Navigation - Map and Compass Technique

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Navigation

Using your map and compass

Author
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Paperback - PVC
ISBN
9781852844905
Published
18 May 2010
Availability
Reprinted
Edition
First
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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   

 
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