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| Map and Compass: the Art of Navigation |
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Pete Hawkins Cicerone Press
158 pages 21.5 x 13.7cm Paperback
Published 2006
Having the skills of navigation at your disposal is a liberating experience. Getting away from the crowds, inventing your own routes, discovering new areas, and perhaps most importantly giving you the confidence to do it yourself, is all part of making your outdoor experience more enjoyable. This comprehensive guide to navigation is aimed at giving you the incentive to do this. With the author's anecdotes and handy hints close by, those new to using the map and compass, and those who have already mastered navigational skills, will find this guide inspiration enough to get 'out there' and experience the outdoors safely and with fun.
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| Navigation for Walkers |
 | Julian Tippett Cordee
128 pages 19.5 x 15 cm Paperback
'Navigation for Walkers' has been written to help people get the most out of the Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer maps. After explaining what a map is, including a teach-in on contours, the book covers navigation - locating current position, navigating to the next point on route, and using a compass. This is followed by chapters on planning your walk, hill and moorland navigation and what to do if lost.
Guidepost Price £8.09
Publisher's Price £8.99 |
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| Navigation |
Pete Hawkins Cicerone Press
124 pages 15.8 x 10.2 cm Paperback, plastic cover
Published 2007
This practical guide will help you get the most out of your map and give you the key skills to using your compass.
Contains chapters on the following:
Why use a map and a compass
Map essentials - scale, grids, contours
Map symbols and contours
Walking with your map
Choosing your compass
Taking a bearing
Taking bearings from ground
Walking with your map and compass
Route planning
What to do at night or in bad weather
New technology - GPS & computer mapping
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| Map Reading |
Robert Matkin Dalesman Publishing
32 pages 21 x 15 cm Paperback
£1.50 off
A concise guide enabling the map user to gain a practical understanding of map navigation and answer questions such as 'where am I?', 'which way do I go?', 'how steep is it?' and 'how far is it?'.
Guidepost Price £2.00
Publisher's Price £3.50 |
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| Getting to Grips with GPS: Mastering the Skills of GPS Navigation and Digital Mapping |
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Peter Judd & Simon Brown Cordee
176 pages Paperback
Published 2006
This book has been written specifically for the UK market. As well as addressing the technology associated with GPS receivers, the authors look at how this interacts with the various digital mapping products available. Expert tips and learning exercises will help consolidate your learning as you increase your understanding. Using step-by-step screen shots as a reference tool you will find quick solutions to: Setting up your GPS; marking a waypoint; saving a tracklog; navigating a route and using your GPS abroad.
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| Guidepost Price £14.50
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| GPS Made Easy |
 | Lawrence Letham Cordee
208 pages 21.5 x 13.7 cm Paperback
This 3rd edition, published in 2002, tells you all you need to know about using handheld Global Positioning System receivers for accurate navigation in the outdoors - how GPS works, features common to all receivers, and practical examples of use in the outdoors.
Guidepost Price £9.89
Publisher's Price £10.99 |
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