Wilderness Navigation (eBook)

Finding Your Way Using Map, Compass, Altimeter & GPS, 3rd Edition

Bob Burns, Mike Burns (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015 | 3. Auflage
176 Seiten
Mountaineers Books (Verlag)
978-1-59485-946-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Best-selling text on wilderness navigation has been updated and reorganized to make it easier to use and learn this vital backcountry skill

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• The official navigation textbook used in outdoor education courses by thousands of students

• Goodreads.com readers rated the previous edition 4 out of 5 stars (and now it’s even better!)

• Map and compass skills remain the foundation for traveling safely in the wilderness



This new third edition is a major and complete update of the popular textbook:



• Improved throughout for clarity, with chapter objectives presented at the beginning of each chapter and summaries, “skills check” mini-quizzes, and practice problems listed at the end

• Updated descriptions of the most current maps, compasses, altimeters, and Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers

• Updated declination maps for the United States and the world (declination changes over time and compasses must be adjusted for a specific location to provide correct readings)

• Much-expanded GPS chapter, including interfacing the GPS receiver with the home computer, maximizing battery life, and using the GPS function on a “smart” phones (along with a description of their limitations)

• Additional information on non-GPS navigational techniques

• Recommended websites, apps, and other sources of useful navigational information

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.2.2015
• Zusatzinfo: 82 photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Schlagworte: compass • GPS • green trails • Lost • Maps • National parks • Navigation • NOLS • outdor education • Outward Bound • Trails • wilderness school
• ISBN-10: 1-59485-946-9 / 1594859469
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59485-946-5 / 9781594859465