Navigation - Map and Compass Technique
Navigation
Using your map and compass
Published
18 May 2010
Availability
Reprinted
Edition
First
Price
£8.99
ISBN (10)
1852844906
Size
15.5 x 10.0 x 0.9cm
Weight
140g
Pages
128
Originally Published
25 Jan 2007
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This practical guidebook will help you get the most out of navigating with your map and give you the key skills to using your compass. It’s then down to you. Practice will make perfect, and with that will come the freedom and confidence to enjoy our hills and mountains.
Preface by Alan Hinkes OBE
Foreword
Chapter 1 Why Use a Map and Compass?
Chapter 2 Map Essentials – Scales and Grids
Chapter 3 Map Symbols and Contours
Chapter 4 Walking with the Map
Chapter 5 Choosing your Compass
Chapter 6 Taking a Bearing from the Map
Chapter 7 Taking a Bearing from the Ground
Chapter 8 Walking with Map and Compass
Chapter 9 Route Planning
Chapter 10 Night and Bad Weather Navigation
Chapter 11 New Technology – GPS and Computer Mapping
Chapter 12 Where Now?
Appendices
Appendix I Answers to Questions
Appendix II Useful Contacts and Addresses
Appendix III Further Reading
Appendix IV Navigational Aid
Index
Foreword
Chapter 1 Why Use a Map and Compass?
Chapter 2 Map Essentials – Scales and Grids
Chapter 3 Map Symbols and Contours
Chapter 4 Walking with the Map
Chapter 5 Choosing your Compass
Chapter 6 Taking a Bearing from the Map
Chapter 7 Taking a Bearing from the Ground
Chapter 8 Walking with Map and Compass
Chapter 9 Route Planning
Chapter 10 Night and Bad Weather Navigation
Chapter 11 New Technology – GPS and Computer Mapping
Chapter 12 Where Now?
Appendices
Appendix I Answers to Questions
Appendix II Useful Contacts and Addresses
Appendix III Further Reading
Appendix IV Navigational Aid
Index








