexpectedly takes longer than expected.
If you're interested in learning the basics of using a map and compass for navigation, this book is for you, whether you want to go completely old school on your next trip into the wilderness or you just want to find your way through the maze of stores in your local underground shopping mall.
28 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 2, 2022
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