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Land Navigation Handbook: The Sierra Club Guide to Map and Compass | 
 enlarge | Author: W. S. Kals
Publisher: Sierra Club Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 882466
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 236
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 4.6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0871563312
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.5
EAN: 9780871563316
ASIN: 0871563312
Publication Date: April 12, 1983
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Product Description
Every outdoorsperson at on time or another needs to chart a course in the wilderness. In Land Navigation Handbook an expert navigator combines his map-and-compass skills with a special concern for the needs of the wilderness wanderer to create a comprehensive primer for the beginning pathfinder and the veteran hiker. Subjects include:
Choosing and using a compass
Reading topographic maps
Measuring distances and estimating travel times
Altimeter navigation
Navigation using the sun and stars, including instructions for the tropics and Southern Hemisphere
The book also includes a specially prepared five-color foldout topographical map plus 70 drawings and photographs.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 not for a beginner September 7, 2007
2 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 9 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
6 out of 8 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 7 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 10 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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