Wilderness Navigation (eBook)

Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter & GPS

Bob Burns, Mike Burns (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025 | 4. Auflage
216 Seiten
Mountaineers Books (Verlag)
978-1-68051-722-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Emphasizes core and foundational navigation skills using a compass and mapExpanded sections on how to use GPS and other technologiesEach chapter includes a full set of practice problemsFor thirty years, Wilderness Navigation has been the official textbook used in outdoor education courses across the country, with more than 150,000 copies sold. This fourth edition continues to provide an excellent manual on the essential tools and proven techniques of top-notch navigators, while also incorporating the latest innovations in navigation technology and trends.New material details guidance on using GPS and other satellite-based navigational products, updates the types and availability of topographical maps, and notes changes in magnetic declination. The authors, seasoned navigators with decades of experience teaching and mountaineering, continue to refine material for clarity, accuracy, and to address suggestions from readers.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2025
• Zusatzinfo: 30 color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Schlagworte: altimeter use • Clinometer • compass bearings • Compass declination • GPS Navigation • how to read a map • how to use a compass • Magnetic declination • measuring slope • Orienteering • reading topo maps • route finding • Satellite Communication • UTM coordinate system • wilderness survival
• ISBN-10: 1-68051-722-8 / 1680517228
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68051-722-4 / 9781680517224