Map and Compass: A comprehensive guide to navigation, Edition 2

Pete Hawkins

Aug 2013 · Cicerone Press Limited

About this ebook

This comprehensive guidebook is perfect for beginners who want to learn how to read a map and compass for the first time, as well as for advanced map readers looking to improve their skills. Packed full of first-hand experience and practical tips to offer all readers the inspiration and information they need to get ‘out there’ and explore the landscapes for themselves.

Chapters cover understanding a map, grid references, contours, planning your walks, taking bearings, walking with a compass, timing and pacing, navigating in rain, mist and darkness, what to do when you get lost and navigating abroad.

• Plenty of illustrative map extracts, graphics and diagrams
• Advanced techniques for night and poor visibility navigation
• Advice on GPS and digital mapping technologies
• Advice on what to do when you get lost!

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About the author

Pete Hawkins trained as a geography teacher and taught in schools for a year before escaping to the Peak National Park and 's Environmental Centre for an outdoor job. He took over map and compass training and has since written for a variety of outdoor magazines. He now runs a navigation school and leads walking holidays around the world from his base in the Peak District.