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Backcountry Navigation http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Falls/9200/land_navigation.html Describes how to use a compass and a topographical map to navigate cross country. Electronic Compass http://www.electronic-compass.com/ Sells magnetic sensor technology for cars, boats, bicycles, and hikers. GORP - Getting Found - How to Navigate the Backcountry http://gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/how_surv.htm An excerpt from Survival in the 90s by Bob Newman. 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. Land Navigation http://www.logicsouth.com/~lcoble/dir9/land_nav.htm Discusses tools and techniques for navigating in poor visibility. Map and Compass Fundamentals http://members.impulse.net/~mlynch/land_nav.html Covers the background and history of navigation plus techniques including navigating around obstacles and dead reckoning. Navigation Technologies http://www.navtech.com/ Maker of digital maps for vehicular navigation. About the company and their products. 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. The Bushwalker's Guide to the Galaxy http://www.ix.net.au/~als/impnav.htm Describes techniques that don't require a GPS or compass. Tips on Navigation http://www.rankin.com.au/navigat1.htm Covers the process from pre-planning to error correction. 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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