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Land Navigation Handbook: The Sierra Club Guide to Map, Compass and GPS (Sierra Club Outdoor Adventure Guide) | 
 enlarge | Author: W. S. Kals
Publisher: Sierra Club Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 240138
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 248
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 4.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1578051223
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.58
EAN: 9781578051229
ASIN: 1578051223
Publication Date: September 1, 2005
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Product Description
This bestselling manual—now thoroughly revised and updated—is designed for anyone who wants to chart a course in the wilderness: hiker, backpacker, snowshoer, skier, fisherman, or hunter. Step by step, it teaches the skills that enable you to answer the vital questions: Where am I now? Which way do I head to reach my destination? How far is it? And how long will it take me to get there?
Included here are the basics of interpreting maps and orienting by compass, as well as more advanced techniques for measuring distances and estimating travel times; determining and adjusting for local declination around the globe; using an altimeter to add the dimension of height to one’s position; and navigation by means of sun and stars. In updating the late W. S. Kals’s text, Clyde Soles focuses on the latest developments in technology and equipment, such as digital mapping software and handheld GPS units, and provides an overview of marine navigation for sea kayakers. Visuals include a full-color foldout topographic map for reference and practice, plus dozens of helpful drawings and photographs.
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 not for a beginner September 7, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I don't know anything about land navigation and hoped that this book would help me. But it does not explain many of the concepts, and it doesn't even have a glossary. It has a topographic map in the back, but it is hard to follow the references to it. I consider myself a reasonably intelligent guy, but I've had trouble learning from this book.
Not for a "beginner" February 14, 2007
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
There is too much information in this book, much more than what is needed for the average "away for the long weekend" traveller.
It covers all the info. you need to know, even though at times it assumes that the reader is already knowledgeable about the subject of navigation.
 Was this an instrution manuel or ...? February 4, 2007
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
As a book that holds itself out to be a handbook as well as a guide to the subject of maps and compasses, it fell woefully short in instruction on either.
1) There was virtually no mention of terrain features. One of the most important things to understand on a topo map are the terrain features and how you can use them and the map alone to navigate a parcel of land if you know your terrain features well enough. This is a must for any book of land navigation.
2) Section, re-section and modified resection. While modified resection was briefly mentioned, the first two were not. These three methods of positioning must be understood to successfully find a particular position on the map.
3. The lensatic compass, while an old model, is still utilized because it is one of the most well designed models ever built. Why was it not mentioned in the section on compasses?
4. The section on maps had no reference to the Military Grid Reference System.
Those were the primary complains, but there was nothing of notable value, either.
 An invaluable instructional reference January 6, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This updated second edition of LAND NAVIGATION HANDBOOK: THE SIERRA CLUB GUIDE TO MAP, COMPASS & GPS could also have appeared in either our Sports or Military columns, but deserves mention here to be sure the widest possible audience receives notice of the completely updated edition including new text by Clyde Soles. Here is a pocket-sized 'bible' of outdoors survival, providing basic keys on everything from using maps and compass to using an altimeter, navigating by kayak on lakes, understanding GPS navigation and how to choose and use a GPS unit, and even how to navigate by moon and sun alone. Photos, drawings, and a fold-out topographic map provide plenty of visual illustration and examples of the details and make for an invaluable instructional reference both in the field and for at-home study.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
An excellent resource for using maps, compass & GPS effectively! August 29, 2006
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
The second edition of Land Navigation Handbook (2005) is the best book I have read on the subject of navigation. The explanations and expert guidance on choosing and using a compass, the distinction between magnetic and true north, choosing and using a GPS unit, how GPS works and its limitations (not just for north America but for other parts of the world as well) are definitely worth reading. I have learned a lot from this book. The book is not for land navigation only, it is also an indispensable aid for marine navigation. I sincerely think every sailor should have one in his sailboat (it measures only 8" x 4.5" x 0.5") as a reference book.
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