Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter & GPS
by Bob Burns, Mike Burns
Mountaineers Outdoor Basics
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"For 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 show more 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." -- show lessTags
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excellent book with exercises
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Wilderness Navigation: Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter & GPS
- Original publication date
- 1998
Classifications
- Genres
- Sports and Leisure, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 796.58 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Athletic and outdoor sports and games Outdoor leisure Orienteering and geocaching
- LCC
- GV200.4 .B87 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Outdoor life. Outdoor recreation Orienteering. Wilderness survival
- BISAC
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- 242
- Popularity
- 133,030
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.91)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 3
