"This book is excellent if you have never used a compass or a map, it is excellent if you are a fully trained mountain leader, and it is excellent as a resource for teaching adults and children up to advanced level navigation techniques." —Outdoors-Magazine.com
Designed for both land and water use, this comprehensive guide helps unlock the complexity of map and chart reading as it relates to navigation. Beginning with detailed technical descriptions of the tools of navigation—a compass, an altimeter, a GPS system, and a sextant—this handbook shows how to use these tools either individually or in combination with each other to navigate any area. Factors that cause tools and techniques to fail are discussed, such as why an altimeter often shows the wrong elevation, a GPS position is sometimes off track, and the sun often points in an unexpected direction. Twenty-one real-life scenarios provide practical wisdom for even the most intrepid navigator. Specific information on using the moon for directions and the stars for position, measuring boiling water temperature for elevation, map projections, map datums, great circle routes, and the UTM/UPS grid system is included.
Fred Touche is a technical writer and has been an avid hiker, skier, kayaker, and mountain climber for 37 years. He lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia.
Outdoor, Reference
200 pages, Trade Paper, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
166 B/W Illustrations, 7 Tables, 3 Graphs
Distribution Rights: WOR
$17.95 (CAN $22.95)
9780973252705 (0973252707) Pub Date: September 2005
Touche Publishing