num_pages: 355
description: This classic map and compass navigation guidenewly revised for the age of GPSoffers a clear and concise master class on the art of orienteering. GPS devices are great but they can break get lost or easily be hampered by weather conditions making basic map and compass skills essential for anyone who spends time outdoors. This popular easy-to-use orienteering handbook has been helping people find their way for more than fifty years.Now updated to include information on GPS as well as current Web sites references sources and photographs Be Expert with Map and Compass remains the book of choice for professional outdoorsmen and novice orienteers as well as teachers scout leaders recreational hikers hunters and others around the world.Coverage includes understanding map symbols; traveling by map alone by compass alone or by map and compass together; finding bearings; sketching maps; and traveling in the wilderness. If you want to feel at home in the wilderness this updated guide is an indispensable reference.
language: English
title: Be Expert with Map & Compass
publisher: Wiley