Outdoor Quest's

   

Posts on Land Navigation

 

These posts are short articles on land navigation.  The title tells it all. 

These posts are based on my personal experience and evaluation. 

When references are used they are noted in each article.

   
Refresh Your GPS Skills Purchasing Your First GPS  
     
Stay Safe With Your SPOT Locator Selecting a Magnetic Compass  
   
Bushnell BackTrack Review Getting Your GPS Ready for the Fall Hunt  

 

 

Helping the Searchers

What to Carry - What to Do

   

Dump the Junk

Managing Your GPS Waypoints

Navigating a Topographic Map

Hike Safely

A Compass Tune-Up

   

Night Time Travel and Navigation

 GPS Setup - Using the Right Coordinates

   

Power For Your GPS

The GPS Electronic Compass

   

Baseline Navigation

GPS Accuracy

   

Families In The Outdoors

Lost in the Backcountry

   

Magnetic Declination

GPS Setup - Map Datum

   

GPS Setup - Using the Right Coordinates - Part 2

GPS Setup - North or Magnetic North

   

GPS Setup - Calibrating The Electronic Compass 

Dead Reckoning 

   

Compass - Walking A Line Of Bearing

Compass - Moving Through The Backcountry

   

Marking a GPS Waypoint

The Declination Diagram

   

Topographic Map - Scale

GPS Electronic Compass

   

A Star to Guide Us

Taking Care of Your Compass