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Backcountry Navigation
Describes how to use a compass and a topographical map to navigate cross country.
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Falls/9200/land_navigation.html
Electronic Compass
Sells magnetic sensor technology for cars, boats, bicycles, and hikers.
http://www.electronic-compass.com/
GORP - Getting Found - How to Navigate the Backcountry
An excerpt from Survival in the 90s by Bob Newman.
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/how_surv.htm
How To Use a Compass
How to use a compass in several lessons plus how to navigate in poor visibility and how to navigate without a compass. Suggested exercises. Tips on buying a compass.
http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/
How To Use a Compass
An illustrated compass tutorial. It teaches how to use a compass in several lessons. From an easy introduction to how to find the way in dense fog or if you haven't got a compass. Also contains suggested exercises.
http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/
How To Use a Compass
Illustrated compass tutorial: from easy introduction to how to find the way in dense fog.
http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/
Map and Compass Fundamentals
Covers the background and history of navigation plus techniques including navigating around obstacles and dead reckoning.
http://members.impulse.net/~mlynch/land_nav.html
Navigation Technologies
Maker of digital maps for vehicular navigation. About the company and their products.
http://www.navtech.com/
OA Guide to Map and Compass
An excerpt from The Backpackers Field Manual by Rick Curtis, including reference tables, illustrations and real life examples.
http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/mapcompass.shtml
Reading Topographic Maps
Online manual on map reading and land navigation based on US Army training materials which includes instructions on maps, compasses and other navigational aids.
http://www.map-reading.com/
Sun Compass
Using a horizontal sundial as a sun compass by John C. Fakan, Ph.D.
http://www.usscod.org/suncomp/suncomp.html
The Bushwalker's Guide to the Galaxy
Describes techniques that don't require a GPS or compass.
http://www.ix.net.au/~als/impnav.htm
Tips on Navigation
Covers the process from pre-planning to error correction.
http://www.rankin.com.au/navigat1.htm
Wilderness Survival: Field-Expedient Direction Finding
Describes how to navigate using readily available materials in a survival situation. Includes diagrams.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/chp18.php
Wilderness Survival: Field-Expedient Direction Finding
Describes how to use the sun and shadows for determining direction with illustrations. Also includes information on how to use the stars for finding direction and making an improvised compass.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/chp18.php
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Orienteering