Directory of Land Resources

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• Orienteering

Resources in This Category

• GORP: How to Navigate the Backcountry

  http://www.gorp.com/parks-guide/travel-ta-great-smoky-mountain-national-park-gatlinburg-sidwcmdev_056167.html
  An excerpt from Survival in the 90s by Bob Newman.

• HERE

  https://company.here.com/
  Maker of digital maps for GPS navigation. Provides information about the company and their products.

• How To Use a Compass

  http://www.learn-orienteering.org/old/
  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.

• Map and Compass Fundamentals

  http://www.angelfire.com/ca/sar2/compass1.html
  Covers the background and history of navigation plus techniques including navigating around obstacles and dead reckoning. Provided by the San Jose Search and Rescue.

• OA Guide to Map and Compass

  http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/manual/mapcompass.shtml
  An excerpt from The Backpackers Field Manual by Rick Curtis, including reference tables, illustrations and real life examples.

• Reading Topographic Maps

  http://www.map-reading.com/
  Online manual on map reading and land navigation based on US Army training materials which includes instructions on maps, compasses and other navigational aids.

• Sun Compass

  http://www.usscod.org/suncomp/suncomp.html
  Using a horizontal sundial as a sun compass by John C. Fakan, Ph.D.

• Wilderness Survival: Field-Expedient Direction Finding

  http://www.wilderness-survival.net/chp18.php
  Describes how to navigate using readily available materials in a survival situation. Includes diagrams.

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