NAVIGATION SKILLS FOR WALKERS - Map Reading, Compass and GPS

by Terry Marsh

Discover more of the great outdoors with Navigation Skills for Walkers and Pathfinder Guides. Build confidence and competence in reading using grid references, contour interpretation and visualising terrain. Learn how to use a compass, with map and compass taking a bearing, magnetic variation and 'aiming off'. Make the most of your GPS using the information it provides, understanding the limitations of GPS, and geocaching. Gain familiarity with digital introducing OS Maps, its app and online versions ideal for creating, following and reviewing your own walks.

Genres: Nonfiction

96 pages, Paperback

Published October 25, 2019

About the author

English writer and photographer Dr. Terry Marsh specialises in the outdoors and travel. He has been writing guidebooks since the mid-1980s, and is the author or revision author/editor of over 100 titles, including the award-winning Cicerone guides to the Coast to Coast Walk (first published in 1993), The Shropshire Way (1999) and Great Mountain Days in the Pennines (2013).

Reviews

[John Joseph Cassidy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative and easy to read, well written in plain english. I needed it kept simple and this ticks aw they boxes. Recommended 👍🏽

[Paul Short · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book teaches you all about map reading and using a compass, used in conjunction with online youtube videos it is a useful resource.