Be Expert with Map and Compass

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Summary: How do you use a compass?
Review: A good guide on how to use a compass to navigate in the backcountry. It also goes into details of the sport of orienteering. Many practice examples, and orienteering exercises included. If you plan on using a GPS with a compass, and aren't interested in orienteering, get 'GPS Land Navigation; A Complete Guidebook for Backcountry Users of the NAVSTAR Satellite System,' it tells everything you need to know to use a compass, plus how to use it with a GPS.

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Summary: Good Introduction
Review: Be Expert with Map and Compass provides a good introduction to land navigation and the sport of orienteering. The first two sections discuss how to navigate with a map alone and a compass alone. Separate discussions of these two components give the reader a strong understanding of how they work and how they can be useful. The third section then deals with the combined use of map and compass. These sections gently move up in difficulty and make navigating with a map and compass easy to learn. The last section is an introduction to the sport of orienteering and provides information on how to get involved, the rules of the game, and how to set up a competition. Even if you are not interested in competitive orienteering, the book is a good way to learn how to get about with a map and compass.

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Summary: Good Introduction
Review: Be Expert with Map and Compass provides a good introduction to land navigation and the sport of orienteering. The first two sections discuss how to navigate with a map alone and a compass alone. Separate discussions of these two components give the reader a strong understanding of how they work and how they can be useful. The third section then deals with the combined use of map and compass. These sections gently move up in difficulty and make navigating with a map and compass easy to learn. The last section is an introduction to the sport of orienteering and provides information on how to get involved, the rules of the game, and how to set up a competition. Even if you are not interested in competitive orienteering, the book is a good way to learn how to get about with a map and compass.

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Summary: Very easy to use and understand orienteering book
Review: Completely foreign to this subject I was searching for a book to use to teach our homeschool group about orienteering and map reading. The book has an excellent method of learning about mapping and using the compass with hands on projects for a group. The kids had a grand time with the classes and the parents learned a lot, too. Loved all the references that were included to order maps and supplies.

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Summary: Well explained, well structured!
Review: Good book!

This book is divided in two parts:

One that explains in a very easy way how to use map and compass and the other part is an explanation about an activity or sport called orieenting

if you are not interested in orieenting maybe the second part of this book will be useless for you.

BUT the first part (how to use the map and compass) worths every dollar spent, instructions about how to use your map and compass is meticulously explained, and well structured.

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Summary: The authority on land navigation
Review: I am the primary navigator on an adventure racing team, and this book is indespensable. I had some prior navigation background before reading this book, but some concepts were still unclear. For instance, the book shows the reader clearly how to account for declination easiely and error free. The numerous practice questions with answers in the back of the book help immensely. The included training map is also a big plus. This book is required reading for everyone on my racing team, and I highly recommend it.

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Summary: As it tittles says, its a good book for beginners to experts
Review: I found this book very helpful I had already orientering skills but this book helped me to develop even more my skills, it will be easily understood by any person, since beginners to experts.

The book also covers a lot of topic of orientering competitions which I dindt found useful for me, but maybe you do.

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Summary: "THE ORIENTEERING BOOK"
Review: I have several books on land navigation. And I consider this book to be "The Orienteering Book". It is written by one of the pioneers who developed the "Silva" compass, who is also a former world champion in orienteering. The basic techniques are well discussed and the advance techniques are well presented with a lot of exercises. I read the book from cover to cover and did not find anything that is useless and un-important. I will surely buy the next edition of this book if there would be one.

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Summary: "THE ORIENTEERING BOOK"
Review: I have several books on land navigation. And I consider this book to be "The Orienteering Book". It is written by one of the pioneers who developed the "Silva" compass, who is also a former world champion in orienteering. The basic techniques are well discussed and the advance techniques are well presented with a lot of exercises. I read the book from cover to cover and did not find anything that is useless and an important. I will surely buy the next edition of this book if there would be one.

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Summary: How To Find Your Way, On Your Own Terms
Review: I read this book preparatory to joining a local orienteering club, to refresh skills gleaned from the Army long ago. It is an excellent small text, simply presented, with a fine sample map for use with some examples and problems. While there are descriptions of orienteering competition, one good thing about this activity is that you can pursue it on your own terms (so long as you don't interfere with others) and be as competitive or un-competitive as you wish.