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Backcountry Navigation - Describes how to use a compass and a topographical map to navigate cross country.
The Bushwalker's Guide to the Galaxy - Describes techniques that don't require a GPS or compass.
Electronic Compass - Sells magnetic sensor technology for cars, boats, bicycles, and hikers.
GORP - Getting Found - How to Navigate the Backcountry - An excerpt from Survival in the 90s by Bob Newman.
How To Use a Compass - 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.
Navigation Technologies - Maker of digital maps for vehicular navigation. About the company and their products.
OA Guide to Map and Compass - An excerpt from The Backpackers Field Manual by Rick Curtis, including reference tables, illustrations and real life examples.
Reading Topographic Maps - 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 - Using a horizontal sundial as a sun compass by John C. Fakan, Ph.D.
Wilderness Survival: Field-Expedient Direction Finding - Describes how to navigate using readily available materials in a survival situation. Includes diagrams. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.