Land Navigation Handbook: The Sierra Club Guide to Map and Compass

by W Kals

Paperback, 2002

Status

Available

Call number

796.5

Genres

Sports and Leisure

Nonfiction

Collection

Books: Non-Fiction

Publication

University of California Press (2002), Paperback, 236 pages

Description

Every outdoorsperson at on time or another needs to chart a course in the wilderness. In Land Navigation Handbook an expert navigator combines his map-and-compass skills with a special concern for the needs of the wilderness wanderer to create a comprehensive primer for the beginning pathfinder and the veteran hiker. Subjects include: Choosing and using a compass Reading topographic maps Measuring distances and estimating travel times Altimeter navigation Navigation using the sun and stars, including instructions for the tropics and Southern Hemisphere The book also includes a specially prepared five-color foldout topographical map plus 70 drawings and photographs.

User reviews

LibraryThing member mercutio

Summary: Recommended for hikers outdoorsmen, and gamers who want detailed information about using a map and compass for overland travel. Also has hints about navigation in general.

Ever wonder what those colored stakes on public hiking trails mean? This book tells you in detail what symbols on the

map and trail signify and how to use them to navigate. Also, great info on using a compass for both navigation and orienteering.

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LibraryThing member co_coyote

In this day and age of cheap GPS units, it is tempting to not bother with a map and compass, but you are going to need these two essential items of backcountry gear sooner or later, and when you do it is extraordinarily useful to know how to use them. No book is better at explaining how to navigate

with them than this easy to read, easy to like, book by W.S. Kals. Not only is the explanation crystal clear, the man has a sense of humor, too! I've read this book many times and I am pleased to say that this time I was pretty much familiar with most of the details. That makes me--and my wife--breathe a lot easier.

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