All the techniques you need to become an expert navigator.
The Ultimate Navigation Manual is a unique guide to finding your way on land - from the basic principles right up to the advanced technology of GPS. Designed to allow even the absolute beginner to find their way anywhere in the world, it also develops a unique confidence in navigation - with or without technical aids.
With a preface by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, contents will also include:
Environmental clues - Using the natural environment to navigate
Maps - An introduction to the different types of maps
The Compass and North - How compasses work, how to use them and how to choose the right one
Map and Compass Navigation - twenty-five easy-to-learn skills are described
Relocation Procedures - What to do when lost, dealing with well-known relocation procedures and some ground-breaking new ones
Stellar Navigation - Simple methods that are easy to learn
GNSS (GPS) Navigation - Why Global Satellite Navigation Systems are the most significant advance in navigation since the invention of the magnetic compass; details all of the systems now available, including the American GPS
Specialist environments and equipment - Which techniques are best, where and how to use them in environments such as the Arctic, coastal areas, desert regions, jungles or forests, mountains and urban areas
Written by one of the world's leading search and rescue consultants and highly illustrated with specially commissioned photographs designed to emphasise navigation problems - this is the ultimate guide to not losing your way.
| ISBN: | 9780007424603 |
| Publication date: | 15th September 2011 |
| Author: | Lyle F Brotherton |
| Publisher: | Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 365 pages |
| Genres: |
Outdoor survival skills Navigation and seamanship Geographical maps: specialist / thematic maps Walking, hiking, trekking Orienteering Cartography, map-making and projections Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing |
All the techniques you need to become an expert navigator.The Ultimate Navigation Manual is a unique guide to finding your way on land - from the basic principles right up to the advanced technology of GPS. Designed to allow even the absolute beginner to find their way anywhere in the world, it also develops a unique confidence in navigation - with or without technical aids.With a preface by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, contents will also include:Environmental clues - Using the natural environment to navigateMaps - An introduction to the different types of mapsThe Compass and North - How compasses work, how to use them and how to choose the right oneMap and Compass Navigation - twenty-five easy-to-learn skills are describedRelocation Procedures - What to do when lost, dealing with well-known relocation procedures and some ground-breaking new onesStellar Navigation - Simple methods that are easy to learnGNSS (GPS) Navigation - Why Global Satellite Navigation Systems are the most significant advance in navigation since the invention of the magnetic compass; details all of the systems now available, including the American GPSSpecialist environments and equipment - Which techniques are best, where and how to use them in environments such as the Arctic, coastal areas, desert regions, jungles or forests, mountains and urban areasWritten by one of the world's leading search and rescue consultants and highly illustrated with specially commissioned photographs designed to emphasise navigation problems - this is the ultimate guide to not losing your way.
The Ultimate Navigation Manual features in the following genres: Outdoor survival skills, Navigation and seamanship, Geographical maps: specialist / thematic maps, Walking, hiking, trekking, Orienteering, Cartography, map-making and projections, Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing
Paperback. £17.99, down from the £19.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Ultimate Navigation Manual was written by Lyle F Brotherton and published by Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
The Ultimate Navigation Manual has 365 pages
£17.99, reduced from £19.99. In Stock.