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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Anyone Can Stay on the Right Path, Given the Right Tools | |
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| The Foundation of Navigation | |
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| The History of Navigation | |
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| Maintaining Your Sense of Direction ... Naturally | |
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| On Staying Found When You Suspect You're Lost | |
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| Understanding the Language of Maps | |
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| What Is a Topographic Map? | |
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| To Understand a Map, You Must First Understand What Information May Be Found Around Its Border or Margin | |
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| Reading the Lay of the Land from the Story Your Map Tells | |
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| Using Your Map's Scale to Estimate Trip Distance | |
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| Creating a Trail Profile | |
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| Finding Yourself on the Map | |
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| How Do You Orient a Map without a Compass? | |
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| Caring for Your Map | |
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| Folding a Map | |
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| A Map Has Its Limitations | |
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| Keep from Spinning in Circles ... Use a Compass | |
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| Choosing a Compass | |
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| More Lingo--Understanding Compass Speak | |
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| Types of Compass Most Useful to the Recreationist | |
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| Making a Compass | |
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| Natural Navigation in the Backcountry | |
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| Getting from Here to There | |
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| Walking a Straight Line | |
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| Navigating When There Aren't Landmarks | |
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| Using the Night Sky | |
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| Using a Watch to Tell Direction | |
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| Let the Shadows Point the Way | |
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| Working Your Way Around Obstacles | |
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| Caring for Your Compass | |
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| Making the Compass and Map Work For You | |
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| Orienting Your Map | |
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| Orienting the Map to Magnetic North: Projecting Magnetic Lines | |
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| Orienting the Map to Magnetic North: Using Your Compass's Declination Adjustment | |
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| Orienting the Map and Adjusting for Declination by Adding or Subtracting | |
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| How Do I Take a Field Bearing? | |
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| How Do I Take a Map Bearing? | |
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| It's on the Map; How Do I Find It in the Field? | |
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| It's in the Field; How Do I Find It on the Map? | |
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| Establishing Bearings without Orienting the Map | |
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| Minimizing Mistakes | |
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| Practical Navigation Tips: Beyond the Basics | |
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| Baselines | |
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| Fixing Your Position on a Baseline | |
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| Aiming Off | |
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| Bracketing | |
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| Making a Bearing a Baseline | |
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| Pinpointing Your Position: Triangulation | |
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| Ded Reckoning | |
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| Estimating Distance | |
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| Planning Your Outing | |
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| Timing Your Trip | |
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| Estimating Your Traveling Speed | |
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| Finding the Trail and Staying on Course | |
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| Picking a Route When Your Life Depends on It | |
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| Specialized Navigational Aids | |
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| Altimeters | |
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| Global Positioning Systems | |
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| Will Using a GPS Guarantee You'll Never Get Lost? | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Resource Listing | |
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| Understanding Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) | |
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| Map Datums | |
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| Metric Conversions | |
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| Commonly Used Map Scales | |
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| Azimuth Rings | |
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| Magnetic World Variation and Balancing Charts | |
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| Map Series Comparison | |
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| Topographic Maps Printed Since 1992 | |
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| Glossary of Terms | |
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| Notes | |
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| About the Author | |