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Land Navigation, Orienteering, and Course Construction: At a basic level, land navigation is simply utilizing a map (sometimes alongside a compass) to move from one location to another. Anyone who enjoys the outdoors should take the time to understand the basics of this skill because it is enjoyable, pra…
Even with a GPS in your phone, it's important to know how to use a compass just in case technology fails or visibility is poor. Here's a step-by-step beginner's guide to using a compass, so you can learn the basics of how to navigate with a map.
A step in the right direction
When visiting the Great Outdoors, it’s often tempting to leave the trail and venture into the unknown. However, once you’ve stepped off the road, the scenery can quickly start looking the same everywhere, and before you know it you’re lost with no idea of which way you came from and which way you’r
This guide on how to use a compass and map should be enough to get you started and give you the confidence to go it alone in the hills.
When you’ve been lost in an unfamiliar part of town, I’ll bet you turned the sound down on the radio so you could “see better”. Joking aside, being lost is not funny. It unbalances our center, sending us into heightened awareness. Walking around a corner and seeing a familiar building across the way lifts that ... Read more
In the wilderness, it is sometimes useful to be able to calculate the distance to a faraway object. Using a compass and basic trigonometry (don’t worry, we’ll show you how), you can easily estimate the distance to a faraway object. This is possible using principles of geometry and triangulation – if we know any three of the sides or angles of a triangle, we can calculate the remaining angles and sides. In the examples below, we’ll demonstrate two different methods to calculate the distance…
Figure 3: Use Right Angles to Navigate an Obstacle. This picture is included as part of the Compass Basics article. Please see Compass Basics: An Introduction to Orientation and Navigation.
