Pete Hawkins

Map and Compass (eBook, ePUB)

A comprehensive guide to navigation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive guidebook is perfect for beginners who want to learn how to read a map and compass for the first time, as well as for advanced map readers looking to improve their skills. Packed full of first-hand experience and practical tips to offer all readers the inspiration and information they need to get 'out there' and explore the landscapes for themselves.

Chapters cover understanding a map, grid references, contours, planning your walks, taking bearings, walking with a compass, timing and pacing, navigating in rain, mist and darkness, what to do when you get lost and navigating abroad.

• Plenty of illustrative map extracts, graphics and diagrams
• Advanced techniques for night and poor visibility navigation
• Advice on GPS and digital mapping technologies
• Advice on what to do when you get lost!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cicerone Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849657709
• Artikelnr.: 39947512

Autorenporträt

Pete Hawkins trained as a geography teacher and taught in schools for a year before escaping to the Peak National Park's Environmental Centre for an outdoor job. As a navigation instructor he has taught both beginners how to read a map and compass and the more experienced how to hone their navigation skills. He runs the Silva-sponsored Silva Navigation School from his Peak District home. He has written for a variety of outdoor magazines, has worked for the BBC as a local radio reporter and leads walking holidays both at home and around the world.